I just ordered prints of myself to give to my parents, grandparents and aunt as a Christmas gift. This feels really bizarre. I know that they will be very excited to own a print of myself exiting the water of my triathlon looking rather fierce if I dare say so myself but it's still strange.
I remember my sister-in-law saying one year that it was bizarre to give a gift of herself. She said this in reference to the family portrait of her, my oldest bro (her husband) and their little girl. It was the portrait that they gave as a Christmas gift to my parents and a few other relatives. I didn't think much of it then, probably because it seemed like a perfectly lovely gift in my mind. But I think now I understand what she meant.
There's something grossly narcissistic about gifting an image of yourself. Even though I know ultimately my parents are going to feel so proud placing that photo on the mantle (and I paid the extra to have the race logo stamped into the lower righthand corner even!) but still, isn't it kind of funny to say "Hey it's ME! Look, I just gave you a photo of ME! Aren't you happy?!"
I think what this all boils down to is, I'm getting old. (I'm a mere month away from being 24 and moving out of my early twenties and into my MID TWENTIES?!)
2 comments:
i am totally giving my mom a family photo (myself, jamie, kate, her boyfriend and stella) for christmas. living far away from home, it certainly is a great gift for them :)
You old hag. You'd better start giving photos of yourself now, because soon you'll be looking back at how young and hot you were.
:)
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