My sister just bought me a rather expensive small kitchen appliance for Christmas. I will probably seldom use it, I don't have the counter space and if I store it I'll never use it. She has one just like it and thought I would like it also. She even offered me the receipt if I wanted to return it for something else.
I graciously accepted it and will use it to cook dinner for her when she comes to visit this coming Monday.
(Since she had personally picked out the present I just couldn't refuse it but, deep down, I wish I had taken the offer of the receipt so that I could exchange it for something more useful. I guess politeness overruled usefulness.)
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