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       Re: Sometimes OTHER People's Lives Take Precedence to Yours
       By: TootsNYC Date: October 11, 2022, 8:10 am
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       [quote] Jo Jr., however, decided to send me a gift card to my
       favorite local restaurant.  This is both charming and appalling:
       it's HIS birthday, he shouldn't be buying gifts. [/quote]
       I think Jo Jr. is trying to hint that he doesn't want you to
       give him gifts on his birthday.
       He has also probably had his mother directly ask him if he got a
       card from you, and he probably has heard her complain that you
       didn't send on, and he thinks that gift card is a guilt present,
       and he doesn't want those.
       Since you and Jo Jr. are friends, I suggest you ask him how HE
       would like you to mark his birthday, and see if he'll go with
       something that's easy maintenance for you. (Does he send you a
       birthday card, and a present? If he doesn't, you shouldn't
       either.)
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