These articles are popping up in my feed with increasing ferocity right now. For the “hard to please”. For “the person who has everything”. You, too?
Sometimes I look at their list of gift solutions. It’s all Shit No One Wants. Shit That Takes Up Room in Miscellaneous Kitchen Drawers and Precious Resources On The Planet. Like gold-plated business card clips. And, sorry to target Goop, but, seriously…a Nymphenburg trio of porcelain wine bottle stoppers?! For $1900?
I have an antidote. A better solution. A better guide. If someone is “hard to please” it generally means they don’t want/need stuff. So don’t buy it.
I put out this notice explicitly to those around me. I’ve told most of my loved ones, don’t buy me