Tis’ The Season to Dread Giving Gifts

My love language is gift-giving. My favorite part of Christmas is watching someone open a gift I’ve given them and seeing their face light up. However, I have found that this is not most people’s love language.

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My boyfriend, mother, and sister all require that I send them lists of items I want. It seems like they dread having to pick out presents. They need a wishlist from each person they are giving a gift to.

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I thought this trio was an anomaly. But when speaking to my boss, Nina, about this, I found most people are also in this boat. She proposed “Bad Gifters Anonymous,” where people can come together and share their struggles with picking out items for each of their loved ones. As I thought about it, I could name more than a few people who would thrive in this group.

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Nina shared with me that her daughter did, in fact, provide a list of things she would like for Christmas, but all of these items were $200 or more. Nina called these gifts “awkward” because she couldn’t buy them all, but she didn’t want to give her daughter only one or two presents on the holiday. 

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This is where Bad Gifters Anonymous would come in handy. Someone with the opposite issue could share a list their daughter gave them of only small items someone could find in Target’s Bullseye’s Playground ($1-$5 gifts). Bad gifters need people to empathize with and get ideas from since we good gifters are soooo horrible at providing lists. 

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Another use of Bad Gifters Anonymous would be for Secret Santa players. My friend from home, Kegan, was looped into a Secret Santa group with her old friends from high school. She told me, “I haven’t seen some of these people in a year, I have no idea what to get them. Not to mention, the budget is $15 or less.” She confided that she didn’t want to give the person she got something basic like candy or facemasks or anything else that could be a stocking stuffer. She wanted it to be thoughtful, but she hadn’t seen the friend in months and had no idea what they liked anymore. 

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Kegan is not a bad gifter, but when it comes to Secret Santa, she’s clueless. It’s clear the Bad Gifters’ community would welcome her with open arms.

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Gift-giving is hard. I sympathize with the bad gifters of the world. They must feel like that they know their loved ones so well but are at a loss for what items they could possibly want or need. I invite the bad gifters to unite on GFTD, where it’s easy to encourage your friends and family to make a Wishlist with items they want at a range of different prices.

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GFTD is the platform for bad gifters. It’s a community for those who need guidance in their gift-giving ways, where one doesn’t have to scratch their head, pondering presents until their nails are dull. I invite you to join with your fellow bad gifters and have your loved ones create a Wishlist on our app, so it’s easier for you, and you’ll always have a guide for other holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. 

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