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The one who remembers your birthday, your blood type, and that you prefer aisle seats.

means A person who provides or donates something to another — the one doing the giving, whether it's gifts, time, or care.

from Straightforward Old English stock: 'give' descends from Old English 'giefan,' part of a wide Germanic family (related to Old Norse 'gefa,' Dutch 'geven,' German 'geben'). Add the agent suffix '-er,' the same one that turns 'bake' into 'baker,' and you get 'giver' — someone defined by the act. The suffix itself traces back to Old English '-ere,' a very old way of naming the doer behind a verb.

love language
mistakes generosity for the only acceptable one
risk
attracts takers like porches attract raccoons
burnout
resentment is just unpaid giving with interest
secret
usually terrible at receiving anything back
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