"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> A couple of things that I personally would have liked to get were a
>> Crock-Pot (I did actually get one not long after we were married as a
>> Christmas present) and a fondue pot. But... I do like to cook!
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> I always give money, it's never been returned. ;-)

I'm to the point where I prefer that myself. Gift cards can be okay but I
have gotten some for stores where I never shop and when I have tried to shop
there, I saw nothing that I wanted. So money works the best. I just hate
it when the giver demands that I tell them what I spent the money on. And
then gets mad at me when I say something like... I bought groceries! Heck,
sometimes you are to the point where that is all that you need. I guess
people have in their minds that you will spend the money on some extravagant
thing that you otherwise wouldn't have bought for yourself. That's just not
me.