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See if it works out?

The other day my mom was talking about a couple she saw on HGTV’s House Hunters.  She said they were living together – moving to another country together – but not getting married yet because they “wanted to see if it worked out.”  What? I’ve known a LOT of people who think this way.  Hell, […]

Gifts and Favors

A gift is a gift, and the receipt of the gift is the end of the giving.  That is the definition of a gift.  It is “a thing given willingly to someone without payment”   It’s the same as a favor.  It’s a gift.  Both are, by definition, given freely with no expectation of reciprocation. […]