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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked for no gifts and got tons and I GREATLY APPRECIATE the people who didn’t bring!![/quote]

Usually the gifts brought to "no gift" parties are random crap because people feel like they can cheap out on the gift ("they said no gifts") while also fulfilling their perceived social obligation.

Next time, bring a card, OP, and be proud that you're able to follow instructions.  Most of the gifts people have given when I've specified none go into the trash or are donated.[/quote]

So you'd take expensive quality gifts then. You just don't like the cheap ones. 😕 
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No.  When I said, "no gifts," I meant no gifts.  Cost is irrelevant.

My point was that I think many of the people who insist on bringing gifts, after explicitly being asked not to, satisfy their lack of impulse control by unloading whatever crap they have lying around.  So that's doubly annoying.  I'm not donating crap, nor should I have to be the one to toss it.  I don't understand why it's so hard for people to just... not bring gifts.[/quote]

You live in a society where cultural norms exist, dummy! What's there not to understand?

Do you lack empathy and awareness in all other aspects of your life?

It's one thing to argue that these things are wasteful ( solid argument). It's another to be so foolish that you fail to see how other people might feel uncomfortable showing up without gifts.[/quote]

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