Why Group Gifts Are More Meaningful

(And How to Make Them Easy) My friend Emma turned thirty last year, and five of us decided to chip in for her birthday gift. She’d been talking for months about wanting a really good camera, not a phone camera, but a proper one she could take on hikes and trips. The kind that costs […]

How to Group Fund for a Birthday Gift

You know the drill. Sarah’s birthday is coming, and someone drops the inevitable message in the group chat: “Hey everyone, should we get Sarah something?” A digital nightmare follows: twelve people, twelve different opinions, and absolutely no consensus. Someone suggests a gift card. Someone else wants to go in on something “meaningful.” Another person asks […]