Ok, ok. Point taken. I wouldn't accept BBQ spare ribs either as I don't eat meat. Next time I'll be more precise with my wording to ensure that I cover 'gifts' such as plastic trash, dousing, kicks in the 'ass', food when I'm full and drinks when I'm not thirsty. It's therefore not the case that I o...

You or I could come up with thousands of examples like the ones you have just provided. Stop being pedantic. 'Gifting' is the essence of LOVE: it is to give without expectation of return. IN MY OPINION, this is the source of all that is magical and beautiful about the wonderful experience which is B...

Ridiculous comment.

Where's the good intention in such a 'gift'?

Never refusing a gift is not identical to getting rid of what you don't need. I believe that a gift, gifted with good intention, ought never to be refused. It is then up to the recipient to 're-gift' if he or she doesn't need it, thus continuing the karmic goodness of that beautiful act of gifting. ...

- Never, ever refuse a gift. The importance of the gift lies not in the gift as type but in the gift as token. The value of the gift inheres only in the process of gifting that 'thing' from one person to another. When the value of the gift is conflated with its monetary worth, the act of gifting bec...

- Never, ever refuse a gift. The importance of the gift lies not in the gift as type but in the gift as token. The value of the gift inheres only in the process of gifting that 'thing' from one person to another. When the value of the gift is conflated with its monetary worth, the act of gifting bec...

Thank you so much Drucake. That means a lot to me.

Maybe because I wrote it following my first time in 2009. I've got better ways to spend my time than writing fiction and passing it off as alleged first hand experience!

- Never, ever refuse a gift. The importance of the gift lies not in the gift as type but in the gift as token. The value of the gift inheres only in the process of gifting that 'thing' from one person to another. When the value of the gift is conflated with its monetary worth, the act of gifting bec...