Re-CYCLING gifts

Hi girl! i started a topic like this some time ago... Yes, i do recycle gifts.. and.. i make sure that the giver does not know that i am giving it a away to a recipient whom he is not related to.

HI girl_thinking Aw... I tried to give away a gift once but failed. I know I will never use the gift I had recieved but then, it was the feeling like Oh... If I give it away as a Gift to someone, maybe others too will do the same with the gifts I gave them. I agree that it is practical to gift away the gift that you dont need or is not of any use to you but dear, I am not a practical guy anytime... I am more of the emotional sentimental fools who love anything because of the fact that it was a gift not because of the reason how useful it is or it is not. As I mention, I have no issues with those who gift away their gifts - otherwise we (me and my wife might never have been together - she for one is quite practical)

i have been doing this before it became popular. we never had much money so i have done it as far back as i can remember.

This is something that I've been guilty of from time to time. The best example that I can think of right now is a wedding gift that my husband and I received. We'd already bought a very expensive set of cookware and as a wedding gift we got a set of cookware that I didn't ever open after several years. Well, I was running short on money one year at Christmas and I decided to give the unopened set of cookware to my brother and sister-in-law for Christmas because I knew that they didn't have any.

Why not? I received a whistling kettle in the raffle draw, during our office Christmas party. When i visited my parents, i asked them if they would like to have it. And they said Yes eagerly, because they always use one and theirs is not whistling anymore. So, i will give it to them, next time i visit them. They insist that they will give me a Queso De Bola.

Good thing I read this. I was about to buy you a journal for Christmas. HEhehe! Anyway, to answer your question, I do this from time to time when I don't have much budget to buy presents. I feel guilty sometimes but if I am not going to use it, then perhaps another person can make better use of it. Your post reminds me about the urban legend about fruit cakes. They say that there are only five fruit cakes in the world and they get to be re-gifted everytime.

I think re-gifting is a lot better than selling stuff on E-Bay or elsewhere. That seems like a shoddy act to me. Lots of people apparently throw out unwanted gifts which I think just stinks. I just received a gift from my brother...I know he picked it because he has not got a clue. It is a large square platter with a coloured design and glitter...it's horrid. I would never use it for guests and I would never put it on display. I can do one of two things...re-gift it or donate it to something.

My hubby gave me the cutest penguin slippers. The type that cuddles your foot all the way around. I went to try them on and there was no way they would fit me because my ankles swell so bad and the opening for your foot and ankle was just too small for my feet. Even if I would have gotten them on, they were too tight around my ankle and my feet would have swollen more. So, I tucked them away on a shelf until this year. I took them with me to my son's house for Christmas, not truly to be given as a Christmas gift, but to see if his wife would wear them. She did and her daughter, only 6 years old, fell in love with them. Even as big as they were she shuffled around the house in them all during the family gathering. They are now re-gifted to someone who can enjoy them. The whole family had fun watching what happened with that re-gifted item. Now my son has to watch that his dog doesn't decide they are a stuffed dog toy to eat. I would much rather give away gifts I can't or won't use, than throw them in the trash for sure. My hubby didn't want to spend the money to return them to the online store where he got them, the postage would have cost more than the gift. He was happy that they went to someone who can enjoy them.

I do agree with the way of re-cycling gifts....when I received aome gifts that I do not need but some other frineds or families need very much.....of course, the most important point is just like you said u should make sure the person who gave the gift to you won't know it...

Well, I think we all do it. And there is nothing wrong in that. But if the person comes to know about, it may make him feel hurt. The reason we do not understand this is that we thing gifts as mere exchange of commodities. But actually it is more than that. With gift, a person also associates his love and give it to other with that gift and hopes that the receiver would like and use it for himself. So the thing is we should care for the love associated with the gift. For example, will you ever transfer a gift you receive from your girlfriend. No because love and feelings are associated with that gift. So dont think of gifts as mere objects, they are much more. I personally do not like transferring gifts.

It is very practical to do this actually. I actually recycle my gifts to friends. I think everyone is doing this. I mean, there are so many gifts that I get from my friends, yet these are gifts that I would not be needing. Here is the opportunity for me to be just giving away my gifts to other friends. I just am very careful not to commit the mistake of sending it to the one who gave me the gift.

hi friend, do not feel guilty because it is a practical and wise deeds. It is better to give others rather than just keep it inside the cabinet. I am doing this for years now, I re-gift our wedding gifts instead of buying a new one anyway especially those of the same items.

i dont think theres anything wrong with recycling something that u have. as long as u didnt all means give it to some one else as long as u havent done anything to itthat way u dont have to tell anyone what u did and the person u gave it to will enjoy it cause it came from u. u dont have to tell anyone where u got it and they wouldnt know any difference.

I don't think it is a problem to recycle gifts as long as it is in good condition, looks new, and suitable for the person who is going to receive it. It is the consideration that counts and not about the value or whether it is first hand. Of course we don't have to tell the receiver that it is a recycled gift. As for me, I would like all my gifts are useful and what I have wanted. I wouldn't mind a "second hand" gift and I would never ask where my gift is from.

Over the years, I have re-gifted. This was long before it became a topic for discussion in the news media. I just made sure that the gifts went to people that didn't know one another.