VIRTUAL GIFTS

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Nowadays, people only give to receive.

I don’t blame them because actions of people are ambiguous and therefore it is difficult to know when someone truly cares about you.

But when the person reciprocates and facsimiles your action of giving then you can relatively easily assume they care.

Now, I’m saying ‘relatively easily’ because some actions that used to prove one’s interest in another has lost its value.

A person can move their whole world for you, not because they care but because of their own selfish gain at the end of it all.

So, why virtual gifts?

Why send a picture or emoji of a rose and not give a physical rose?

Why send pictures of gifts and not the gifts themselves?

Should we blame it on our electronic and internet regulated society?

Yes, and No.

The tradition of giving gifts is gradually dying whether we agree or yes.

Just like the way a celebrity couple tries to keep the public out of their private lives, we should not allow some of these inventions to kill our traditions completely.  

They make us who we are.

The thought does count but actions speak louder than words.

Please don’t be quick to stop reading, this is my honest opinion.

Now, someone might think I constantly receive or even give gifts, but it is the complete opposite.

I rarely, and by rarely I mean 1 out of 10, receive gifts but I do give once in a while and I don’t mean virtual ones.

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It is not wrong to send these pictures, emojis and GIFs, in fact I find it sweet.

BUT

During special occasions such as Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, child birth and the like, it is a bit off putting especially when that is what you send ALWAYS. 

It can be funny and all that jazz but there is a limit and I feel that is where we have the problem. The limit!

If you can’t provide a gift, then just use words.

Wish them well and bless them.

It goes a long way.

Send the virtual gifts but it should not be a habitual action. 

I’m not against them but it is not the right thing to do in EVERY situation. 

I’m a realist so I say things just as they are. 

Forget money because the simplest of gifts always means the most.

Back to the situation of the limit, just put yourself in the shoes of the receiver and analyse how you will feel.

What you will think and what you will do in return.

Use that to set the limit.

After all, a major part of our lives is regulated by The Golden Rule.

Virtual Gifts are beautiful and thoughtful but we are abusing them.

Probably just like we abuse every other thing.

But that doesn’t make it right.

Think about this.

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