What’s your personal policy on celebrating and gift giving for an occasion that you missed? Say for example you miss a holiday (Eid, birthday, anniversary, etc), because you were away or you couldn’t afford to give anything etc…do you m ake it up for hte next holiday around? or do you just forget about it?
I know people who do both…they want someone to make up for 2 yeras’ worth of Valentine’s day gifts, while another believes that after a few weeks, theres’ no point in giving something because that occasion has passed.
This could depend upon how close you are to the person for whom you're thinking of giving a gift to. If the occasion passed....I'll either give a belated gift for that occasion or....give a gift on the subsequent special occasion.
Respectfully... there is no point in giving something when an occasion has passed.
If someone seriously asks for such a gift, I will think that person is greedy.
I forget about it and then give a present some other time, not necessarily even on an occassion. I feel like if presents are given on occassions, they then become some sort of an obligation or a chore.
Pfft the only events I remember are my mom's birthday, my sisters and my didis. The rest can bugger off.
I once showed up to a party having absolutely no clue it was my friends birthday. I quickly put my name one someone else's gift. Paid them half the cost of the present then and there.
