Dear Annie: ‘Yes, people do give what they would want to receive’

DEAR ANNIE: I love your column and am writing to offer a different point of view for the woman whose family does not celebrate her birthday or Mother’s Day or Christmas the way she wants. She says she gives them presents, but they don’t reciprocate.

Annie, I don’t have the time, energy, money and, most importantly, the desire to drive all over the state searching for the perfect gift. I think my friend and this dear woman should take a hint. Yes, people do give what they would want to receive. I would love one restaurant or Walmart or Target gift card and that’s it!

I repeatedly tell my friend that we should stop with the gift giving. But she doesn’t get it, and year after year I can tell that she is disappointed. My suggestion is that my friend and the woman who wrote to you should save all this hoopla they spend on other people and throw their own party for themselves, because in reality, that is what they want. Thanks for listening to me. -- Over the Top

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