Kidding, of course. Gift giving really is often more about satisfying the giver's compulsion to do something for you. It's so that they can feel good.
The other suggestion about a charitable donation is good here, because there's a low bar for effort and they get the satisfaction.
I'm like you, but mostly because I buy for myself anything I want and don't hope that others will do for me. I'm also a screwball, so when people probe me for gift ideas, I challenge them.
I'd tell them things like:
Learn a new language.
Do that thing you've always been meaning to do.
Go after that X you've always wanted.
Kidding, of course. Gift giving really is often more about satisfying the giver's compulsion to do something for you. It's so that they can feel good.
The other suggestion about a charitable donation is good here, because there's a low bar for effort and they get the satisfaction.
I'm like you, but mostly because I buy for myself anything I want and don't hope that others will do for me. I'm also a screwball, so when people probe me for gift ideas, I challenge them.
I'd tell them things like: Learn a new language. Do that thing you've always been meaning to do. Go after that X you've always wanted.