|
I find honesty is the best policy. I got two duplicate gifts this year -- two new crock pots, and two new sets of cookware (no more hand-me downs!). I'm keeping both sets of cookware, because I can't bear to part with either; one of the crockpots was from Magpie's mom, so I just let her know that I'd already gotten one, and she has offered to return it and get me a rice cooker instead.
It's a subject that needs to be handled delicately, but it prevents the possibility of bad blood down the road.
__________________
I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
|