Gift-giving can be a loaded scenario. Give the wrong gift, and you’ve ruined the moment. In an episode of Seinfeld when Jerry gives Elaine $182 for her birthday, cash. The joke is that it’s a pretty thoughtless gift to give a close friend, and shows you really know nothing about them. Other things in that …
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‘A block of wood instead of a bonus’: The worst and funniest corporate gifts workers have been given in lieu of money
One of the five love languages is gift-giving. It’s a nice way to show someone you care without having to say anything, and it’s usually the thought behind the gift that touches you more than the gift itself. You appreciate that they thought of you, picked something out, and presented it to you without you …
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‘Definitely got a lot of explaining to do’: Resentful wife is suspicious of husband’s Valentine’s gift to sister-in-law
Giving a gift can be a beautiful way to show someone how much they mean to you. It can also be an unwitting flashpoint for relationship drama. When you’re dating someone, gifts are tricky. Say you’ve been seeing somebody regularly for 2 months, but you haven’t defined anything relationship-wise. Their birthday is coming up. And …
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Crafty Gifters Plot the Best Christmas Presents to Give to Enemies
In an ideal world, our enemies stay a world away from our own environment. They’re the ex we have blocked forever, or that guy who pushed in front of us once in the line for Starbucks who we’ll never see again. However, the reality is that many of the people we don’t like we also …
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Devious Thread Mulls Over The Worst $100 Christmas Gift To Buy
One of the many things that gets worse when you get to be an adult is festive gifting. What was once a Santa-led wonderland is now a guarantee of «practical» presents of things you’re too irresponsible or broke to buy yourselves and the stress of purchasing gifts for the rest of your friends and family. …
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Women Put Their Foot Down Over Disappointing Gift Idea
‘Tis the season of mindless consumerism. Straight after the rigmarole of Thanksgiving, we have to dive straight into the panic of festive gift buying. Awkward family members, friends and the dreaded work Secret Santa are all conspiring to make us do something stupid and expensive on Black Friday. As if the buying wasn’t bad enough, …
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