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Do you feel guilty returning gifts?
I'm having major guilt pangs. I NEVER return gifts, ever ever ever. We opened the stuff my parents sent last night. They got me a Fiesta knife set (the block with 12 knives). It's super cute but we already have a nice knife set from our wedding. So I think I'm going to send it back. I know my parents will totally understand, but I feel like an ass. What is wrong with me?!
Anyway. I'm a freak.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
Re: Do you feel guilty returning gifts?
I only feel guilt if I feel like someone really was banking on my happiness from said gift. If it's something that I already have, I usually don't sweat it. I'm a Fiesta freak, so I'd probably keep and use the Fiesta knives until they bit the dust and then take our higher quality knives back out. That or exchange it for more awesome Fiestaware.
I rarely return gifts, but in the case of duplicates, I would and wouldn't feel too guilty about it.
But yay for being able to buy more cute fiesta stuff with the return!
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
This. Otherwise, that's how hoarders get started! There was a lady on this week whose friend had given her, for some reason, a box of old trophies. And the lady could NOT get rid of them, despite having no connection to the trophies.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
Exactly. I don't feel guilty because it doesn't bother me if other people exchange my gifts.
I think that exchanging it for more fiesta is totally fine. I would even tell them that you already have good knives if they ask.
The nerve!
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MIL has a habit of buying clothes for me that don't fit. I'm not a small girl but she hates the way I dress and wants to make me over. They always get exchanged.
Two years ago H bought me this beautiful dress coat. It was absolutely beautiful and I loved it. Until I tried it on and realized that the sleeves only came to my elbows. This is Ohio and when you need to wear a dress coat it's cold! I didn't have the heart to take it back. He still to this day tells me I should have returned but he was so excited about it that I just couldn't at the time.
This. But I do understand the guilt even when you know the person would understand. I have the same dilemma, but I would probably still exchange.
Caroline 5/15/11
Ditt-oe. And I really wish Mike's mom would stop buying Mr M clothes at stores we don't have in Portland. Also, she may have noticed Bug hates all things pink and frilly and could knock that crap off too please.
I do feel slight twinges of guilt returning things, but also would be happier knowing a receiver got themselves something they actually liked.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Depends on the gift and/or giver. I didn't feel guilty returning the pink dress coat that barely fit that my MIL bought me last Christmas. I probably should feel guilty about it now that I just bought myself a new dress coat but it fits nice and it isn't fuschia so that's a plus.
But there have been certain gifts that people who don't suck have given me that I've kept for a while even though I had no use for it and wound up donating. So I think it's better to return for something you'll actually enjoy.
No, you're parents would understand, knowing that you already have a good knife set.
and I'm not going to analyze why you feel guilty about returning them. Maybe they toilet trained you wrong. That seems to be the cause of any and all anxieties these days.
and be grateful that I'm sitting here reassuring your while I'm sitting here with THUNDERSNOW coming down on my patio, not 15 feet away. be grateful. I am. I was the last flight in from Logan this morning.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton