holiday gift giving advice... the regift (you cheap ass!)

regifting is an art. it is an art that i hardly ever use, but it is an art. the reason i hardly ever regift is because i hardly ever get a gift that i can not use or do not like.

that being said, i also would not want my name attached to a gift that i did not love. why in gods name would i give someone i like a gift i wouldn't want to own? i know... i know... sometimes you get a gift you already have. something you like. something you use. in that case regift.

now, what if that gift was given to you by someone you like? wouldn't they feel terrible if they came over and never saw said gift? maybe. you will have to be the decision maker on this one.

STORY OF HOW REGIFTING CAN BE A DISASTER

one of my customers told me a story this week. how in 1975 she gave a sheet set to her soon to be sister-in-law for their wedding. she was young. she spent a long time shopping for this sheet set that was going to match this beautiful quilt this sister-in-law was getting for the wedding.

now to the point. last christmas this customer was regifted the sheet set she had given 30 years ago.

wtf you ask? i agree. my customer didn't know if it was an insult, or a mistake. 30 fucking years? come on. how RUDE!!! if you can't tell, i advise not to do this. ever.

SOME COMMON SENSE REGIFTING GUIDES

• do not use the gift prior to giving it. people actually do this? WTF? i read a story of how a girl got a rice cooker as a gift, only to open it and find rice still inside it. seems they didn't know how to wash dishes either. no wonder they regifted. the ONLY EXCEPTION to this rule is if a friend really loves something you own and you just hand it over. not for a bday. not for xmas. not for a wedding. unless said object happens to be artwork... like the mona lisa. it BETTER be good.
• remember who gave it to you. if not you could turn out to be a dumbass and give it back to the origional gifter. need i say more? this has happend to friends of mine.
• rewrap. rewrap. rewrap the damn gift. god knows what your friend/family will think when they accidently get a gift from your uncle robert.
• do not tell the receiver that the gift is a regift. duh. unless you want them to know what a cheap ass you are.
• homemade gifts are not to be regifted. unless you are willing to either tell someone you made it, or lie and say you bought it at a craft store... just pretend you have to friends. friend A makes you a gift. you give it to friend B. friend B knows friend A. friend A and B have a lunch and run over to friend B's house. friend A sees the gift they gave to you. friend A and B are now mad at you. see?
• finally, have good taste. some of the gifts you will get this holiday season will be regifts. there is a reason why. no one wants that gift. there is nothing wrong with donating it to charity.

anyways, i hope this helps. if you are a regifter please put a tag on the gifts to remind you in 30 years who gave you the gift so you do not give it back. deal?