A gift for someone should be thoughtful.

“I get that and I totally get I'm not like on Oh I thought I was like this oh no no no because marai is all thoughtful like you but I also can't think I'm not good at thinking of a good gift or a funny gift”

He theorizes that men should strive to give better, more thoughtful birthday gifts, similar to how he perceives gay men do.

“and we theorize that gay men give the best birthday presents and then gay listeners started emailing in their birthday presents because with gay men they have to one-up each other every year because they're men but they also love each other”

Matt believes that gift giving should be focused on what the recipient actually needs.

“I just see gift-giving as like who would let's see what someone needs”

Sal maintains a running list of potential gift ideas throughout the year to ensure he provides thoughtful presents for friends and family during the holidays.

“I like have a note in my um in my phone a note page that's like potential Christmas gifts so I'm always adding to it so if I see or think or see something someone likes like six months earlier nine months ago or I see something I think I make a running list”

Receiving surprise gifts creates a feeling of being indebted that causes anxiety.

“I hate not knowing what I'm going to get I hate receiving surprise gifts why because fun huh do you hate fun as well it makes me feel it it puts pressure on me it makes me feel okay if there's one thing that I hate even though even though I know it's even though I know most people don't think like t”

Angie believes that people should stop wrapping gifts to simplify the holiday process.

“I just think we should do unwrapped gifts have you ever been to those showers where everything's just unwrapped so you don't have to open it that's what my campaign's going to be”

It is more effective to redirect the desire of others to give gifts toward charitable causes rather than receiving physical items that become clutter.

“if someone ever wants to give me some money or give me a gift it doesn't just have to be a holiday gift it could be a birthday gift or any other time of the year I often just say yes oh a gift would be wonderful you can pick either one of these Charities which one is most compelling to you”

Exchanging gifts as an adult is merely an act of exchanging money.

“I always feel like that's just exchanging money to me.”

He would choose to sell a high-value gift from someone rather than keep it as a memory.

“no I don't want she comes in here with [ __ ] this is what he does to me all the time yeah what the [ __ ] is your problem”

He would sell an expensive gift rather than wear it if he did not like it or found it impractical.

“I would sell it um and just use the money on something you like”