I find myself frequently unsure whether something is a gift, in which case I’d simply say “thank you,” or if I should offer reimbursement.
I was raised right and know my forks and honorifics, but it seems some rules may have changed.
3. In conversation over lunch at work, I shared that I hadn’t been able to find a particular brand of beer that my husband especially likes. A colleague turned up a few days later with a six-pack he’d found at a specialty grocery. Gift or reimburse? Does it matter that the colleague is subordinate to me, though I am not his supervisor?
The boyfriend’s family may have had an extra ticket they were happy to get use out of -- or they may have felt it polite to include you, as you were in from out of town. The exorbitant cost of the ticket makes it worth asking.
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