Everyone has a value attached to him or her – I mean each of us will assign a value to people we know, some more, some less, some worthless even negative. Xmas gift exchange, among other occasions such as birthdays and valentine’s day, is by no means the best time to reveal (how much u like/disgust a person) and discover (your own worth) that.
Shopping takes effort – we look forward to the expression on the recipients’ faces.
People who matter to us, we try our best to second guess what they like and buy them their dream gift. It takes lots of hard work but the look on their faces is worth it all (or can be really disappointing).
Compulsory/peer-pressured gift exchange, so we’ve to willing or unwillingly chip in or buy something for some people whom we would otherwise rather not see. In the case of the former, we make enormous efforts to find the cheap (if not cheapest) and most presentable item we can in town – it kills brain cells. But the disappointment on their faces is worth the rummaging the piles for the BEST find!
Both are painstaking but to me FUN!
Sometimes we have no choice but to buy the cheaper range cuz the real thing is out of reach; or we exchange gifts for the fun of it; or we simply buy cheappos for the cheapskates.
And its very telling when A particular person receives all the GOOD BUYS!!! Its time for him/or to reflect but of course some get the gifts precisely b’cos of who they ARE– our lives will be less exciting without them!!! I NEED them.
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I like the part when you say "we make enormous efforts to find the cheap (if not cheapest) and most presentable item we can in town – it kills brain cells".
I recommend getting gifts at DAISO. wahaha
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