| Did your parents ever give you advice on gift giving? | | | | right gift. If the person has no use or is not interested in |
| Did they tell you what to buy and what not to buy for | | | | the gift, it will be put away and forgotten. Not only |
| people on your gift list? If they were like mine, they | | | | have you wasted your money, but the person really |
| gave good advice on many subjects but they were | | | | did not get much of a thrill receiving the gift. You can |
| not experts on everything. Here is a list of tips for | | | | choose inexpensive gifts that have a special meaning |
| giving the right gift every time to you family and friends, | | | | or invoke a special memory you shared. |
| including you wise, sage like parents. | | | | Every time they look at the gift or use the gift, they will |
| It is not always a good idea to give a woman an | | | | be reminded of that special time you shared with them |
| appliance as a gift. It is a message that they should be | | | | Laughter is the best medicine. Gifts do not have to so |
| spending time cooking and cleaning. For some women, | | | | formal and serious. This is unless they have asked for |
| they may like to spend hours in the kitchen slaving | | | | a specific gift. Try to find gifts that are silly and fun. Do |
| over a hot stove. However, most women are pretty | | | | not give someone a gift to see the smile on his or her |
| clear what they want as a gift. The exception to this | | | | face. You can make a person's day by giving them a |
| rule is when you buy an appliance as a wedding gift. | | | | gift that will make them laugh now and throughout the |
| Appliances are usually listed on gift registries if you are | | | | day. A good silly gift will have them laughing and smiling |
| unsure. | | | | for a long time. |
| Have you ever given a really cheap gift to someone, | | | | Did your parents ever tell you never to give money as |
| only for him or her to make a strained smile? Do you | | | | a gift? Did they tell you that money showed that you |
| like cheap gifts? Other people do not like them either. | | | | did not care or showed poor taste? Who does not like |
| Cheap does not always mean expensive. It can mean | | | | money? Sometimes a person wants to buy something |
| that is was poorly made or lacked style or pizazz. | | | | that is more expensive than what one person would |
| Spend time shopping and pick a nice gift rather than | | | | buy. If they get money, they can add it together and |
| sending the message that you are a tightwad or that | | | | spend it on what they want too. Money is appropriate |
| you did not care enough to get the person a nice gift. | | | | for someone that you do not know well, children's |
| You do not have to spend a million dollars to but the | | | | birthday parties and especially weddings. In some |
| right gift. Make sure you spend the time to buy the | | | | cultures, money is expected as a gift at a wedding. |