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Originally Posted by fantASTic
What do you do when you get a gift for an anniversary or something that CLEARLY has no thought put into it?
Advice?
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Smile, say thank you, keep it for a while then donate the item to Goodwill or the Salvation Army and use it as a tax write-off. You benefit from the deduction and someone else benefits when they buy it. Believe me, someone *will* buy it.
On the flip side I gave a gift to a guy I was dating and he clearly was not too pleased, but he put a smile on his face and said thank you. See, I noticed that he had these ratty looking bath towels and I felt that he deserved better ones, so I went out and bought some nice ones for his birthday. I gave him this big heavy box and he looked sooo excited to open it. Then when he did he said, 'Oh, thanks....yeah...I guess I needed these.' I thought I was being practical, oh well
