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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Do you exchange gifts you aren't crazy about?
I used to feel too bad about it. One year, my mom got me a very nice but terribly unflattering skirt and a very nice but even more unflattering yellow turtleneck sweater. They sat in my closet for a couple years, then I donated them with the tags on. 
Ever since then, I haven't felt quite as bad about returning things because that was such a huge waste of money. I still feel somewhat bad, but will return things. I returned something today and am thrilled to have a gift card instead of an item that will take up a lot of space that I won't use.
Do you or don't you?
Re: Do you exchange gifts you aren't crazy about?
I do. I know when I give gifts, I would rather someone have something they like, so I figure other people feel the same way. I wouldn't if it was something sentimental or I know it would hurt the giver's feelings, but otherwise I don't worry about it.
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I do.
I try to remember gift recipets for gifts I give because I would never expect someone to keep something they didn't like. I would want them to return or exchange it for something they do like. So I figure the same applies to me.
I used to feel guilty exchanging stuff that people sent for DD, but I got over it this summer. She had a ton of shirts, probably more than 2 weeks worth. Then someone sent her like 6 more shirts. She already had so many she wasn't going to wear them all, so she certainly didn't need more. So I returned the new ones (they sent a gift reciept) and got store credit (which I held on to so I could use it on winter stuff for her).
This exactly!
This. I would rather someone get use out of it.
A quilt grandma made? I'll keep in the closet forever - it even if it's NMS.
A shirt from Kohls that just doesn't fit right? I'll take it back as soon as possible, and get store credit if I don't find something I like right away.
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This exactly. I'd much rather someone have something they can use and like!