The very next day, you gave it away … how to get rid of an unwanted Christmas gift without getting caught| Eleanor Limprecht
When a friend found out the painting she’d given me had made its way to a charity store, I wanted to dig a hole in the earth As the recipient of an unwanted gift, is it necessary to pretend you like it? This is what most of us are trained to do as children; for some it was our first experience of being instructed to lie. “Thank you,” I might have said to my grandmother, “for this frilly, itchy lace-trimmed dress identical to the one you gave my sister. I love it.” Continue reading...
When a friend found out the painting she’d given me had made its way to a charity store, I wanted to dig a hole in the earth
As the recipient of an unwanted gift, is it necessary to pretend you like it? This is what most of us are trained to do as children; for some it was our first experience of being instructed to lie.
“Thank you,” I might have said to my grandmother, “for this frilly, itchy lace-trimmed dress identical to the one you gave my sister. I love it.”
Continue reading...