The A to Z English Podcast | Is it better to give or to receive a thoughtful gift?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss the following question: Is it better to give or to receive an incredibly thoughtful gift? Transcript: 00:00:00 Jack You're listening to the A-Z English podcast. 00:00:15 Jack Welcome to the A to Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are going to do a would you rather question and the question is social, would you rather give? 00:00:30 Jack Or receive a very thoughtful gift. 00:00:36 Xochitl I would rather give a very thoughtful gift, the old saying in English goes giving is better than receiving, and I think it's true because I get really excited when I take the time to. 00:00:53 Xochitl Pick out something that people would really like, and I pride myself in being good at gifts most people really like the stuff I get. 00:00:59 Xochitl Them and just nothing brings joy to you like seeing someone enjoy whatever you thought. 00:01:07 Xochitl To get for them. 00:01:10 Jack Yeah, I I agree with you. Actually I'm, I'm. 00:01:14 Jack Gonna answer the same way like there's there's something. 00:01:18 Jack Like here's an example like if if somebody. 00:01:21 Jack Says something in March. You're like window shopping with your your boyfriend or girlfriend or something, and they make a comment like, wow. 00:01:30 Jack I really like that. 00:01:32 Jack That ring. 00:01:34 Jack And you make a mental note in March and you still remember in December, you know, and you buy that same ring and they've already forgotten about it, you know. And so then you, you know, surprised them. That's a that's a really good feeling. It's not it. It feels better than even receiving. 00:01:54 Jack One thing, uh, really thoughtful, I think. 00:01:56 Jack Because you just get that like. 00:01:59 Jack And this this is still kind of like a selfish thing. Like it's making me feel better. Like it's. I'm choosing it because of how it makes me feel. But it does like it. It does really. It is like multiple times more satisfying to give, like, a gift that somebody really is, like, surprised by and really impressed with. 00:02:22 Xochitl Yeah, I'm really happy to get. 00:02:24 Jack Yeah. Do you have an example can? 00:02:26 Jack You think of? 00:02:26 Jack One that you like. A gift that you gave someone that. 00:02:28 Jack Was that really like, hit the spot? 00:02:31 Xochitl Uh, I used to get. 00:02:34 Xochitl I used to get really nice. 00:02:38 Xochitl Gifts for people. 00:02:40 Xochitl Like on your birthday or Christmas or whatever. When I was younger. 00:02:45 Xochitl Now that I'm older and. 00:02:48 Xochitl I can't just use my babysitting, money or whatever because I have bills to. 00:02:51 Xochitl Pay I like. 00:02:52 Jack Right, right. 00:02:53 Xochitl I I can't. I don't do. 00:02:54 Xochitl It as much. 00:02:55 Xochitl But I guess the last one was to my mom's birthday. I got her a embroider shirt. Like it's a a white blouse cotton blouse with a. 00:03:07 Xochitl It's a good traditional brewery style from the US or. 00:03:10 Xochitl From Mexico, sorry. 00:03:13 Xochitl That has, like beadwork across the neckline. 00:03:17 Xochitl And it was. 00:03:19 Xochitl Little hummingbirds and she loves hummingbirds. 00:03:24 Xochitl And she just really, really loved. 00:03:25 Xochitl The piece they're like really nice, handmade blouses. 00:03:31 Xochitl And yeah, I don't know. I know that she was. 00:03:32 Xochitl Really happy to get that, so if that's. 00:03:35 Xochitl Probably the last. 00:03:36 Xochitl The most recent one I can think. 00:03:37 Xochitl Of how about you, Jack? 00:03:40 Jack I'm I'm trying to think of like my wife and I, we. 00:03:42 Jack Don't exchange gifts. 00:03:44 Jack We just kind of like buy what we. 00:03:47 Jack What we need or? 00:03:47 Xochitl How about the? 00:03:48 Xochitl Time that you received really nicely because I I I can talk about that, I think that my. 00:03:53 Xochitl That even though this. 00:03:53 발표자 Oh yeah