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easy child Invited to birthday Party - "No Gifts Please"
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<blockquote data-quote="mattsmom27" data-source="post: 51856" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>My easy child recently had a birthday party thrown at her dad's house. It was OVERBOARD to say the least. A science company brought in for experiments and other stuff, most of her classmates and most of her teammates from hockey team. Close to 40 kids all together. The day before, her actual birthday, I had a small family bbq here to celebrate, a few gifts from me and a few from family. She seemed overwhelmed by the end and truly although she received some beautiful and thoughtful gifts, there weren't that many of them and she was pleased as punch. I figured with nearly 40 kids coming to her party at her dads he would do the "no presents please" thing in the invitations too. Nope. So she turned 8 years old with more than 40 presents just from kids attending, along with the gifts here the day before and all the gifts from her fathers family (large family). To me it sends a message, not a good one, to a 8 year old. Even easy child was overwhelmed with it all. </p><p>I would say a birthday card is perfect and leave it at that. There is a reason the parents are asking for no gifts. They may well be instilling very good values in their child. I wouldn't want to bring even pool toys if I know the parents have a reason of their own to have asked for no presents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattsmom27, post: 51856, member: 50"] My easy child recently had a birthday party thrown at her dad's house. It was OVERBOARD to say the least. A science company brought in for experiments and other stuff, most of her classmates and most of her teammates from hockey team. Close to 40 kids all together. The day before, her actual birthday, I had a small family bbq here to celebrate, a few gifts from me and a few from family. She seemed overwhelmed by the end and truly although she received some beautiful and thoughtful gifts, there weren't that many of them and she was pleased as punch. I figured with nearly 40 kids coming to her party at her dads he would do the "no presents please" thing in the invitations too. Nope. So she turned 8 years old with more than 40 presents just from kids attending, along with the gifts here the day before and all the gifts from her fathers family (large family). To me it sends a message, not a good one, to a 8 year old. Even easy child was overwhelmed with it all. I would say a birthday card is perfect and leave it at that. There is a reason the parents are asking for no gifts. They may well be instilling very good values in their child. I wouldn't want to bring even pool toys if I know the parents have a reason of their own to have asked for no presents. [/QUOTE]
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