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Thread: Proper gift for my girlfriend's mother, father and brother
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[quote=DESTRUCKDOZ,249239]Hey what’s up, I do not agree with what Dodger has to say. Gifts in a way are no different from East or West but in the way one receives them is a completely different story. Giving a gift of flowers to an elderly sick Chinese women is like giving starving kids in Africa an Xbox 360, what are they going to do with it? Yeah they will remember you gave them a gift, but a gift that was completely useless to them. I am not here to argue that my suggestions are much better than anybody else’s or a claim that I know more because of my Chinese roots but you have to realize that if you are giving gifts to you girlfriends family or possibly even potential “In Laws” then you should give them something that they are familiar with in there culture. Gifts such as flowers, moonshine and cigars to a Chinese family from someone that is not Chinese? It is nothing but Ethnocentrism. If you want them to really like you, it has got to be something that they are familiar with. Such as the kids in Africa, they don’t know how valuable a Xbox360 is, so if they know nothing of it they don’t have expectations. If you want a long last effect on these gifts, they probably wont forget that you gave them a delicacy/medicine that they believe will make them healthier and live longer which I could even soften relations between two adversaries [/quote]
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