Giving soap (rather "fancy", for example from Crabtree & Evelyn)

thats f***ed up man

Great idea! I'll do it!
Maybe an Otter for your partner on Valentines day?

Yes it is, I cannot even look at it, my mum has to hide it underneath facecloths in the bathroom

This entire thread has made me realize I am going to take that giftcard box idea i had with the frenchmilled soap in it and use it myself instead! A gift to GSnap!

beavers on valentines




are you ok with liquid soap?

good call.

Oh yes liquid soap is fine, that is all I will ever use but I cannot touch soap bars. They freak me out.

Adopt a Beaver! Its a good cause!

https://beaverwaterworld.com/

we should champion the cause come valentines day, have beaver themed stuff.

I don't think I've ever given soaps as a gift - I have gotten them though, as a stocking filler I loved them though, they were just Body Shop shaped ones, but it didn't matter.

I dunno, if they were expensive ones then it's not really tacky, though I don't think it should be about money. And just because you give an expensive gift, you shouldn't expect one - or expect one at all. I find that really petty tbh.

Maybe she just got confused with her preferred brand or she had tried them and thought her friend would also enjoy them

Yes, she knew her preference. Also, I don't think that the reason she didn't like it was because she thought the soap bars weren't expensive, but rather than it was a strange idea for a gift.

We definitely have different habits in different countries (I'm from Mexico) so maybe that counted too. I also think that the price of the gift is not a guarantee that it will either be an appropriate or liked gift.

Agree with the adoption of the penguin though

Gotta love the soapy tit w**k

and a bag of mini cheddars, vodka and irn bru.

Boo hoo, there are people starving in the streets on Christmas day, and the friend didn't get Guerlain for Christmas. Sheesh.

She should send everyone a list of appropriate Christmas gifts for herself for next year. If all the friends are close ones and expected to know better than to get her L'Occitaine, they will all understand.