"Have you ever kept a trade evolution Pokemon without trading it back?"

This is just something that I recently came to think about lately. I think a lot of people prefer the idea of touch trading (trade then back) to get the trade evolutions, but I do wonder: how often, if at all, have you actually kept a Pokemon that evolves by trading that was traded to you without trading it back?While trade evos are still kind of a flawed concept rn, it would seem there was an intention that you should keep the Pokemon you get from a trade, and it should stay with you as your own Pokemon from that point forward. Meaning for example, if you really want a Machamp or Conkeldurr, instead of raising a Machop/Timburr then raising it then touch trading it, the intended experience was you find someone who has a Machoke/Gurdurr, have them trade it to you, it evolves when you get it, then you keep it for good. Ideally, you would give a trade evolution of your own like a Graveler or Boldore so your trading partner has a Golem or Gigalith in return. The original concept, and this is supported by some official media (most official media in most cases makes it so that the traded Pokemon remains with the new owner), is that you are meant to negoatiate. Like with version exclusives, you could trade a Kadabra for someone else's Haunter, and trade evos were meant to add an extra dimension to the trading interactivity feature by ensuring these evolutions were also part of a negotiation.But I do wonder: how many of you have actually done this? Negotiated with someone else and not actually touch trading a trade evolution Pokemon, but instead keeping the Pokemon traded to you that evolves and use it on your team? I'm curious if anyone has actually took this approach to obtaining trade evos. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3f8RxIH