Reenactment: (Names have been changed to protect the crappy gift giver and my regifting accomplices...)
Friend A:"What are you bringing to the give at the party?"
Me: "EEEKKKK! That's tonight? Hmmmmmmmmm, how bout this?"
Friend A: "Didn't CGG (Crappy gift giver) give that to you?"
Me: "Yep..."
Friend A: "What is it?"
Me: "I think it's a teddybear jewelry set..."
Friend A: "How old are we?"
Me: "Apparently, she thinks we are all still 14 years old...:
Friend A: "Wrap it up lets go!"
Me: "Isn't she coming to the party?"
Friend A: "Yep"
Me: "Huh, this could get messy..."
The Party begins. White elephant game is underway. 2 hours pass. All gifts are given.
CGG: "Wow! Look what I got? A teddy bear jewelry set! Debbie, didn't I get you one of these last year? How great! Now we can have matching sets!"
Me: "Great..."
You don't know how much juggling I had to do to weasel myself out of 'Matching Jewelry Tuesday'. Lesson learned: Perhaps don't regift a gift while the person who gave it to you is there.
Regifting is a frowned upon act. However, I think people fail to see the positive side of it. Such as, hey I didn't throw it away and look, now it can live to be regifted another day... We need to stay optimistic people! After so many transactions of regifting it will eventually wind up in the hands of someone who completely and totally loves it! Who am I to keep a gift, that in the future, could be given to someone who really wants it and could provide so much joy?!? So you see, it really is a service to the public to regift. Remember that when you feel the need to look down on someone for regifting, plus, we all know you've done it too!
(Reenactment was based on a true story from my early 20's and NO, CGG never realized that the gift was originally from her to me.) Horrible? Maybe... But then again, maybe not...
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