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mk  ·  4721 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: People Who Didn't Get What They Wanted For Christmas
Well, that's a slice of nastiness.

I find that over time I want less and less.

My wife and I are making room for the coming baby, and we don't have much closet space. Getting baby stuff is pretty freaky. gq has a baby shower in a couple of weeks, and UPS keeps dropping off boxes. We really tried to limit the size of the registry, but it's still intimidating. As a result, we decided that we should donate the clothes that we don't need or won't wear. It was pretty embarrassing how much we had to donate. However, I'd have to say that 1/2 of those clothes we recieved as gifts. Since our weights haven't changed for the last decade, everything that hadn't been damaged was kept as potentially wearable.

In China people rarely give gifts, and if they do, it's generally money. The money thing can be problematic, because sometimes people give more than they should, but the lack of material crap like a salad-cutter is refreshing. Of course, this is changing pretty rapidly.

Huh. Just rambling, I guess. :)