[HPFGU-OTChatter] Gift code (was Main List's: Why Ron Loves Hermione)

[Heidi Tandy]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 5:14PM -0500, Przemyslaw Plaskowicki wrote:

> It seems that there is some kind of a gift-giving cultural code that I
> was aware of only subconsiously. Moreover, this gift-giving code, seems
> to be very wide since none of listees objected this argument. It
> appears, that some gifts are meaning something more than the others --
> in this case book means friendship, perfume means romantic feelings.
> Is there really is some gift-giving-code in our cultures?

Not in my house. Books are the ultimate present between my husband and 
myself, and I expect will become so for our children as well. Yes, we do 
get each other electronics sometimes - he got me a sidekick phone/pda 
after our youngest was born last spring and I bought him a dvd player 
once, but if he gave me perfume instead of a book for an occasion, I'd 
be hurt.

Heidi
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