Dear Queenie,
My sister gives people gifts that she buys at yard sales or flea markets, which usually means they are used goods. It’s not as if she has money problems, but she thinks she is doing the sellers a favour by buying their stuff, or giving to charity when it’s some organisation holding the sale.
We would rather not get anything from her at all and just have her attend the party or whatever the occasion is.
Queenie, how do we handle this without being rude?—Gift Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
Do not make an issue of the origin of the gift. Thank your sister for it and later on do with it whatever you think appropriate. You could even donate it to some other organisation (or maybe the same one it came from) if it is fit for them to sell for a good cause.
