A gift from friends

@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

What you do is enthuse how kind it is of them to think of you!

Seriously, it was very kind of them. I know many would give their eye teeth for mangoes. @1creekgirl @snowy22315

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Anna

@LadyDuck (477916)

• Italy

22 Feb 24

It happens, I have received gifts that did not thrill us at all. When I received a jar of Nutella, I gave it to the children of my neighbors. I hope they did not hate me for doing that.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (144885)

• Roseburg, Oregon

22 Feb 24

I got a sample of nutella and no one in my house liked it at all.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (477916)

• Italy

22 Feb 24

@jstory07 It is disgusting, sticky, too sweet and horribly unhealthy. I wonder how people can like this product.

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Kandase

@Kandae11 (56627)

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22 Feb 24

@LadyDuck l agree.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13861)

• Ireland

22 Feb 24

@judyev Shortbread.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13861)

• Ireland

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv Everyone gives the minister shortbread at Christmas for some reason. A respectable gift

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 24

@xFiacre I would have thought port or whisky would be suitable too but maybe not for a Baptist minister.

@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

So shortbread is something you might receive that you don't really like? I'm not keen on shortbread either but I'd serve it to any guests that came and get rid of it that way.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318811)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

22 Feb 24

I'm glad they won't go to waste. Yes, but I accept them and use/eat them. Someone gave me ham after the potluck on Monday. I don't eat ham, but like you, I won't let it go to waste.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318811)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv Yes, it is kind of them. I'm glad you're not ungrateful.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

It's kind of people to give us these gifts so I'd never be ungrateful.

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@pitsipeahie (5316)

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22 Feb 24

Of course! To be honest I have given away some to people who I knew might like them, would appreciate or have good use of them than just lying around unused or stored somewhere in the house. I'd rather see it go to good use even if not with me than for it to go to waste be it material, food or any kind. Though there are some I've kept for sentimental reasons depending on the person who gave it to me.

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Fleur

@Fleura (31907)

• United Kingdom

22 Feb 24

My mother gave me a chicken-shaped teapot, many years ago. I kept it for years, mainly as a decorative item since I can't stand tea! In the end I gave it away. I have many other things to remind me of her (not that I need any objects to remember her anyway!)

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I'm the same. I don't throw anything away that could be passed on to someone else.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

@Fleura I hear you. For us, we're trying to get rid of items to save our kids having to do when we're gone; but sometimes I think they'll be able to throw them out/take them to Good Sammies with less trauma than it is for me.

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Aparajita Bhattacharjee

@apsmine9 (363)

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22 Feb 24

Yes. People with taste give really good gifts. But the most common one is a pack of sweets made of gram flour and sugar and solidified sweet candy floss. Mangoes are always welcome.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I think people get a bit stuck with what to give and so they resort to sweet things.

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Aparajita Bhattacharjee

@apsmine9 (363)

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23 Feb 24

@JudyEv also when there's an offer going on, I mean discounts or when there's buy 1 get 1 free products. People!!

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Kareng

@kareng (76724)

• United States

22 Feb 24

Yes, we have just been gifted some collard green plants for the garden. They are not my favorite and my hubby doesn't like them at all. But we are getting them. My husband commented again this evening that he needs to go pick them up because his friend is insisting that he come and get them.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

Maybe, when they're ready to pick, you'll be able to pass them on to someone else.

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Kareng

@kareng (76724)

• United States

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv I will eat them, they are just not my favorite! I prefer mustard greens or turnip greens.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (144885)

• Roseburg, Oregon

22 Feb 24

So far I have been given nice gifts. I hope you do not waste them.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I won't waste them. It was kind of them to think of us.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (14172)

• India

22 Feb 24

This is not mango season yet here in India and this year flowers are much less on the mango trees. The gifts you got must have come from some other part of the world.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

They are from the backyard of our friend's son. It is summer here so there are lots of fresh fruit available.

Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78856)

• East Tawas, Michigan

22 Feb 24

I've never eaten mango before. My father used to have them, when they lived in Florida.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

It's a tropical fruit really. Most of ours come from the northern districts but these were grown locally.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78856)

• East Tawas, Michigan

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv I will need to try mango sometime soon:)

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (20809)

• London, England

22 Feb 24

Same here, not hugely keen on mangoes. Luckily no one has ever given me any mangoes!

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

People rave about them but they don't appeal to me at all.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (193293)

• United States

22 Feb 24

I always used to get gifts from my mother-in-law that I couldn't use. I usually gave them to Goodwill. Have a good day.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I've done that before today too.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (45786)

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22 Feb 24

We love mangos here, but don't buy them often. They are shipped here to the Midwest, of course, very green. They take a long time to ripen.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

These are from our friend's son's backyard. It's summer here so there is a lot of fruit around.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (45786)

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24 Feb 24

@JudyEv They are fairly pricey here. Once in a great while they are not, but usually, just pricey and very green...just not close to being ripe.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15559)

• Hong Kong

22 Feb 24

I'm allergic to mangoes, Yes, I recently received some sweet biscuits during Chinese New Year. But I found them too sweet. So I have to give it to someone else.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 24

@Beestring I'm allergic to sulphur and occasionally I come out in welts and itchiness after going to a Chinese resstaurant.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

Allergic to mangoes? I've never heard of anyone being allergic to mangoes. Are you allergic to other things?

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15559)

• Hong Kong

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv I'm also allergic to cantaloupe.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (52805)

• United States

22 Feb 24

I hear that mango ice-cream is good.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I like virtually all ice-cream flavours but some I like more than others.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (118594)

• Marion, Ohio

22 Feb 24

It has happened a couple of times.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (118594)

• Marion, Ohio

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv It is nice to know they thought of you

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

Mostly I can gift unwanted presents to someone else. But it's kind of people to give you things.

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Fleur

@Fleura (31907)

• United Kingdom

22 Feb 24

I love mangoes.Hope you can find some way of turning them into something you enjoy. Smoothies? Mango and ginger cheesecake? Mango chutney? As for unappreciated gifts... I was given some vegan chocolate. Admittedly it wasn't really a gift, it was a gift to a friend and she passed it on. It simply wasn't worth the effort of eating it

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

I find that with most vegan meals - not worth the effort of eating them.

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Fleur

@Fleura (31907)

• United Kingdom

23 Feb 24

@JudyEv Vegan steaks have gone down in family lore as the worst thing ever!

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Feb 24

@Fleura I don't really understand why vegans want to make meat substitutes. They'd be better to come up with original names rather than try to palm stuff off as 'meat'.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (17197)

• Raurkela, India

22 Feb 24

My neighbours often give me drumsticks that they have in their garden. I do take some but give the rest to my maid as it's not possible for me to consume so much.

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@JudyEv (357202)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Feb 24

You'll have to explain drumsticks to me. Here, they are either an ice-cream or the top part of a chicken leg.

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