Must Keep All Gifts as Our Belongings

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Similar to the five languages of love of Gary Chapman, fans of celebrities show their adoration to their idols in familiar ways. First, fans spend quality time with their idols by attending the shows, concerts, and fans day of the celebrities. Second, fans are not passive and they will quickly scream, not just say,  words of affirmation, such as “I love you, Idol!” or leave encouraging messages in the social media accounts of their idols. Third, fans can also be tapped to do acts of service under the leadership of the celebrity. Some fans join their idols in visiting orphanages or run in marathons for their idols. Some even pull resources to purchase products, such as CDs, food, posters, etc., that matter for their idols. Fourth, some fans need to pinch, kiss, pull the hair, etc. to show their excitement. Hence, physical touch is one way to show their love. Sometimes, fans can be too wild, and leave pinch bruises on the body of their idols. Finally, the most common language of love is giving gifts.

For Popular Celebrity (PC), her fans exhibit the five languages of love to show that she is truly appreciated. While the four are intangible, the fifth, giving of gifts, is the most concrete way for fans to show that they really care. Whenever PC has shows, expect her followers to come up with material outpouring. Some are expensive, others are handcrafted, but these gifts are given wholeheartedly. As fans come from all levels of society, some of them save up just to buy gifts for PC. In other words, every given gift corresponds to the effort of the giving fan.

As PC has been in the business for some time, her fans have been consistently generous, and PC’s camp has developed a system to make sure all gifts are accounted for. When a gift is given, a staff looks into the package and determines under which category it belongs. Gifts usually range from the most common and cheap, such as stuffed toys, to the pricey or branded. When consumables are given, the staff looks into the expiration date and makes sure every item is of quality. While most gifts end up in the stockroom, gifts that are expensive and given by important persons are used by PC. The handlers of PC want to make sure that the giver sees that PC values such gifts.

One time, PC’s relatives dropped by and saw the gifts in the stockroom. They asked if they could have some, such as consumables (shampoos, lotions, etc.). Hoping for a positive response, the close kin (CK) of PC turned down their request. Then, CK said that the relatives should just attend the garage sale of the gifts in their province. The relatives were shocked, but not surprised, at the selfish attitude of CK. Instead of helping their relatives in a simple way, CK turned them away. Such attitude of CK is so much different from the image projected by PC. PC is packaged as someone sweet, talented, and she often portrays the underdog who triumphs by the end of the movie or teleserye. Unfortunately, generosity towards relations seems not be part of their consideration. Instead of sowing the language of love, people around PC are showing otherwise.

The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me. ― Jarod Kintz

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