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spouse has expressed excitement about receiving through
the years. They may be gifts you have given or gifts given
by other family members or friends. The list will give you an
idea of the kind of gifts your spouse would enjoy receiving.
If you have little or no knowledge about selecting the kinds
of gifts on your list, recruit the help of family members who
know your spouse. In the meantime, select gifts that you
feel comfortable purchasing, making, or finding, and give
them to your spouse. Don’t wait for a special occasion. If
receiving gifts is his/her primary love language, almost
anything you give will be received as an expression of love.
(If she has been critical of your gifts in the past and almost
nothing you have given has been acceptable, then
receiving gifts is almost certainly not her primary love
language.)

GIFTS AND MONEY

If you are to become an effective gift giver, you may
have to change your attitude about money. Each of us has
an individualized perception of the purposes of money, and
we have various emotions associated with spending it.
Some of us have a spending orientation. We feel good
about ourselves when we are spending money. Others
have a saving and investing perspective. We feel good
about ourselves when we are saving money and investing it
wisely.