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Nov 16, 2010Comments: 0 · Posts: 2245 · Topics: 36
I'm notorious for thriving on INCENSE. Maybe you meant THAT.
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Dec 22, 2009Comments: 438 · Posts: 33721 · Topics: 241
I am extremely house proud. Territorial. I may grumble about something but I love every stick of my home. It's my haven and solace. If anyone upended that without my knowledge I'd be gutted. Angry too. It's not the same as it was.
As to someone getting me gifts. Tbh most are a let down. It equates with not truly being listened too or known. Especially when I go out of my way to pay attention to wants/needs and likes/dislikes to get just the absolute perfect thing for someone special to me.
I'd be moved to tears to receive something long admired or a pretty stone from a child's hand. A bread machine or a 'hey I had an afterthought here ya go!' ehhh, not so much.
Thumbs up to that ^^. Grandma prob had a specific idea in mind, if at all...we're persnickety like that. And it's truly annoying to know ppl don't know us well enough to come up with something we'd enjoy.
For instance, I always make sure to get my sisters useful or practical gifts for bdays/Xmas. I remember one of them (Cancer) actually got me a salad shooter -- really?! I am notorious for being the family junk food junkie, since when do I eat FKN salads?!? It can be quite unnerving to receive a gift with no thought behind it. Why bother.
Sorry if that sounds rude but as Damnata said, why didn't they pay closer attn?
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Dec 22, 2009Comments: 438 · Posts: 33721 · Topics: 241
Even from a good place it shows lack of respect for Grandma's turf. And her feelings on the matter.
Better approach? A lovely gift card to her favorite nesting haunt or home improvement place.
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Feb 11, 2010Comments: 252 · Posts: 38715 · Topics: 473
*CHANNELING
*shakes fist at merc retro*
The Aries would always fret one month before my birthday. Me telling him stuff across the year would go into one ear and our of the other. Then, the month before...panic would hit. I'd leave him fret for a few days or a week if I felt sadistic enough and then tell him straight up. He would ease up immediately.
He on the other hand always accused me of witchcraft because I always knew miles ahead what to get him.