“Date someone that doesn’t have to ask you what they should buy you, because they know you well enough to come up with gift ideas on their own. Someone that genuinly doesn’t give a crap about what you hand them, because they’re more excited to see the look on your face when you unwrap what they hand…”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“The smile on your recipient’s face makes up for everything you may have wronged them by.”— Katerina Gan, writethroughlife.wordpress.com
“The true meaning of Christmas is to cheer people up during a cold and depressing time of year. That means lots of food, getting together with family and friends, giving each other gifts, being kind to others, and helping those in need.”— Staks Rosch, huffingtonpost.com
“Agreeing with everything he says, giving him little gifts and cards for no reason or simply being too nice to him when he doesn’t treat you as nicely are just some of the signs that you’re trying too hard.”— Iris Goldsztajn, hercampus.com
“An abuser will often use gifts and romance to distract you from other concerning behaviors, such as control and jealousy.”— Pamela Jacobs, huffingtonpost.com
“I imagine giving someone such a gift and then having it returned. Parents are always giving things that are not taken.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“You're basically loaded. Let's calculate all the money we saved on useless birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, fancy dinners, and rip-off Groupons.”— Emma Lord, bustle.com
“He still has all of your old gifts. Listen, if he kept a shirt or a nice watch, that probably doesn't mean much other than the fact that they were pretty nice gifts. But if he kept all the sweet, handwritten birthday cards or the hoodie you got him with his favorite team on it, then there might be s…”— Frank Kobola, cosmopolitan.com
“Guilt gifts are common when someone is getting nookie on the side. If a partner who has never thought to buy you flowers before suddenly starts bringing home roses on the regular, something may be amiss.”— Bethany Ramos, sheknows.com
“Early holiday shoppers: May I suggest my autobiography? It's entertaining, educational, and easy to wrap!”— Neil Patrick Harris, twitter.com
“42nd B'day ideas: for everyone to stop using the word 'like' incessantly in conversation. It's, like, a constant and it's, like, egregious.”— Neil Patrick Harris, twitter.com
“After years of pretty amazing birthdays and Christmases we have got gift-giving down to a damn science. We’re the girlfriends and boyfriends who go above and beyond not only because we don’t have an army of siblings to also shop for, but because we grew up on the receiving end and now practice what…”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s not your fault that your parents like buying you loads of Christmas presents to make up for the fact that they’ve left you sibling-less.”— Vicky Chandler, metro.co.uk
“For the warrior, there is no ‘better’ or ‘worse’: everyone has necessary gifts for his particular path.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com