Re-gift without guilt

转送礼物，无需内疚

According to a recent study published in Psychological Science, the original gift giver is less likely to be offended by your thankless re-gifting than you might think. If you have a pile of gifts you hate, go ahead and get rid of them.

《心理科学》最新刊登的一项研究显示，最初的送礼人并不会像你想的那样，因为你这种看似辜负他人心意的转送行为而生气。如果你想借机“处理”掉那些你不喜欢的礼物，大胆去送吧。

The original gift giver might not be angry, or at least less than you’d think. “The reason people weren’t overly bothered when their gifts were later re-gifted was because they generally believed the recipient was free to decide what to do with an item,” Reddy wrote.

最初送礼物的人可能并不生气，或者至少不像你想的那般生气。雷迪写道：“人们并不会特别介意自己送出的礼物被转送，因为他们普遍认为收礼者有权决定如何利用这些礼物。”

The thought doesn’t count

关键不在心意

It’s actually the gift that counts, and not the thought behind it, according to the study. “The benefit of a thoughtful gift actually accrues mainly to the giver, who derives a feeling of closeness to the other person,” columnist Jen Doll wrote in the Atlantic Wire.

该项研究显示，关键不在于送礼者的心意，而在于礼物本身。《大西洋线报》的专栏作家珍•多尔写道：“一份花尽心思的礼物，主要受益者则是送礼者，他们因此觉得和他人之间更加亲密。”

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