and your goal is to display your friendship, rather than to actually help the recipient
I don’t think that appearing to have spent a lot is the best way to achieve that, even if you manipulate what amount of money they think of as a lot. You’d better give some imaginative present that suits the recipient’s tastes well. (Making something yourself rather than buying it is even better.)
I don’t think that appearing to have spent a lot is the best way to achieve that, even if you manipulate what amount of money they think of as a lot. You’d better give some imaginative present that suits the recipient’s tastes well. (Making something yourself rather than buying it is even better.)