2007-06-09 01:41:23 · 26 answers · asked by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
For me, every day is special. At my age most gifts only add to the clutter - but they always are grand to get. And if shrewdly chosen they make the "thoughts" one presumes are there on all the days more palpable, and open unexpected things to pursue. My daughter, a psychiatrist, recently returned from Italy with an electronic game of Sundoku for me amongst other things. She gave it with the admonition - "Here you are Dad; something to help keep your brain alive". What could be more thoughtful? It took me two days to work out how to play the damned thing, let alone tackle any of its puzzles. Which must show just how appropriate the thought was. Now I'll have to get my 13-yo grandchildren to help me with the actual puzzles, so the gift will be compounded. What gift could be more profitable?
2007-06-09 02:42:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely it's the thought that count
But
If you receive a gift , bought in a hurry , bought only with the idea of just giving something so as the Donner may have peace of mind then , the gift AND the thought are null and void.
2007-06-09 11:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by d260383 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unless the gift is something they clearly picked up because they didn't want to waste time thinking about it. IE: my nephew's mother gave him a toy from a McDonald's Happy Meal for his Christmas gift last year. Now THAT was insulting on more levels than you can imagine! (drug addict. Didn't want to spend the time or the money. He's being raised by my brother now and you can be darned tootin' he's getting a ROCKIN christmas this year!)
2007-06-09 12:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my special day finally arrives, I'd like to feel the warmth of a loved one's hand, touching my cold hand and hear a loving farewell, as I depart this Earth. There is no better gift or thought.
2007-06-09 09:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it really is. I appreciate it when someone goes out of their way to try to find a gift for me that they think I will enjoy. Just the fact that they took the time to do that means a lot to me.
2007-06-09 09:10:06 · answer #5 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it is the thought that counts. That means more than anything because at least the person tried.
2007-06-09 08:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by emeraldfire68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In time, the dear people who gifted you will be gone, and the fragile memory of their kind gesture -- however misguided -- will be one of the things you have left to treasure about them.
2007-06-09 08:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely.
2007-06-09 08:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the thought that counts=]
2007-06-09 08:44:18 · answer #9 · answered by Confused 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!!! It’s what inside the gift box that counts.
If I don’t like the gift, I get mad. I mean, you’ve known me for how many years by now and you don’t know what I like and what I don’t like!!!
2007-06-10 00:44:40 · answer #10 · answered by they're savages 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋