<p>Just to clarify. I KNOW how to use an iPad. My son has one right in our house. I just don’t want one for myself. As my daughter pointed out last night, it simply doesn’t do the things I would use it for better or more comfortably that some other piece of technology and so isn’t worth the expense.</p>
<p>^ I think it’s great that you know what you need and what you don’t. My brother in law has to have the newest device, but doesn’t know how to use them, or only gets the minimum of what they can do. He and his wife both have iphones, but don’t know how to use the apps and can barely text…and these people are not made of money…</p>
<p>I had this conversation with my sister a couple of months ago when her H gave her an iPad he got as a service anniversary gift from his work. She said, “What am I going to do with it? I can barely figure out my iPhone. I don’t have time to set it up.” She just texted me from my mother’s hospital room saying “I love my iPad.”</p>
<p>Interview with the Vampire and The Prisoner of Azkaban.</p>
<p>Interesting. I walked out of Interview with a Vampire at the very beginning. Too gross!
( someone bit into a rat)
I did sit through Harry Potter though, we used to see all of them with the girls.</p>
<p>If all you want to do is read on the bus, I would agree you don’t need an ipad.
My H uses his ipod touch all the time, but only to play games and read the news.
He doesn’t want an iphone, even though he does send texts, and it is a major pain to do that with his nonqwerty flip phone.</p>
<p>However- I used to be much pickier with presents. I research things for months before I buy them, because I am both frugal and particular. People would give me things that I would never pick for myself, and it would be stressful to recieve it, because I felt like they were wasting money/that they didn’t know me well enough to ppick out something I would like.</p>
<p>But I have loosened up considerably. Right now I am wearing a sweatshirt that my D bought me when she was on vacation with her bf, even though it is way too big and makes me look dumpy. ( plus I never wear pullover sweatshirts) But it is a pretty color.
:)</p>
<p>The ipad went back to the Apple store today. I hope it finds a happy home.</p>
<p>Once my husband gave me a $700 ring for our anniversary, which we really couldn’t afford at the time. At all. It was also supposed to go with my wedding ring, and it didn’t match it one bit. I was really upset. I insisted that we return it, and of course the man at the jewelry store tried to give us the “no returns” line. But one look at me ready to blow, and he changed his mind and gave us the refund. Maybe I was ungrateful, but my husband was blowing the family money on something expensive that I didn’t need nor want. He understood.</p>
<p>Nowadays, I’d be more considerate about the gift, but I’d tell him the truth in a nice way. That honey, that is really kind of you to give me such a thoughtful gift. But the truth is, I don’t think I’m comfortable with this and I hate to waste so much money on something I won’t use. Would you be upset if I returned this and got a Kindle Fire instead? I’ve already learned and like the Kindle, and I just don’t know that I want to learn a new product. Wait till he’s in a good mood. I know my husband would have no problem whatsoever with this, because he doesn’t like to waste money either. Though if he bought me an iPad, I’d know that it’s because he wants one for himself!</p>