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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it's that people don't know what to get, do the best they can, but are really anxious to know that they got something acceptable, because after all, it's their hard earned money they're spending.

If receiving a gift is such a chore, then next year make it clear long before the birthday "no gifts necessary" and use some excuse like not enough space in the house or you'd rather just plan a dinner together.

Otherwise, just send the woman a text or an email and don't be so ungrateful.

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Feeling the pressure of multiple checkins and needing to respond RIGHT NOW BEFORE I FREAK OUT is definitely not the same thing as being ungrateful for having been thought of and having received a gift.  Gifts with strings (whether emotional or otherwise) are not the same as just plain gifts.  Sending a gracious thank you in a timely manner is just not enough for the impatient gifter - they want to know NOW NOW NOW and anything less is taken as a slight.  There is a difference.[/quote]

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PP must be one of the posters who argues that people should be grateful when anonymous neighbours drop soiled hand me downs on someone's doorstep.[/quote]

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