Always on My Mind
The art of gift giving
In an effort to consolidate my writing, this is being reposted on my Substack. Full post is available for paid subscribers.
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When it comes to the 5 love languages, no one wants to say gifts. Saying that your love language is gifts is like a dog whistle for potential suitors that you’re materialistic, vain, greedy, and shallow. All she cares about is stuff. I disagree.
But I love gifts! Both giving and receiving. Giving gifts is a very natural way for me to express love and care for other people. There’s a lot of reasons why, but at the end of December I finally put my finger on it. When you give someone a gift you are telling them:
