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Should my mom buy something for her niece's husband?
My mom always buys her niece a present for Christmas, but never her husband. Do you think she should buy him something too, or is it okay to not send something?
My mom is the type of person who always buys gifts for everyone. Even the mailman. Even if it's something litte. She is just tight on money this year and really doesn't know her husband. The only time she has seen him was at the wedding and they live in Texas and we're in California. She planned to give her niece some jewelry since she sells it and it won't cost her much.
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You should never feel obligated to buy anything for anyone. Buy gifts for those who you want to buy gifts for.
- blueeyed girlLv 61 decade ago
It's a bit tacky in my book to buy for one and not the other. A gift that they both could enjoy would be better than just a gift for one person. Example: A gift card to Wal-mart or to a home improvement store. I give gift cards to restaurants and movies for my married brothers and sisters. It's a gift for both of them to enjoy. Just live by the motto: treat others the way you want to be treated and the answer is always obvious.
Good luck
Source(s): *** EDIT *** If she is tight on money then she needs to limit who she spends money on this year...limit it to family only and give the mail man a nice box of cookies. Could your mom not make something that she knows that her niece's husband would enjoy. Ex: I am making blankets for Christmas - the no sew kind. I am making some of them in my brothers favorite college football teams. Guys are much more easy to please than women are. Perhaps a gift card for gas would be a nice gesture as well. There are lots of low cost ideas that your mother could include for the husband but I really feel that she should try to do something for him - Anonymous1 decade ago
She could buy something and put that it's for both of them, not just on e of them. I always buy presents for the couple unless I see something I know one them will really like, then I get them each a gift, never just one of them. I think it's kind of rude.
- 1 decade ago
It's okay if she's not that close. An alternative would be to buy something for them as a couple and it label it to them both.
- 1 decade ago
it is okay and not okay- it depends on who you ask. i don't care if someone gives my husband something and not me, but if i get something and not him, he feels like my family does not like him, but he never says that to them
