Gifting people with 'crap you found on the street'

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So it was my friends birthday recently, and on Sunday I got round to giving her her present. I’m a tragic gift buyer, so I thought I’d default to lots of little bits, some which I bought and some which I just had in my house unopened that I thought she’d like. We’re talking a couple of face masks, some herbal tea, a soap, some chocolates etc.

She did like it, but it started a hilarious conversation about the concept of gifting someone with just random stuff you find lying around. Apparently it’s a quote from friends too although different content.

So?

  • I often gift people crap I find on the street
  • All my gifts are painstakingly thought through and often some exclusive thing that’s really unique

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My mum’s a serial crap from the streeter too.she has a cupboard ready for every occasion.

Oh god I’m my mum.

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Oh I thought you meant the actual street!

We have a gift box of stuff that we’ve bought for x occasion but never given - and so some of that goes out as gifts where appropriate.

Also we’ve got into buying second hand stuff for gifts - eBay, World Of Books etc - just to reduce the amount of Stuff that’s out there

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Haha yeah sorry that could be misleading, apparently it’s a box Phoebe has from when she was homeless called ‘crap from the street’

I’ve never watched friends.

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I love buying presents! Particularly for people I know really well. I keep a couple of lists, personalised ones and generic ones which I add to all year round. Since me and my friends have got older and my wife’s side of the family have stopped buying for adults I miss having so many people to buy for. My wallet doesn’t which I suppose is the good part.

I don’t see any problem with gifting little bits and pieces though, sometimes those are the best ones!

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One Christmas my dad tried to ‘gift’ me his old colander

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Could this thread BE any more confusing?

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I have been known to give away my own things as gifts rather than buy new things

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Pipe down you

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Could’ve been worse, could’ve been his old coriander

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When in my last (I say last, it wasn’t, but the most palpable) manic state a few years ago I found a Doris lessing book in the street, and it had a letter inside from about 2004. I was convinced the author of said letter was speaking to me… It was all so relatable, like “stay strong my dear friend, all of this will be OK”.

I kept it for ages but no idea where it is now.

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My most precious street finds:

Cheap pink cowboy hat, outside Penneys in Sligo, clearly dropped by a child: that I could never give away

Cardboard lettering of the word “Yaaass” outside a print shop: still hanging up in my ex’s apartment last I knew

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There’s some pretty good crap to be found on the streets sometimes y’know

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