Re: To acknowledge/ not acknowledge , or say thanks for a gift received
My take on this is different. I’d rather not get flowers on a date and get them on one of the days I’m feeling blue and he thinks it will cheer me up. I’d rather not be gifted at a housewarming or even my marriage. In fact I’ve told my mother that when I am to get married, we will clearly tell people that no form of gifts will be accepted, monetary or otherwise. I do not want people to feel obligated to gift me.
When I see something which reminds me of someone close, or I’d heard them speak of it and it is within my means, I buy it and give it to that person. No occasion needed. That is what gifts were supposed to be, not an exchange. Not an obligation or a competition. People took the fun out of receiving gifts. Or giving gifts.