Should housewarming presents be banned....?
...if you are downsizing?
No one should consider bringing a physical non-perishable object as a housewarming gift to anyone who has just undergone a major downsizing.
It is so difficult, even heartbreaking, to eliminate half or more of everything you've owned or inherited. Often, some of the toughest choices involve gifts from loved ones that you have, unfortunately, never had any use for. But the good side of it is when all or most of the downsizing has occurred, and the move has occurred, and you are just starting to unpack, (hoping you won't have to cut back still further)...you can now contemplate your stuff knowing how your life is now simpler and better organized...
And that's when people show up with well meaning gifts and good wishes. All you can think as you're thanking them is, "Where, O where am I going to keep this?"
Please, if you want to be generous and give a housewarming gift, make it perishable; gourmet food, fruit, flowers...or a gift card for a housecleaning service or restaurant or pizza place. That will make them happy and they don't have to figure out where to keep it, or not for long.
So many people are downsizing these days...honor their move with a card or a night out at the local steakhouse, or anything they don't need to store or display.
No one should consider bringing a physical non-perishable object as a housewarming gift to anyone who has just undergone a major downsizing.
It is so difficult, even heartbreaking, to eliminate half or more of everything you've owned or inherited. Often, some of the toughest choices involve gifts from loved ones that you have, unfortunately, never had any use for. But the good side of it is when all or most of the downsizing has occurred, and the move has occurred, and you are just starting to unpack, (hoping you won't have to cut back still further)...you can now contemplate your stuff knowing how your life is now simpler and better organized...
And that's when people show up with well meaning gifts and good wishes. All you can think as you're thanking them is, "Where, O where am I going to keep this?"
Please, if you want to be generous and give a housewarming gift, make it perishable; gourmet food, fruit, flowers...or a gift card for a housecleaning service or restaurant or pizza place. That will make them happy and they don't have to figure out where to keep it, or not for long.
So many people are downsizing these days...honor their move with a card or a night out at the local steakhouse, or anything they don't need to store or display.
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