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DEC 22, 2004 07:39 PM
nobodaddy said:
Keith said:
nobodaddy said:
It's best when someone thinks of something you'll really like, which you'd have never gotten for yourself, because you don't know about it, or it hadn't occurred to you. That's what I try to do when I give gifts. I never ask what they want, and I don't look at their wishlists.
That is the best, but honestly, does your grandmother or your aunt you see twice a year know you well enough to look deep into your soul and recognize something you'd like? Do you know what they'd like or need? Odds are: no. That is why the Gods gave us wishlists.
damn, that is one hip pseudograndmother.
It's funny you say that, because my stepfather's mom (sort of like a grandmother). gets me the most awesome gifts. A 78 RPM of Leadbelly one year - an old paperbabck from the 50s of Hemingway in French, another time.
The rest of the family is clueless though. 
lostarchitect
Brooklyn, NY
January 2004
DEC 22, 2004 07:30 PM