"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "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. ;-)
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> 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.

I can't imagine asking anyone what they spent the money I gave them on. If
they volunteer that would be one thing, but otherwise out of my hand to
theirs, and their business what they spend it on.

Cheri