Gifts & occasions21 categories
Is this gift too much?
When the amount might land as pressure rather than generosity.
Is this gift too much for this relationship? Say so plainly if it is, and tell me what the right size would be.
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Tricky recipients. Colleagues, near-strangers, people who want nothing, and gifts that could land as pressure.
Related prompts
A gift for someone who insists they want nothingThe parent, partner or friend who says "don't get me anything" and means it.A gift for a colleague, without being weirdSecret Santa, a leaving present, or thanking someone at work.A gift for someone I barely knowA new partner's parents, a host you've met once, a neighbour you owe.Give without creating an obligationWhen a gift might land as pressure, debt, or a request for something back.Anything but another candleWhen your gift instincts have become a rut.For someone who has everythingThe person who genuinely does not want more things.
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