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Giving a scarf as a gift?
TagUrIt898:
I read that it was bad luck to give a scarf as gift to FSU woman. Is that true? I wanted a scarf to the sister of the woman I'm visiting as a gift when I arrive. I do not want to show up emptied handed. What would be an appropriate gift if not a scarf? Also I read that a watch is a bad gift too? Is that true. Forgive my ignorance, I Google a lot! :laugh:
sashathecat:
Have not heard anything about a scarf bringing bad luck tbh. My wife bought her mother one when we were in Istanbul. Something small and from your country is usually appreciated.
Markje:
--- Quote from: TagUrIt898 on April 10, 2015, 10:23:54 AM ---I read that it was bad luck to give a scarf as gift to FSU woman. Is that true? I wanted a scarf to the sister of the woman I'm visiting as a gift when I arrive. I do not want to show up emptied handed. What would be an appropriate gift if not a scarf? Also I read that a watch is a bad gift too? Is that true. Forgive my ignorance, I Google a lot! :laugh:
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Scarf no, but a watch is.
B.B.:
--- Quote from: TagUrIt898 on April 10, 2015, 10:23:54 AM ---I read that it was bad luck to give a scarf as gift to FSU woman. Is that true?
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I have given scarves (both the "winter weather" kind and the more decorative kind) to women before with positive results.
--- Quote from: Markje on April 10, 2015, 11:26:45 AM ---Scarf no, but a watch is.
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And knives. That doesn't leap to mind as a gift, I know, but IIRC a guy on "a long forgotten forum" once wanted to give his prospective father in law a Leatherman tool and, as that has a knife attachment, of course Babushka had to cast some anti-stabbing-yourself-accidentally-with-it spell on it first. :nod:
B/B
Markje:
--- Quote from: B.B. on April 10, 2015, 12:27:14 PM ---
And knives. That doesn't leap to mind as a gift, I know, but IIRC a guy on "a long forgotten forum" once wanted to give his prospective father in law a Leatherman tool and, as that has a knife attachment, of course Babushka had to cast some anti-stabbing-yourself-accidentally-with-it spell on it first. :nod:
B/B
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Giving the watch to a loved one in Russian Culture can be understood as either terminal sickness or a end-of relationship (signifying: Your time is up!) not the message you want to send to your FSUW lover ;)
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