I have started wrapping presents for Christmas. This is honestly something I don't understand. We spend money and considerable time to put a gift in a wrapper that will be ripped up in a few short seconds. My love language is not gifts, so maybe that's why I don't understand, but the following are a few of the points I have trouble with.
Cost: Why does so much gift wrap cost so much. I know you can get some at a dollar store, but since when does the paper a gift is wrapped in matter as much as the gift?
Gift bags are nice in that most of my gripes below aren't an issue with the bags. They cost more than gift wrap, though, so I always have to take this into account.
Ribbons and Bows: I kind of feel bad mentioning this, but I really could care less whether there is a bow on my gift. I assume that a bow or a ribbon makes a gift more appealing to some people. Probably people who have better aesthetic taste than I do. It doesn't change the fact that the bow simply doesn't do anything for me.
Cutting and Folding: In my opinion the main point of the paper is to hide what the actual gift is from the recipient. Making precise cuts and folds in the wrapping paper is irrelevant to this point.
Tape: Did you know that you're only supposed to use three pieces of tape on a typical rectangular gift? If you use more you're not doing it right. Why does this matter?
At least this is something I only have to worry about once a year. And for the occasional birthday. And for anniversaries. And for...
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Dash wraps all our gifts! It's a deal we have.
Dust - Are you serious?
Don't tell me... you love giftwrap.
Relax and enjoy life...the world is not out to get you.
Forrest,
Of course not. That would be ridiculous. The entire world doesn't know about me yet. Only parts of the world are out to get me.
FYI, the whole point of posting pet peeves is to point out how ludicrous the stuff is that I'm annoyed at. It's simply a chance to say, "This is stupid." The point isn't to just sit here and whine. I am not 100% sure you always get that.
BTW, how do you relax and enjoy life? Buy gift bags rather than wrap the gifts? Convince someone else to do the wrapping? Wrapping gifts isn't relaxing.
I've been banned from gift wrapping in my house so I don't worry about it anymore
Did you ever consider that the stuff you call "ludicrous" and "stupid" to be the things that other people enjoy?
But if you are into whining about everything that bothers you, then I guess that is okay.
No offense to anyone, but why would I not post a mildly sarcastic gripe about not liking something just because someone else may enjoy it? I don't follow the logic.
Put it this way. When you listen to a comedy routine, typically a large percentage of it is a gripe session. I don't always see eye to eye with the comedian, because sometimes the things that bother him or her don't bother me. I don't ever walk away with the opinion that, "maybe someone enjoys whatever the comedian was bashing." Everyone understands that this is simply part of his or her routine meant for others' entertainment.
Oh, I'm sorry. Was this suppose to be humor? I thought it was another one of your post about how you don't get the world and how the world doesn't get you.
There is quite a difference between comedy and whining. I am sorry I mistook this bit as whining. Maybe you should work on your delivery.
Frankly, I am confused as to why you assume it is 100% one or the other. The point is to say, "I don't like this process and here's why." It's not a comedy routine, but it is supposed to point out absurdities.
When you are talking with someone don't you ever gripe in a jovial (not the perfect word for the situation, but it'll do) way about how annoying something is? For example, "Can you believe that Blockbuster removed 1984 from my queue? That's ludicrous!"
If you are going to classify these types of posts as either solely an attempt at humor or solely something to whine about you're always going to think that it is either whiny or not funny enough. Frankly, you will never understand how to converse with me either. I should hope that I am at least complicated enough that all my writing can't be that easily classified.
Yes, a comedian and a complainer are two different things. One guys is funny and the other is annoying.
Sorry, I got annoyed. I get annoyed at people who constanly gripe and complain. My bad. Your gripes, which there have been a lot of lately, paint you out the be this helpless, clueless guy and I have a hard time believing anybody is that sorry. I know your not like that in person.
It's just wrapping paper. It's the presentation of a gift before it is opened. We come from families who take great pride and creativity into wrapping presents. They are beautiful and you can't wait to rip them open, because there is something special inside.
I don't mind wrapping presents. I usually do it last minute. But it is fun. I put on a movie, make a hot drink, find all the gifts that I hid throughout the house and lay them out and look them over a few times - proud of what I have gotten for my loved ones. Then I slowly wrap the presents. I am not the best, but I don't find it a diffucult chore.
Dust, you know I love you.
These conversations always play out better on a Thursday night than in written form, because we can see the smirk on each others face.
Vernal was worried that I went to far and I told her that this is how we play online. Anyway, I'm sorry and I'll try to play nice, but not too nice if we need to spice things up.
No worries. I'm guessing you weren't worried anyway. :)
My only concern is that some others don't realize how tongue-in-cheek a lot of this is. As people start to understand that, this going back and forth is fine.
Now that I think of it, I do have one other concern. I am still working on using this medium to relay my thoughts properly. Working out the subtlety of perspective that I am trying to portray without the benefit of nonverbal cues does make me concerned that people don't get the ideas as I want to present them.
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