Do you Re-Gift?

This is in response to your post to my response. As far as charities are concerned in India, they do not need the gifts, they need the basic necessities of life, like clean drinking water, food, old clothes, and shelter. The gifts like picture frames or clocks are not going to help them. Things might be quite different in California, but India is a third world country. Charities do not need such gifts. This is the problem with you people, your thinking is correct, but unfortunately you do not understand the ground realities. Americans used to send thick blankets to the charities in Chennai, where the weather is always hot.Since I am also a volunteer in some of the charities, I have seen a lot of American help being wasted, because nobody has any use of it.It would be of great help if the people knew about the ground realities, and acted on that. Coming to your point, if you receive about 10 to 20 virgin Mary statues or Jesus on the cross, what will you do with it.Do you give it to Charities ?or what can charities do with picture frames or wall hangers ?

I agree with you. I was the recipient of a re-gift once. The person that had originally given the gift was hurt, as I would be if someone had re-gifted something I had given them. As the recipient I felt bad,too. That person thought so little of a gift given to them, what do they think of me? When someone gives me a gift I cannot use, I return it to the giver with apologies. Re-gifting tells the person who gave you the gift you don't appreciate it or them.

I have done this, but the person I gave the gift to knew that it was given to me, but loved it because it is something they really wanted. I guess they figured I would have no use for it so why not them take it? I guess you could feel either way about this one :)

I have given something that I got as a gift to someone else and they loved it. I didn't consider it a gift though. I hate green and it doesn't go with the colors in my home. Someone gave me a green throw which I gave to someone who liked and could use green.

That seems to be the running theme with re-gifting [bath products] I know that it is the "no-fail" gift for women who are A.) hard to shop for B.) You do not know enough about but are forced to get them something for whatever reason. :D thanks for sharing!

So you think its okay to give away something that someone put thought into about you, just because "Eh I don't use it, so I might as well give it to someone else". DONATE IT TO CHARITY if you cannot come up with an original idea to get a friend or loved one, the holiday season is about showing that you care about others, not dumping the things you don't use to save money and any thinking whatsoever.

Give them to charity, when you give your friends and family gifts, it should be from original thought, not a "hey i don't really want this, so I will get rid of it and get a gift out of the way too, so I don't have to put any thought or caring or effort into it"....do you seriously not get that?

Oh man, that is embarassing, but I think as damage control, I would tell her that I already used all of the one she had given me, this one that I purchased for someone else because they liked it.. I mean, the company makes more than one bottle of lotion :D [[a little fib never hurt anyone]]

[[guilty:)]] I even keep a whole box of baby stuff so I am prepared for baby showers :P