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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is really odd to try and use money and material objects to respond to an act of saving someone’s life. To me it is a bit sexist. Like women are superficial and materialistic  and no matter what they do in life you buy them things. Same reason I hate engagement rings.

Reducing men to steak and a bj and women to flowers and jewelry are just really sexist traditions that I despise. Humans are not that simple minded. Personally I would be offended by a gift but I do get these sexist ideas do exist because there are some women who do care mostly about shiny and pretty things.[/quote]

Hold up, giving a gift out of gratitude is now sexist?

OP SAID he doesn't want to give "flowers or anything like that" but something "with some genuine thought."

Should I not buy the guy down my street who helped me fix my garage door a nice six-pack of beer that I know he likes?
Should I not send my friend friend her favorite NY bagels after she really helped talk me through a rough time?
Should I not buy my closest friends a bracelet engraved with our personal inside joke that made me laugh as I was dealing with my dad's hospice?

Dp. I think your examples are not quite the same.  How can you really properly thank someone who saved your life?  Is your life equal to flowers or bagels?  No, it is much more precious.

My dh saved me from choking four years ago.  I cannot really thank him enough but I try to do things on a day to day to tell him how much I love and appreciate him.

Now do you get what pp was saying?[/quote]

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