Dealing with unwanted gifts

in The MINIMALIST2 days ago

A gift is such a thing that makes us happy, and naturally all of us want to receive gifts from others. I am not different from others, but I am not so fortunate as others to receive so many gifts. I received a few gifts in my life on some special occasions, and I liked almost all of those except one. How should I deal with it when I receive an unwanted gift?

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I think the intention and true feeling behind giving a gift is more important than the gift. So, focusing on the value of gifts and ignoring the feelings is not a good thing, and I am not a heartless person. People don't ask me what to give as a gift before giving, and that's natural. People select gifts based on their judgment, and sometimes their judgment is not accurate, and they may choose a gift that is not a desired one. So, not all gifts need to be useful to me means many gifts can be unnecessary as well as unwanted. I may hate the gift for personal reasons also when the giver is unknown to it.

Should I refuse to accept such a gift as it is not useful to me? No, there is no chance for it. Refusing to accept a gift is impolite and humiliating in my opinion, even if it's not a desired gift. So it's better to accept the gift from the person to keep the person's face and to show gratitude. It's a formality. But what to do with those gifts because they are not useful to me, and in that case keeping the gifts with me is also a waste as it has no use case.

The first thing I may do is give the gift to another person who can make the best use of it. To be honest, I don't think it's a good idea, and the giver may get hurt if s/he finds out the truth, and that's quite natural and gives him/her the feeling I didn't care about his/her feelings. I have two solutions for it. One solution is giving the gift to someone who has no connection with the person who gave the gift. The another solution is informing the person who gave the gift to me and making him/her understand why I chose to do it, and at the same time, I should appreciate the gift also. I think they will permit it in that case based on my judgment.

Whatever the reason, I think I won't tell the person I don't like the gift because it will hurt the person for sure, and I feel I shouldn't hurt anyone who gives me a gift from a pure heart. Rejecting gifts also has the same impact, and I won't do it at also anytime. Both of the actions are kind of rude in my opinion and hurt the person. The another action which is limit crossing and it's reselling the gifts. Maybe the giver doesn't acknowledge about the action, but it's the most humiliating action one can do, in my opinion, and no one should take such an action when it comes to a gift.



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 2 days ago  

I very much agree! As someone who enjoys giving gifts, I understand how much effort and emotion can go into one, even if it's not what the other person might've wished for. So, like you, I would never consider turning people away or rejecting a gift, even if it's unwanted or impractical :)

The genuine feeling of giver make the gift more precious even it we don't like the gift. The feelings and thoughts are real and so we should not refuse whatever the reason.
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I agree with you. The giver might feel bad and so, the best idea is to explain to him or her or by any chance, give it to someone far away. I love your take on this topic. It was interesting to read about

Good to know that you liked my prespective. The value of gift dependent on the thoughts of giver and so we should try our best not to hurt the thoughts of giver.
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 2 days ago  

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Those are nice ways to put unwanted gifts to good use. I did the first one before, giving the item to another person who benefited from it.

I also think so and in that case the gift can be useful rather than being a waste keeping it in my side.

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I am with you on the part of not returning gifts. To think of buying me a gift goes a long way in the first place, except maybe I don't like the individual, I may reject the gift.

I think I won't reject a gift even if I don't like a person unless the person give me the gift for humiliates me.