Someone gives you a gift you don't think you'll use, and then offers
to exchange it for you.  Do you accept the offer?

16 responses total.

Never.  Unless it's my mother in law :).
Otherwise, I want them to think I *love* it, or at least am so 
appreciative that I wouldn't dream of sending them back for 
one in a different color.

Ooops, you said I'd never use it.  So not even a differnt color matters.
But even so, no.

Oh... hello again Mr. Sensitive Ponytail Man! Long time no see.
So you woould save face with the gift giver even tho you would basically
throw the gift away when you got home. Now that's not very Sensitive...

(I think simcha is female, fraizer)

(Indeed, and pregnant to boot.)

Take it back and get the money!!!

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re #4: oh...

Hi Ryan, welcome to Grex!

Who is the gift from?  A close relative?  A distant relative?  A spouse?
A co-worker?  In general, the more closely connected I am to the giver,
the more I would be inclined to accept their offer if I know them well
enough to know no offense will be taken.
(I mean, if it's your spouse, you can't hide the fact that it's in a box
and you never use it...)

Good point.  :)

I think I'd take the offer. I know how hard it is to shop for
other people, and I even sometimes have difficulty with myself.
I think that by offering to exchange, the giver is saying, "I was
thinking of you, but I wasn't sure what to think..."

The reason for giving a gift is to represent the caring, love, or affection
one has for another.  Even the gift of a co-worker is given because that
person was caring enough to think of another.

In the senerio, the person chooses the gift and then remains thoughtful
enough to offer and correct a wrong, if you say its wrong, by exchanging
the gift.  

I degress, the proverb "It's not the gift, it's the thought they put
behind it." comes to mind.

The object they handed you wasn't the gift, it's the thought they put
behind it...and there is no exchange policy for that.



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I thought I used to be indecisive...but now I'm not sure?

I like that answer.

Like a snoopy soap dish? or what? I dunno

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