My strategy for gifts is to give cash, and a hand-written letter why and a suggestion for something to buy from that money. This finds a useful compromise between
signaling effort spent on the present
sentimental value
self-determination for the present-receiver
their use of my expertise
Ao far, this has worked well (n=4).
My strategy for gifts is to give cash, and a hand-written letter why and a suggestion for something to buy from that money. This finds a useful compromise between
signaling effort spent on the present
sentimental value
self-determination for the present-receiver
their use of my expertise
Ao far, this has worked well (n=4).