I think the idea is if someone just hands me 25 bucks I may be a lazy dumbass and just spend it on beer or fast food or some boring shit.
If someone hands me a gift card to some store that sells unique shit I’m not locked into “treating myself” to something but still have some choice in what I get. Like, hey bathbombs are nice but I probably wouldn’t have gotten one unless you gave me that Lush gift card, but I hate lavender shampoo so I’m glad you didn’t just buy me that.
I think the idea is if someone just hands me 25 bucks I may be a lazy dumbass and just spend it on beer or fast food or some boring shit.
If someone hands me a gift card to some store that sells unique shit I’m not locked into “treating myself” to something but still have some choice in what I get. Like, hey bathbombs are nice but I probably wouldn’t have gotten one unless you gave me that Lush gift card, but I hate lavender shampoo so I’m glad you didn’t just buy me that.