We all receive well intended and thoughtful gifts that we just won't use or need. Don't keep gifts out of obligation. The last thing I want when I give a gift is for the recipient to keep it because they feel like they have to.
I'm a firm believer that gifts should be given because you want to give them. Likewise, gifts should be kept because they are wanted. If it doesn't fit, you won't use it, you don't need it, or you just don't want it, take it back. If you have the gift receipt, take it back or exchange it, that's the intended purpose of the gift receipt, so don't feel bad. If you don't have the gift receipt and you can't return or exchange it, pay it forward. What better way to honor the thought behind the gift than to give it to someone who will love it and use it? Maybe someone actually needs it and can use what you have and it would otherwise just sit in your closet or drawer.
Do you keep gifts because you have to? Do you keep gifts out of guilt? Do you keep gifts because the giver would be offended that you didn't like it? Do you set out the gift whenever the gift giver comes to visit? Do you keep gifts because you might want them someday? Do you keep gifts that might fit at some point? Do you keep gifts you don't like just because they cost a lot? These are not reasons to keep things.
Did you get something that you don't like, doesn't fit, you can't use, or you don't need? Take that sh!t back and don't feel bad.
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