Bad Presents and How to Handle Them
My friend, Kelly, is a fan of really functional gifts and I was happy to learn she loved the couple’s housewarming wood cutting board my parents sent her. She and her husband just moved into their new house and had invited most of my family over for the house blessing. As she was so excited about the prospects of building a family in this new home, she was also equally excited about all the presents they received from guests. She thought she could use many of it for their new house, but as it is always the case, there were one or two gifts that stood out because she didn’t really like them.
I received her call the following morning, after the party and there she related how much she loved my mom’s gift. It was very personalized and being a whiz in the kitchen, she thought my mom’s present was really made for her. She then confided, she received a vase from her step mother and didn’t know what to do with it because it was something she didn’t like. Does she put it away? What if her step mother comes to visit and wonders where it is? Giving it back would be insulting, but would giving it away be as insulting? I then advised her to just keep it for the meantime. The vase isn’t actually that tacky, it just needs to go well together with her home decor. I said maybe she will have use for it ten years from now, when she decides to change her interior. Or….she could just bring it out when she knows the step mother is coming to visit.
What about you? What do you do when you receive bad presents?
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