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To: Kaslin

What should we do?

Why - say “Thank You”, of course.

Saying “Thank You” does not say you like the gift it means that you are thanking them for thinking enough of you to give you a gift.

I guess some are more polite than others.


44 posted on 12/25/2007 8:08:09 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: PeteB570

GRACIOUSNESS

POLITENESS

and

CIVILITY

are not all equal, identical terms.

Politeness often faintly masks a lot of squirrely junk in relationships. And everyone knows it. And it just gets wound up tighter and tighter with annoyance to bitterness and resentment.

NO thanks. That’s not Biblical and not edifying—subtracts far more from relationships than even brutal honesty in the long run. But honesty does not have to be brutal. It can be gracious.


137 posted on 12/25/2007 5:14:09 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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