Underrated Gifts
Don’t know what to give them?
Shopping for other people is hard, but after getting some “not really my thing” gifts this year, I realized my tastes are hard for a lot of people to understand. That being said, people gifting me things they know I wouldn’t like is never fun, especially when I have expressed my interests to them. Here’s a story about the importance of catering to someone’s interests even if it means making a mistake.
“It’s perfect”
When I was around ten or eleven, my parents were only just starting to realize that their daughter was not going to grow out of her gaming craze. Yes, I was the girl at your elementary school who got bullied for liking “boy stuff” and was described as “too shy” by most teachers. My parents were not exactly knowledgeable in field video games, but they still wanted to get me a gift for getting good grades.
They decided to get me some games and some t-shirts, but they had no idea what characters I liked. So, they guessed.
That year, I was just getting into monster catcher games. You know, the pocket monsters and digital monsters. However, I was into so much Japanese media, my parents couldn’t really tell the difference.
My parents handed me the big Game Stop bag, and hoped for the best. Inside was a Kirby game, an educational math game, and a shirt with a Pikachu on it. (I had never heard of Kirby, I hated math, and loved the evolved monster, Raichu.) Even then, I was overjoyed.
“It’s perfect!” I said to them, because in all actuality, it was.
I was much more content with the fact that they put effort into what makes me happy, instead of just getting me things that they liked. Putting time into researching and shopping for someone else’s hobbies is always appreciated. Getting it right isn’t the important thing, but showing you care about the other person’s interests, even if you don’t understand them, is important.
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