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Another etiquette question/child's birthday and gift registry?
Hi, asked a question a few days ago about a 7 y/o child's b-day party and gift registry. To me, that is absurd. Anyway, the story gets MORE interesting. Forget the registry, I just received a SECOND invitation from this lady. She had her third child on Sunday a week ago. So....not only is the older child's birthday party this upcoming weekend but NOW we are supposed to bring a baby gift as well from a registry!!! Hello? Is this tacky to anyone else??
Like I said, this is her third child and they are all the same gender and close in age! I don't even want to see what's on this kid's registry!
This party should be solely for the older child! Poor kid! It's their birthday, and not their "fault" they had a sibling whose b-day is a couple weeks before!
Last I heard (no kids here) that type of gift is for a baby shower, and is a baby shower even appropriate when it's your third and the same gender as your other two who are both 7 and under? Thanks. Again, maybe it's me who is wrong. Just curious. :)
Edit: Sorry, shouldn't have mentioned my first question. What I initially asked was if it is commonplace for a 7 year old's birthday invite to include a gift registry. So, now we have one party, a 7 year old and a newborn, and TWO gift registries!
6 Answers
- VibianaLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's so lovely to think that a gift-grabbing ***** is also a monster of fertility. LOL
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
That mother is greedy. First of all you don't have a registry for a child's birthday - that is tacky. People can choose to give gifts or not and give whatever they want to give the child, you don't dictate what you want them to give your child for their birthday, unless they ask you what the child wants.
Second you don't have a shower or demand gifts for a 3rd child. If you already have children of the same gender, then you don't usually get gifts for the other babies you have.
I would only give a gift to the 7 year old and pick what YOU want them to have - the mother is too greedy.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
That is absolutely pathetic. You don't mention how close you are to this person? Do you have any obligations to her?
If you have obligations I'd either buy the cheapest thing on the registry, and if nothing was in my budget, I'd go off the registry. Unless she is raising a monster the child won't care.
If you have no obligations, I'd send a small gift for the 7 yr old and a congratulations card for #3 in the mail.
- gLv 71 decade ago
Someone has delusions of grandeur here. IF others chose to throw her a baby shower, they would do it. One doesn't throw their own shower (whether baby or otherwise), and it's pretty unusual to have one for a third child regardless. You certainly don't combine the two into one in order to rake in more gifts - and I've still NEVER heard of a seven year old having a birthday registry.
I'm afraid I'd just have to decline invitations to the multipurpose party, and send the seven year old whatever I wanted him/her to have.
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- 1 decade ago
I suppose what it "IS"- is irrelevant. As control freaks are NEVER entirely satisfied with what They get -Anyway ! :( How you handle it- is what matters. As the "Giver", I think You should give whatever YOU Think is "Appropriate" for the Occasion, & allow the chips to fall where They May...
