Sometimes the greatest gift is not the actual gift itself, it is the knowing that the gifter has put in deliberate thought and effort in selecting, getting, and gifting the gift.
Do you agree?
Compare the following scenarios:
1. A company CEO is too busy working on growing his business and neglected his family. On his wife's birthday, he actually forgot about it. Thankfully, he has a secretary and technology to help him. The wife's birthday date is keyed into the office outlook calendar, and alerted the secretary. The secretary purchased a gift and wraps it up nicely, and prepares a nice card to go along with the gift. The secretary even arranged for a gift delivery service to deliver the present to the boss's wife. All the expenses were subsequently reimbursed by the boss. Boss's wife receives it and is delighted. Boss has no clue on what gift it is.
2. A cab driver is preparing for his upcoming wife's birthday. Although financially tight, he made sure he put in careful thought in selecting his gift. Although not expensive, he made up for it by making it himself. On the nights when his wife slept, he secretly works on his gift, a collage of pictures of the couple onto a hand made frame. After driving the whole day, the tired cab driver toiled away many nights working on the inexpensive but thoughtful gift. On that day of the wife's birthday, he even took a day off his usual cab driving to surprise his wife and bring her out for a whole day of fun, meals at an inexpensive food court, picnic at a local public park, and star gazing at a nearby reservoir. Although the cab driver missed out on a day's worth of earnings from driving the cab, he sure did bring joy to his wife.
Which scenario would you think is more romantic?
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