I've never really cared much for money or prestige. However, I also won't not find it offensive if you happen to think that I am a materialistic person or that I like brand-name items.
If you buy me something really expensive because you think I'll like it, I wouldn't really care. I mean, you THOUGHT about it. If you buy me something really expensive because you know GENERALLY people like it and you ASSUME that I will like it, I wouldn't really care either, I mean, you THOUGHT about that too. For the longest time, the cliche phrase, "it's the thought that counts" has never meant anything more to me than a cliche phrase. It wasn't until today when my brother got me my birthday gift that I realized that it has a much stronger significance to me. Not only did he spend more money than he should've, he bought something that I did not want at all.
Small thing. But to me, big thing. Earphones. I go through earphones like paper, which is exactly why I don't buy expensive earphones. I buy really cheap ones because I know they'll probably break 3-4 months later. It's like... a peeve of mine. I just don't like expensive earphones because I think it's such a waste of money since they have the same lifespan as cheap ones, for me anyway.
JUST this morning, my brother asked me if I wanted any earphones because he was going to order some online for himself. I said, "No. I don't use expensive earphones. I only like using cheap ones."
Later, he went out with his girlfriend, I don't know why. And just now he came home with expensive earphones and he said, "Elaine and I thought about it and decided to get you earphones." No card. No bag. Just a box of earphones.
I might sound so stuck up and bitchy but honestly, this year for his birthday, I spent so much time writing a note for him. And I tried to surprise him with it. I put so much thought into getting him something he might actually like. And what? In the end, not only did he waste his money, but he wasted it on something that I've told him so many times that I DON'T want.
What pisses me off is that he doesn't even care. I mean, sure you have a girlfriend, who you can spend hundreds of dollars on, but you can't spend 2 seconds to think about something that I might ACTUALLY like. Heck, I'd be more happy if he went to the dollar store and got me a pair of dollar earphones, at least they'd be something I would use.
HONESTLY. SO ANGRY. I seriously felt like he just went out with his girlfriend and since he didn't want to waste time buying a gift for me, he just went into a store and randomly picked something up. Ugh...
I guess now I know, "It's the thought that counts" actually means something to me.
If you buy me something really expensive because you think I'll like it, I wouldn't really care. I mean, you THOUGHT about it. If you buy me something really expensive because you know GENERALLY people like it and you ASSUME that I will like it, I wouldn't really care either, I mean, you THOUGHT about that too. For the longest time, the cliche phrase, "it's the thought that counts" has never meant anything more to me than a cliche phrase. It wasn't until today when my brother got me my birthday gift that I realized that it has a much stronger significance to me. Not only did he spend more money than he should've, he bought something that I did not want at all.
Small thing. But to me, big thing. Earphones. I go through earphones like paper, which is exactly why I don't buy expensive earphones. I buy really cheap ones because I know they'll probably break 3-4 months later. It's like... a peeve of mine. I just don't like expensive earphones because I think it's such a waste of money since they have the same lifespan as cheap ones, for me anyway.
JUST this morning, my brother asked me if I wanted any earphones because he was going to order some online for himself. I said, "No. I don't use expensive earphones. I only like using cheap ones."
Later, he went out with his girlfriend, I don't know why. And just now he came home with expensive earphones and he said, "Elaine and I thought about it and decided to get you earphones." No card. No bag. Just a box of earphones.
I might sound so stuck up and bitchy but honestly, this year for his birthday, I spent so much time writing a note for him. And I tried to surprise him with it. I put so much thought into getting him something he might actually like. And what? In the end, not only did he waste his money, but he wasted it on something that I've told him so many times that I DON'T want.
What pisses me off is that he doesn't even care. I mean, sure you have a girlfriend, who you can spend hundreds of dollars on, but you can't spend 2 seconds to think about something that I might ACTUALLY like. Heck, I'd be more happy if he went to the dollar store and got me a pair of dollar earphones, at least they'd be something I would use.
HONESTLY. SO ANGRY. I seriously felt like he just went out with his girlfriend and since he didn't want to waste time buying a gift for me, he just went into a store and randomly picked something up. Ugh...
I guess now I know, "It's the thought that counts" actually means something to me.
