You know, maybe I'm wrong for saying anything at all, but I just can't hold it in. I really don't appreciate all the negativity directed to those of us who have already received and sent out this robin. We, who apparently desecrated this round robin, thought we were doing something really nice.
I looked at so many things before making my final choices as to what to put into this round robin. Everything I put in was something I would have liked to receive. Evidently, I have very poor taste since there's nothing in the box anyone would want. I'm not super crafty, so handmaking a lot of items just wasn't possible for me, but the things I did make, I put my heart and soul into. Clearly that just wasn't good enough.
Two of the items I put in were Christmas lapel pins (both of them brand new, still on their cards, mind you), and one of them was a glittery Christmas bell pin I bought with maineroses in mind, because the information on her personal page says she likes glittery things, and I thought she'd like it if it was still in there when she received the box.
The items I chose to keep weren't marked with a price, so I did my best to estimate what they would have cost. If I did so correctly, the items I put in were of more monetary value than what I took out. Again, apparently not good enough.
And there seems to be a common thread about the items being new, not used. All the stuff I included was new, and everything that was in it when I got it certainly appeared to be new. Where are the concerns about used items even coming from?
The best I can tell, none of the handmade items that were put into it before it flew to the first person were in it when I received it. I'm not upset by that at all, but just because those original items aren't still in it, doesn't make it a box full of junk. That seems to be one of the accusations being made here, and it's quite hurtful.
I am horribly offended by the statement that there is nothing in it now that anyone would even want. My guess would be that the other people who put items in it are probably offended by that too. Reading everyone's posts, I believe everyone actually thought about what to add to the box, not just grabbed some dust covered trinket off the end table and tossed it in. So much for "it's the thought behind the gift that counts" (as long as the monetary value is equal, of course).
This is the first round robin I have done, and I was so excited about it, anxious to see what everyone kept and added, 'til all this mess started. If this is what they're all like, I won't be joining another one.
RG
