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Originally Posted by Lore
It's all a game. In most cases if a person is offering, they are doing so out of courtesy and don't expect you to say yes, or don't want you to say yes. Or at least that's what I've observed.
Some will actually adhere to your request, but in most instances they will act as if they never heard you... especially where money is involved.
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Everyone who has ever asked me always comes through. Usually it's my aunt or my bestie they are the two people in my life(and in the same city and state as I since my Uncle in Seattle to my Cali travels quite a bit) who travel the most, myself included. I haven't ever been much of anywhere...yet. ;)
In fact usually they don't even ask if I want something at all,My aunt will ask WHAT I want; T-shirt, key chain etc. I usually say t-shirt, a few times I have requested key chains however with my jansport purse backpack completely full, I don't have anything to use them for anymore. My bestie usually doesn't even ask at all, she just informs me that she'll bring me something and always does.
My bestie always brings me a key chain, currency from the country she visited and sometimes a t-shirt, in the case of Japan, she also brought me a pair of chopsticks and a miniature stuffed Yoshi I think from one of their biggest Anime stores. Usually it's a pretty good verity. As a result I am working up a pretty good foreign coin collection. She's brought me coins from Hawaii, London, Japan, and just recently Italy. She would have brought me Canadian coins too if that had not actually been a country I have visited before and thus already have some.
So never a disappointment here and I don't even have to say anything.
In the environment I grew up in, it's not really an option so much as courtesy. Especially the few times I get to travel because my bestie always goes all out for me so I kind of owe her on the rare occasion that I get a chance. I got her a Keychain from Seattle last summer when my family went there for my Uncle's wedding reception. It may not sound like all that much but it was her request, it's all she needed and we didn't get a whole bunch of shopping time.