When You Give, Do You Expect Something In Return?

I expect the person's acknowledging me doing something nice and say thank you. That's all. I'm not waiting for a favor back or anything like that.

awww! the person i gave a gift would be grateful in return by showing me some appreciation. that would be enough for me. because of course, when you give someone a present, that means he/she is important. and another one is that, he/she must give importance to the thing gave them of course. there are people who do not give much importance to what others may give them. you can see it by how they take good care of it or seeing it into another person. that is not a good keeper for they easily discharge it to another person. i hate to see it.

Something we give by heart or voluntarily - we should not expect for any return. Unless you give something in change of any favor, then basically you expect something in return as well. Whenever I give something- I try not to expect anything in return. It is much better to forget things that we gave so we won't be expecting any favor in return to avoid disappointment.

Yes, that's what i always expect when i give - to hear a simple word of thank you. That alone gives me a happy feeling for being generous. But when there's none, i feel a bit annoyed, because it seems that the person don't appreciate it at all.

When I give I expect only one thing-respect. I don't think its wrong to want something in return after all the world is build that way. I try to be good with people and give them what they need but if i help someone and he doesn't respect me i would probably not help him twice.

None of us can deny that we do really expect something in return once we give something. It is not much of asking if you only want to be thanked and appreciated. I feel disappointed each time when a person I offered help even without him asking it did not even recognize what I did and sometimes even talk ill behind my back. With all those experiences I had in giving, i learned not to expect more. I learned to give without expecting much in return to avoid hurtful feelings and if I don't feel like giving, I do not force myself to give at all. It will only forfeit the true essence of giving from the heart.

Me too. Whenever I give something that seemingly has no strings attached, I expect something in return from the other person. I think it's normal because even though I don't want to make the person uncomfortable by making them think that I am expecting something, I still do. I just don't tell them.

I also do not need anything in return when I give something. But atleast a word of thanks and a little appreciation would make my day. I guess, hearing the word "Thank You" is something that one expects coz from the time we were taught by our parents with being polite, we have been taught to always say those polite words. With kids like the street children that I have encountered, I have somehow expected them to say thanks after giving them food, but never have I been thanked. So with them, no more expectations.

This is obvious when you give you expect something from a person whom you gave. And it happens what we get in return is not equivalent to what we give and sometimes don't get anything. Its better not to expect as most of the time we get disappointed. I always try not to expect in return these days.

I love to help others and while I don't expect anything in return a simple thank you is always nice... It is nice but I don't expect it. I help because I want to help. =)

You should not expect so you won't get disappointed. But most of the times we are expecting that person to thank us right? I think people should learn how to appreciate even little things. It is not hard for us to say thank you but others find it hard. I don't know maybe they are just shy to say "thank you".

Sometimes. Hehe.. you're right, it's good to receive appreciation for what you've given and the best is the sincere gratitude from the recipient of our gift. Come to think of it, whenever we decide to give, let's make it a point to give to those that don't have any means to give back. This way, we can be sure to receive so much more blessings from the One who we cannot outgive..God. To him, the law is "when we give, we receive..even pressed down, shaken together and running over."

Hi jay...expect something in return from your gift, it is normal, but I think it will make you disappointed with the people who has receive your help, and this condition will make you lazy to give help for other people, because most of them do not give appreciation on your help. In the past, I also think like you, but I have more disappointment, so if I give a help for people I try to avoid expect in return from him. I always pray, God give some advantages in my live, because I have help other people. Have a nice day.

From my point of view, I honestly prefer to help those people who worth my help. Some of my friends never appreciate what I do for them and that makes me really sad. Just like the last time, I lent me phone to one of my friends because her cellphone was broken. She used it for granted and never showed any gesture of thanks. What's more, I lent her because her cellphone just suddenly didn't work and she had to have an exam. We made a deal that she would return it as soon as she bought a new one. To my surprise, it was one and half months later that she gave my cellphone back after I asked her.

Well, I always like to give and do not expect something in return. However, I will only give when I am able and I will never forcing myself to give. I feel more happier when I am able to give. So, I do not expect anything in return. But often it happens just the reverse, I receive blessing in return instead even though I do not have any of such expectations...[em]w00t[/.em]