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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>SELF – AWARDED GIFTS<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>I recently heard of a woman who bought herself a pair of expensive diamond earrings for Mother’s Day because the previous year her husband gave her nothing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">What’s the idea of awarding oneself a “ gift “? </SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">To me,</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">this is about on a par with certain foreign dictators who cover their chests with medals and decoration.</B></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO">Assuming she did it to make a point,</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"> wouldn’t a card and flowers have made it without <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">breaking the budget?</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: distribute-all-lines; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>I was married for 14 years to a woman who never gave me a chance to buy her anyting.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></o:p></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>She’d buy herself gifts (usually jewelry) on credit, using my name and credit references, as much as two months before the date to be celebrated. I would never have forgotten her birthday or our anniversary, but <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">she took no chances. I am far from being a cheapskate, </B>but because she always selected her own gifts <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">I was cheated out of the pleasure I would have had, had I been allowed to do the buying and giving myself.<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-outline-level: 1"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>What does it mean?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>1.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>This is about on a par with certain foreign dictators who cover their chests with medals and decorations.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>2.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>Assuming she did it to make a point.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>3.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>Breaking the budget.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>4.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>She took no chances.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>5.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>I am far from being a cheapskate.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 33.75pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>6.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>I was cheated out of the pleasure I would have had, had I been allowed to do the buying and giving myself.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT color=#000000>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><o:p><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>1.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>What do you think about self-awarded gifts?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>2.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>If your husband forgot to buy you something on special days, would you get yourself a gift?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>3.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>What kind of gift do you like to receive on your birthday or wedding anniversary?<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: KO"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>4.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>On wedding anniversaries men usually buy something for wives, so do you think it is fair that women do not buy anything for men?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><FONT color=#000000 size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 33.85pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 19pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 33.75pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 바탕; mso-fareast-language: KO"><FONT size=3>5. What is the most impressive gift you received, Tell me YOUR story~</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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