BEWARE OF TROJAN HORSES

After my Valentine's post about the four love dialects, several people sent me links to related books and articles.  One talked about five love languages, and even had a little quiz you could take, to see which languages you best understood.  I could never resist a good magazine quiz!

It came as no surprise that #1 with me was verbal affirmation, with favors and deeds being hot on its heels.  Want me to be putty in your hands?  Clean a toilet.  Grab a dish towel.  Take out some trash!  What was surprising was the thing at the very bottom of my list, receiving gifts -- especially when you consider what a wonderful gift-giver my hubby is!  But, maybe not so surprising if you delve into family history.  You see, it's not that I don't like his gifts.  It's more that, somewhere back in my childhood, I was taught not to trust them.  They aren't always a true indicator of a persons feelings.

We had this one relative, when I was growing up, who was forever being showered with gifts.  She always had the biggest pile at Christmas; her gifts were always the most beautifully wrapped; you wouldn't dare not honor her on any of the official Hallmark occasions; and, we wouldn't even consider going anywhere, or doing anything the least bit fun, without bringing her a momento or souvenir.  Was it because she was just so adorable we couldn't resist?  Nah.  I'd say it was more akin to appeasing the gods -- tossing young virgins into the volcano so it won't erupt.

Soooo, alas for poor hubby, though I do appreciate his generosity, I learned this lesson early on: one should always look a gift-horse in the mouth!

P.S.  Many thanks to obrag.org for the image above.
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BEWARE OF TROJAN HORSES
BEWARE OF TROJAN HORSES
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