We are all familiar with the gifts that are given not only for the benefit of the recipient: the husband who buys a large screen television for his wife, the girlfriend who bakes a cake for her boyfriend for Valentine's Day.
But I'm sure that you've never heard of a mother giving this to her ten year old son for his birthday:
A blender and a hairdryer.
"What?!" That's the first thing that went through my mind when I heard this as I let out a little laugh. This is the most extreme "gift in disguise" that I have heard about. Clearly, no little boy is going to have any use for these unless he is a budding chef with long hair. Needless to say, this gift was barely disguised!
Unless it is a gift that is made to be mutually used and enjoyed, such as that big TV or yummy chocolate cake, these gifts aren't really gifts. They also completely go against the idea of giving as a means of giving of one's self and feeling happy by pleasing others. Buying things for yourself isn't bad, but when you need to use the cover of a gift for someone else, it's pretty heartless.
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