"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 7/17/2017 5:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> But the worst part for me was the gifts. My dad loved to shop and he
>> loved bargains. So every year I would be overwhelmed with hundreds of
>> gifts and all of them hard to open.
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>> For instance, one year I wanted a Barbie House. What I got was a Skipper
>> house. Neither of my parents could understand that Skipper was a smaller
>> doll than Barbie so none of the stuff in the house would fit Barbie. She
>> was just too big to fit into any of the rooms pr use the furniture. We
>> couldn't return it to the store either because my dad insisted on putting
>> it together. He was convinced that once I saw it, I'd love it. But I
>> didn't and neither did my friends. None of us had a Skipper doll and one
>> of us wanted one either. So somehow this was my fault and for years
>> afterwards I was chastised because I didn't like the gift. Every
>> Christmas they would bring it up. And I think to this day they never
>> understood what the problem was.
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> I've seen that situation. Tough situation, really. The kid wants a
> particular item but the parent thinks the bargain buy is just as good.
> They would do better buying nothing in this situation.

Agree. In my case, they could have made me happy for less than a dollar. A
tube of seed beads was 19 cents or less. I loved beads and was always
looking to add to what I had. I always try very hard to get people something
they want or would use. Even if it's something cheap.