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Zipadee says...
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>Thanks for your comments, Banty. I just wanted to respond
>to one thing so I snipped a lot. See below.
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>On Dec 12, 3:26 pm, Banty <Banty_mem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>In article
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>> Zipadee says...
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>> >DS recently came back from dinner at his dad's
>> >house with his Hanukkah present - a gift card to
>> >a teen-oriented clothing store. My son is
>> >not interested in clothing or shopping. When he
>> >needs clothing, I pay for it - if there's something
>> >extra he wants he would pay for it. So my son
>> >wanted to sell me the card so he could have the cash.
>>
>> Newsflash idea: Near-adult needs clothes, near-adult gets gift card
for
>> clothes, mebbe it's time for mommy to let near-adult start buying his
own
>> clothes!!
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>I don't go in there and pick them out. He says he needs jeans or
>something, we go to the store, he picks out styles he likes, takes
>in a few to try on, decides which ones fit, and I just pay. It doesn't
>happen often - I think the last time was before he had his driver's
>license so I had to drive him there. Next time he needs to go,
>I finally can send him by himself. He's colorblind but that
>doesn't matter when buying jeans or khakis.
OK. But then, that much more puzzling as to why it's an inappropriate
gift.
Wouldn't this be obvious as to what to do with the gift card? You're
saying
you think it should be, um, speshul-er than clothing? Clothing is a
perfectly
OK gift. He can trade it for cash with someone if he wants, too.
Banty
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