[ SECRET POST #1898 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1898 ⌋


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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 65 secrets from Secret Submission Post #271.
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

18. http://i.imgur.com/EVhXo.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

You aren't buying what you think might make a kid happy? 'Cause it sounds like you kinda are. You see stuff you loved and appreciated and are buying that so that someone else can share in the joy and love you had when you were younger. You're using your experience to guide you, same as anyone else.

[errantnarwhal.livejournal.com]

For some reason I'm totally loling over the idea of some kid randomly getting a Gackt CD. I like to think that they got super into it

[(Anonymous)]

And now I'm picturing a 5 year old rocking out to Vanilla while their parents look on in confusion.

[errantnarwhal.livejournal.com]

haha, and a five year old wearing a tiny Gackt t-shirt. And wall to wall Gackt posters in their bedroom.

[(Anonymous)]

And then they convince their parents to buy them a copy of Moonchild. This could have disastrous, if still hilarious, consequences.

[errantnarwhal.livejournal.com]

lol, oh goodness. I imagine viewing that at such a young age would influence their childhood in...interesting ways (although I think the movie was only subtitled, so the parents would probably have to read them out loud to their child which would be even funnier)

[(Anonymous)]

Fun for the whole family! Damn, now I want to watch that movie and laugh at how utterly ridiculous it is again.

[errantnarwhal.livejournal.com]

me toooo. I even just checked to see if it was on netflix instant, but it isn't. why have you failed me, netflix?

[(Anonymous)]

I've done it too, OP. They're still toys, some kid will enjoy them.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly? I think it makes sense to buy stuff you enjoy, to give someone - particularly if you have no way of knowing what they might like. Otherwise you're basically going 'Well, I heard from Bob, who heard from Joe, that Bubba's kids really loved the -toy- they got last year.' Which would be just as hit or miss as far as the kid receiving it goes.

Either way, I think it's awesome that you've already started collecting stuff for it.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

This sounds like the much nicer counterpart to that secret we had back in December that said the anon couldn't bring themselves to buy Twilight for an underprivileged girl, so they bought His Dark Materials instead.

Your secret is pretty benevolent in that light. As someone already pointed out, you hope these kids love these things the way you loved/still love them. You're paying it forward, but you're not trying to deny them the opportunity to enjoy something else.

And frankly, I think it's okay if a kid requests just a "stuff animal" and you give them Kermit. That would actually be pretty darn wonderful to unwrap. For anyone.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, really. I was one of those underprivileged kids who relied on the charity of random people when it came to Christmas gifts (especially after my mom died), and that secret reminded me so much of the people who would get what they thought we needed (one year I got pencils) instead of what we wanted. Someone passing on what the enjoyed as a child was always appreciated more than some asshole going "well those poor kids have things they NEED- let's get them school supplies and socks and shit!" (Yes, that secret from December brought up a lot of feelings, can you tell?)

And I'm a grown-ass woman now and I'd LOVE to get Kermit.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

That's terrible! I think that stems from this idea that there aren't other organizations that work to get the basics to the kids, which there are (at least in urban areas). I once volunteered stocking a warehouse full of school supplies that went to public schools in lower income brackets, and yeah, pencils seem like a douche-y gift. Ignoring the request in general is awful, but that's pretty low (and cruelly cheap of that person). I know that at my church, right after Thanksgiving, kids would bring in toys to give away, and I usually gave something that I would have wanted. If the giver wouldn't want to unwrap it, why would they give it? That seems like a pretty good rule of thumb.

That's the power of Kermit: he's comforting and affirming no matter how old you are.

[akacat]

Yuck, I'd hate to buy Twilight for anyone. I'd have to dilute it by buying the kid both Twilight and a YA romance novel that does not feature stalking.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Even that seems better than ignoring the request completely. They might like getting an additional book, even if they haven't heard of it.

[(Anonymous)]

Heh, I've done that too. When my church did a giving tree thing, my family intentionally picked the family with the kid who asked for Pokemon Ranger 2. And when Barnes and Noble did a thing where you buy a book to donate to a kid, I bought them a Junie B. Jones book since those are used to be my favorites.

I didn't know K-mart did something like this, though. I'll have to look into that. Do they just have you give whatever you want, or is it the kind where you take a tag and it'll say something like "clothes for five-year-old girl" or "a Barbie'?

[(Anonymous)]

I think the K-mart thing is only an Australian and New Zealand thing. I did it a couple of years back, and you basically just take a tag from the tree that will say "Name...", "Age..." and "Gender..." and you pick out whatever gift you want to buy, fill out the tag, then put it under the tree with the gift.

Then the day before Christmas, all the presents are collected by the Salvation Army. They are taken to a big warehouse, and evenly distributed amongst the towns that need them the most. Then the underprivileged parents come into their local Salvation Army store, and pick out free gifts that they think their kids/family/etc will like. So instead of a stranger picking out a random gift for an underprivileged kid, it's the parents who get to choose what gifts they want to buy for their child. :)

[smittenlotus.livejournal.com]

I think that's kind of cute actually.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, as long as you honestly think another kid might like it and aren't going against any requests, why not?

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

where do I find a Nightmare Before Christmas bed set like that?

holy crap I want.

[(Anonymous)]

http://bedding.store51.com/storefrontprofiles/processfeed.aspx?sfid=87970&i=248021761&mpid=5269&dfid=1
http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/store/itm_250368546513.html

[immasammich.livejournal.com]

That's kind of dickish. I mean throw some fandom stuff in there if you want to, but you should get them the stuff they want too. I can only imagine their disappointment.

[immasammich.livejournal.com]

Wait, this isn't the specific wishlist thing so never mind. I do that too. Doesn't everybody?

[(Anonymous)]

Star Trek and Disney omg OP you rawk <3

(That being said, it looks like the Spock doll's about to bitchslap the Kirk doll XD)