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Regifting, Part III

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Venus193:
I was on the phone an hour ago with the financially-challenged friend who visited her brother in Florida for Christmas (he paid the fare).  Naturally, she brought gifts with her.

Her brother's GF has a 21-year-old daughter who is apparently, like us, fond of vampire novels and movies (although she is less familiar with the older ones).  "I gave her a bat necklace and one of those vampire romances you gave me."

Imagine openly telling someone you regifted something you gave her? 

If she had not shocked me in the next sentence with the comment that the girl had never seen the Hammer films or Dark Shadows I might have reacted to that comment with "Did you at least read it first?"

Comments, please.

sammycat:
If I was regifting I certainly wouldn't tell the original gifter! :o

Is your friend always this tactless or was this just a one off slip up?

Venus193:
Oy, she is etiquette-challenged in other ways.  I have posted about her more than once.

Alida:
That is... wow.  Would it help to think that maybe she liked it so much she passed it on?  ;)

MsEva:
I had the same thing happen to me. I used to sell Avon and have a ton of stock left. I invited my friend, "Amy", to help me sort out some stuff to give to a battered women's shelter. I also let her know that it was going to be an Avon Christmas for most everyone on my list since things are a little tight. Since she was helping me I told her that she could pick whatever she wanted and that would be my gift to her. She was thrilled. She asked if she could take a few things for her roommate/oldest friend and I was fine with that.

Amy called me a couple of days later and told me that her friend said to thank me for the items and then proceeded to let me know that her coworkers loved the gifts that she picked out for them. Hello?? I never agreed to let her use it as her personal shopping for coworkers. She never even mentioned that she was picking out things for them, she made it sound like it was for her. She also will do things like wait until I leave the room to help herself to something good (like Fanny May candy) and will let me know when I get back - "Oh, I hope you don't mind but I helped myself to some chocolate. I just couldn't resist!" Drives me bonkers.

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