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I kiiiiinda wanna do it this year, because it's littleduck doing it.
but then I remember even IRL I get screwed with Secret Santa gift exchanges. And always get stuff like a half used Sizzler gift card or something off of someone else's list.
I know hulley - she had a thread about her dad being sort of absentee (lemme know if I need to edit that) a little while ago and she responds to threads a lot.
Thanks littleduck. Also, jenny1980 was my SS on MM Last year and I have successfully sent two years' worth of gifts (with tracking numbers!).
I kiiiiinda wanna do it this year, because it's littleduck doing it.
but then I remember even IRL I get screwed with Secret Santa gift exchanges. And always get stuff like a half used Sizzler gift card or something off of someone else's list.
Gawd I miss The Sizzler
i fucking hate Sizzler. But the one by my house has a cool "sizzler" hedge.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Littleduck said she will make sure that she takes care of these things- and has said she's willing to accommodate these assinine requests.
Within Elfster you can make sure certain people don't get stuck together.
But you're not asking to not be matched with a specific person. You're asking to be matched with someone in a certain subset of well-liked regs, which seems a little complicated. I mean, I have no skin in the game, because I'm not playing, but I think it's odd.
Littleduck said she will make sure that she takes care of these things- and has said she's willing to accommodate these assinine requests.
Within Elfster you can make sure certain people don't get stuck together.
It's my understanding that you can tell her which people not to match you with, but it sounds like she's essentially setting up two exchanges within one, in order to accommodate these requests. She would have to make sure that the random drawing was made from a specific pool of people. If this is possible, I might reconsider, lol.
Yes, this the point I was trying to make (and not succeeding, I think).
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Guys, littleduck would have to go through and type in each poster's name who you would not want to be paired with. She said if you don't want to be matched with someone, let her know. To me, that means, "hey. I don't want to be matched with skp or notpantsparty," not, "I don't want to be matched with anyone who isn't a well liked regular. Well, I will BUY for anyone, but I only want a well liked regular to have my info."
If she said she would honor those types of requests and I missed it, please disregard. But I think you are taking what she said in a different way than she meant.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
What if there are posters that I do not want to be paired with? Please PM me with the names of the posters who you do not want to be paired with. I will make sure you are not paired with them
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Guys, littleduck would have to go through and type in each poster's name who you would not want to be paired with. She said if you don't want to be matched with someone, let her know. To me, that means, "hey. I don't want to be matched with skp or notpantsparty," not, "I don't want to be matched with anyone who isn't a well liked regular. Well, I will BUY for anyone, but I only want a well liked regular to have my info."
If she said she would honor those types of requests and I missed it, please disregard. But I think you are taking what she said in a different way than she meant.
I tend to agree. It's actually not that hard to do for a smaller group. But if she has PM's from 68 (as of now) people saying I don't want these 30 people, it would be a PITA to do.
Guys, littleduck would have to go through and type in each poster's name who you would not want to be paired with. She said if you don't want to be matched with someone, let her know. To me, that means, "hey. I don't want to be matched with skp or notpantsparty," not, "I don't want to be matched with anyone who isn't a well liked regular. Well, I will BUY for anyone, but I only want a well liked regular to have my info."
If she said she would honor those types of requests and I missed it, please disregard. But I think you are taking what she said in a different way than she meant.
AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WOULD. Like I said already. LOL. I love that there are so many interpretations of what she's said directly to me.
Seriously. When the whole list of people is up to date on elfster, I will be happy to message her the list of names that I don't want to be paired with.
That was my qualifier for participating, and she said she would be happy to accommodate me.
If she wants to correct that idea now, she can do so and like I said, I'll be happy to back out.
But GUISE - stop putting words in mouths, especially if you're not even participating in the stupid exchange. LOL.
Nobody is putting words in mouths. No where publicly has she said she would be this accommodating, so she must have said this to you privately. In which case I wouldn't be putting it out there for everyone to see and expect the same accommodations made for them as well.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Nobody is putting words in mouths. No where publicly has she said she would be this accommodating, so she must have said this to you privately. In which case I wouldn't be putting it out there for everyone to see and expect the same accommodations made for them as well.
I posted above that she told me directly. I don't see why this is so hard for people to understand.
She could have said no. Instead she said she'd be happy to do it.
But now I can't win - saying it publicly. I stand by the fact that littleduck is a strong, capable woman, and she is capable of setting the boundaries that she is comfortable setting for this exchange.
Should this not work for her, I am comfortable not participating.
If she doesn't think this is a big deal, I don't know why YOU do.
I must have missed the "directly" in your previous posts. I thought you were going by what was said in the OP. LD can do whatever she wants; I just didn't want everyone to assume they could make all sorts of ridiculous requests of her since organizing SS is a thankless job as it is.
“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make it so, right in the middle of it lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.” - Natalie Goldberg
Unfortunately, this is a request I cannot honor. 2/3 of those posters have not indicated they're participating, and thus you would know who your Santa is!