Super nice forum Two couples this and blogs.law.harvard.edu
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I’m back.

Look at Toe playing the definition game! A natural! How did that tender legal mind escape? Toe – there’s an office down the hall just waiting for you.

Yeah, do with it want you want, but don’t buy a pony.

Sorry about cursing on your page.

It’s your money to do with as you like. We gave direct to donation as requested, but if I had given you cash I would expect that you and your wife would decide together how you would like to use that money. This is team Anderkoo time!

The definition of the word gift (or one of them, taken from dictionary.com):
1. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.

A gift cannot be conditional by definition. Regardless of whether the money came with an already included donation… the money was still a gift to you. If it was a gift with a condition that you cannot use it for one use or another then it is not a true gift. I don’t think anyone has that intention. If they donated and gave you cash then that just means that they hope you will not use your gift for something so selfless it doesn’t mean you have to.

So will they feel slighted? Maybe. I guess it’s that same charitable nature that told you to donate the money that makes you not want to offend anyone. So where does this leave you? With the realization that you can’t please everyone….

Well… Don’t ask me for advice b/c I’ll just say to keep it and use it as a little nest egg… you may want to buy something some day for yourselves, like a car, house, business, etc… So, while I agree with the slick gift givers who are attempting to change your focus in the name of your own sake I say that it’s your money do what the fuck pleases you!!!!