The art of gifting
Gifting is an art. It has got to be appealing, thoughtful and expressive. Should it be useful? If your gut feeling says 'yes', i would say 'think twice!!'
You cant gift a nose hair trimmer to your boss, just because you see a bush covering his nostrils. Sure, he could use a trimmer, but gifting him with one is not exactly the right way of wishing him, I would think.
And then, there is this thing where you have to think about others, apart from the one for whom the gift is for, when you buy a gift. How does gifting my room mate with a perfume pack, portray my sexual priorities in a different light?
The worst thing about these birthdays, gifts and parties is that you start expecting gifts and it will be a surprise if there is no surprise party. I mean, when people act as if they are surprised, when they see a bunch of people throw a surprise party on their birthday, are they really surprised? C'mmon! I would have really practised my reaction a couple of times atleast. Surprise me with no surprise!
Now pardon me for recycling a bit from one of my earlier blogs, but I feel this would be a good way to end this one. It is one of my favorite blog and it also happens to be one of the dumbest things I ve done.
It was a birthday of one of my crushes. I dint have much time or money to get her a gift, but aren't birthday gifts relationship barometers? So, I took an empty box and filled it with some crap to make it look heavy and left a note inside it. Then I got it gift wrapped, handed it over to her and left before she opened it. The note inside the box read as foll:
'Dear XYZ (no, no, XYZ was nt her name), Do you find this box empty? Actually it is not! It has a sample of all the love, affection and friendship (you should always include friendship in the equation, so that you have something to fall back, when love doesnt bloom in her heart), that we mutually share with each other. You cant see it, You can only feel it. Hope you feel it!"
Well, should I really say that she started dating one of my friend, who did not even remember her birthday?
You cant gift a nose hair trimmer to your boss, just because you see a bush covering his nostrils. Sure, he could use a trimmer, but gifting him with one is not exactly the right way of wishing him, I would think.
And then, there is this thing where you have to think about others, apart from the one for whom the gift is for, when you buy a gift. How does gifting my room mate with a perfume pack, portray my sexual priorities in a different light?
The worst thing about these birthdays, gifts and parties is that you start expecting gifts and it will be a surprise if there is no surprise party. I mean, when people act as if they are surprised, when they see a bunch of people throw a surprise party on their birthday, are they really surprised? C'mmon! I would have really practised my reaction a couple of times atleast. Surprise me with no surprise!
Now pardon me for recycling a bit from one of my earlier blogs, but I feel this would be a good way to end this one. It is one of my favorite blog and it also happens to be one of the dumbest things I ve done.
It was a birthday of one of my crushes. I dint have much time or money to get her a gift, but aren't birthday gifts relationship barometers? So, I took an empty box and filled it with some crap to make it look heavy and left a note inside it. Then I got it gift wrapped, handed it over to her and left before she opened it. The note inside the box read as foll:
'Dear XYZ (no, no, XYZ was nt her name), Do you find this box empty? Actually it is not! It has a sample of all the love, affection and friendship (you should always include friendship in the equation, so that you have something to fall back, when love doesnt bloom in her heart), that we mutually share with each other. You cant see it, You can only feel it. Hope you feel it!"
Well, should I really say that she started dating one of my friend, who did not even remember her birthday?
posted by Arm Pitt at 1:51 AM
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