The greeting cards conundrum
Aug. 18th, 2011 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightAnyone else have this thing where they go into a complete funk when buying greeting cards? I'm so bad at it, and getting worse.
This lunchtime, for instance...
...I had to buy birthday cards for two work colleagues and I spent at least ten minutes dithering about it.
Can't buy that one. It's a bit rude. Maybe she won't get the joke?
Can't buy that one. She might think I think she's past it.
Can't buy that one. If I get her a card with a picture of flowers on it, she'll think I think she's boring and have no personality.
Can't buy one with a cat on it. She'll think I think she's a crazy old cat lady.
Can't buy one with a dog on it. What if she doesn't like dogs? Does anyone actually like dogs?
Etc, etc.
And it's not just buying cards for women. I'm just as bad when it comes to buying them for men. Had to buy one for Nephew 4 (aged 20) last week. Dithered for ages. All the cards aimed at young men seem to be completely filthy (not what they want from an auntie) or covered in pictures of beer glasses. In the end, I got him one of the beer glasses ones, and am now afraid his mum will think I'm encouraging him to drink (not that he needs any encouragement).
:( I fear I'm a hopeless case.
This lunchtime, for instance...
...I had to buy birthday cards for two work colleagues and I spent at least ten minutes dithering about it.
Can't buy that one. It's a bit rude. Maybe she won't get the joke?
Can't buy that one. She might think I think she's past it.
Can't buy that one. If I get her a card with a picture of flowers on it, she'll think I think she's boring and have no personality.
Can't buy one with a cat on it. She'll think I think she's a crazy old cat lady.
Can't buy one with a dog on it. What if she doesn't like dogs? Does anyone actually like dogs?
Etc, etc.
And it's not just buying cards for women. I'm just as bad when it comes to buying them for men. Had to buy one for Nephew 4 (aged 20) last week. Dithered for ages. All the cards aimed at young men seem to be completely filthy (not what they want from an auntie) or covered in pictures of beer glasses. In the end, I got him one of the beer glasses ones, and am now afraid his mum will think I'm encouraging him to drink (not that he needs any encouragement).
:( I fear I'm a hopeless case.