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Old 12-08-2008, 04:24 PM   #1102
monster
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I'm mildly irritated by people in the secret santa thread not getting the point despite re-iteration, (BigV this especially applies to you, i like it better when you had me on ignore) but i don't want to hijack it any further so I'm going to rant here. My point is not that any sender would perceive the gift as lame (if they did they wouldn't deserve it anyway), but if you send a gift of the suggested value and then receive an awesome way-over-the-top gift, you might then perceive the gift you sent as lame in comparison and feel bad, a sentiment which was conveyed to me by one recipient last year. mmmmkay?
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