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captainsalmonpants t1_j1ghxcz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in To gift of not to gift, a philosopher's dilemma | Attentiveness, the kind that cuts through the indiscriminate busyness that besets modern life, is the greatest and hardest gift to give (Skye Cleary, John Kaag by IAI_Admin

If you hold yourself to a very high standard in gift giving, could that affect your expectations for others?

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aloha_hard t1_j1gjqum wrote

I don’t hold others to the same expectations I hold myself to. I believe I am an awful gift recipient for two reasons. I had a pretty abusive childhood that I was always told I didn’t deserve anything and grew up poor poor and subsequently never received anything. Someday I’ll deal with my past trauma… or maybe not.

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