Friday, July 27, 2007

"Presence" instead of presents

When V and I got married, we decided to request guests to honor us with their presence rather than with expensive presents. If they insisted of giving us something with a $$ value, then we requested that they donate to a charity of their choice. I am glad to see the trend catching on...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/nyregion/27gifts.html?em&ex=1185681600&en=4cd38f4383bda523&ei=5087%0A

This is a nice reminder for all bay area parents with high-tech jobs and high-income friends that they need not exchange gifts at each others special events to prove anything! When V and I attended a birthday party for a friend's kid recently we went with an online donation at "Doctors without borders". I think it was pretty well-received.

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