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 Dec 26 2004, 11:55 AM
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 Change Gon Come  Group: Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,822  |
Meh, the tendency to save things and use them for other things, I think, comes from living in a poorer time/place/location. We don't get that many presents given to us around xmas time. I tear the wrapping paper right off my presents. Who gives a eff about the paper?
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Dec 26 2004, 11:57 AM
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 dizzy me up. Group: Member Posts: 3,191 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,139 |
na uhs i don't cus i don't have that much patience haha
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Dec 26 2004, 12:40 PM
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 mosh. Group: Member Posts: 1,841 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 73,114 |
my parents dont care...
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Dec 26 2004, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE(misoka @ Dec 26 2004, 2:58 AM) lmao...actually I'm the one that does that. Sometimes if I find really nice wrapping, I take off the tape carefully...it takes me a while to open it...then again I barely get any presents. But I never give back the same bag back to the person who gave it to us...I usually find a use for it. *storage, etc.* My parents tell me to just tear apart the wrapping...  haha yeah me too. i used to carefully open the wrapping paper to save it, but now, i just rip the wrapping paper. haha, but i usually keep the bag if i think its nice. |
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Dec 26 2004, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(aznxdreamer @ Dec 26 2004, 2:49 AM) once, we gave the same bag back to the the person who gave it to us. That was just too funny. My parents only do that with the gift bags ;] |
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Dec 26 2004, 01:29 PM
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 Hi, I'm Leslie Group: Member Posts: 1,404 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,349 |
My family just rips all of it off really fast. They don't really care.. Btw.. I know mom's who do that and they aren't asian..
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Dec 26 2004, 01:53 PM
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my mom does that...well except for the wrapping paper
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Dec 26 2004, 02:43 PM
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 RiKACHANtEL Group: Member Posts: 3,876 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,230 |
my parents arent asian but we do save the bags. and bows sometimes
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Dec 26 2004, 02:44 PM
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they do that.. my parents are very asian
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Dec 26 2004, 06:42 PM
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 ApunBindaas Group: Member Posts: 221 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,464 |
Asian parents are so cheap! However, my parents aren't like that. Thank goodness.
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Dec 26 2004, 06:51 PM
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My family doesn't do that. Since we celebrate Christmas with a large amount of people, unwrapping slowly will delay the rest of the presents that still needed to be opened. We just tear it off. And I worked so hard to make the presents look nice when I wrapped it.
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Dec 26 2004, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE(Ataryu @ Dec 26 2004, 2:23 AM) Im not asian, but we save the tissue paper, and ribbons... Yup same here. And the boxes and gift bags  lol. People it the stores are stingy and never give them out! So we're really forced to save them.QUOTE(misoka @ Dec 26 2004, 12:58 AM) lmao...actually I'm the one that does that. Sometimes if I find really nice wrapping, I take off the tape carefully...it takes me a while to open it...then again I barely get any presents. But I never give back the same bag back to the person who gave it to us...I usually find a use for it. *storage, etc.* My parents tell me to just tear apart the wrapping... Hahaha yeah no one does it in my family just me. I guess it's because I wrap all the gifts and hate to see that my hours of work are just torn apart. But we don't save the wrapping paper even though I take my precious time trying not to tear anything. 
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Dec 26 2004, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(dafunnybunny @ Dec 26 2004, 4:02 AM) my mom just likes to save the bags. she uses them when she gives other ppl gifts. Heh, same here. I don't take my time while opening my gifts. I only save the wrapping if it's really nice. |
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Dec 26 2004, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE(aznxdreamer @ Dec 26 2004, 2:49 AM) once, we gave the same bag back to the the person who gave it to us. haha. my parents dont do that but sometimes i unwrap the my presents slowly cuz people probably spent alotta of time gift wrapping it so i feel bad for ripping it apart infront of them. lol. |
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Dec 26 2004, 07:41 PM
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lol, eveyone likes to regift things becuase its nice and $ave money. lol.
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Dec 26 2004, 07:48 PM
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uhhh....not gift wrapping, but tissue paper, boxes, and bags. yep. ahhaha..... for christmas i got this box that had writing on it saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" and my mom crossed it out XD but i like keeping bags.
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Dec 26 2004, 07:51 PM
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i do that sometimes..when i find nice/cool wrapping..especially the foil ones..lol..my mom use to do that..
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Dec 26 2004, 07:53 PM
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Humm not so much my parents but my grandparents OMG it bugs me...but then its kinda cute at the same time!!
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Dec 26 2004, 08:55 PM
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lol mine used to lOL...but not anymore... we just hurry up and tear it up like a crazy person... lol i act like a crazy mental person loL jk
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Dec 26 2004, 11:57 PM
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 hello : ) Group: Official Member Posts: 4,227 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,139 |
well if it`s really nice gift wrapping paper my mom will sometimes open it all carefully and slowly but if not we just rip it up. and the bags, well not only are my parents the ones who keep them, but i do too. shoot, bags can be expensive. why not save them and give them away again instead of having to spend like an extra buck or 2 on each present.
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Dec 26 2004, 11:59 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
... I LIKE TO SAVE WRAPPING TOO! Only if it's pretty. But still, I barely get anything wrapped any more.. It's always some money or something in a bag.. and usually I save that bag lol... And usually, I expect anyone who receives a gift from me that I wrapped up, to save the wrapping lol, even though they probably didn't. I take time and delicately wrap the gifts and yea... Bleh. My parents don't save the wrapping.. not that I know of.. They barely wrap things anyway. It's all about being lazy and going out to buy a christmas bag and putting the gift in it with a group of tissue paper.
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Dec 27 2004, 12:28 AM
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My mom does. I think it's funny.
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Dec 27 2004, 12:30 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Well it depends on the wrapping.
If it's really pretty and nice, even if my parents don't ask me to open it carefully, I'll do it and save the wrapping paper (NOT using it again I mean). =] |
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Dec 27 2004, 04:11 AM
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my mom saves the foil gift wrap and throws away the paper ones.
but we always reuse gift bags, ribbons, bows, tissue paper, etc... and when we run out of wrapping paper we always use coupons or go to the dollar store to buy gift wrap man we're cheap!! 
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Dec 28 2004, 04:02 AM
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We're Australian and my parents do that too! My Mum does anyway.
And my younger sister wrapped a gift in tiny pieces of reused paper and they all fell off before she gave it to the person it was for. |
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