Lent Day 12 "Gifts"

I have an idea for a play rattling around in my head, about different reactions to presents.  I am still working out the outline and plan of it, but I hope to post a couple of scenes throughout the process.

I have come to the point where I despise the hype surrounding the acts of getting and receiving gifts.  It seems so much about spending more than you can afford to buy something for someone who doesn't want or need it.  We have become subsumed by the Grand Gesture, and the grand gesture has become commonplace.  Commercials attempt to convince us that our women will only love us if they receive the latest shlocky, overpriced, ill-designed settings for chips of diamonds (my hubby knows that if he ever "went to Jared" that he'd be going back, because that shit is butt-ugly).  On the other side, it would seem that the only acceptable gifts for men are either stinky cologne or electronics (I think my Jared rule would apply were I not to allow my wonderful hubby to pick out his own gadgets and toys).

If the thought is supposed to be the point of a gift, then please give people a card, rather than spending two month's salary on something the recipient of your gift cannot use.

Funky socks are an acceptable substitute!