And, this takes the (birthday) cake!
Recently, Baby Puppy received an invitation to a birthday party. The invite was a postcard featuring a gorgeous photo of the birthday girl (she looks like a child model, anyway) and giving the pertinent when and wheres. Then, this: "gifts have been selected at blah, blah, blah for your convenience."
What?
Since when do kids register for birthday gifts? Am I that out of it? Is this the new "in" thing? If so, why?
A gift registry for a wedding or baby shower makes sense to me. At least originally, the intent was to help new couples or new parents gather up the stuff they needed to embark on a new phase of life. I don't think that turning five qualifies as a "new phase of life." And, I seriously doubt that this child "needs" much of anything.
Perhaps, I'm being overly catty about this. Maybe, these parents are just trying to avoid getting a bunch of lead-based crap. Maybe, the mom is best buddies with the owner of this high end (did I mention it was high end?) kiddie store. Who knows?
But, to me, the whole thing screams of going overboard.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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Oh, I agree with you. That just screams CRASS!
As far as I'm concerned, registries are only acceptable for weddings and baby showers when you're trying to match a set of china or baby bedding.
But TOYS for a kid's birthday?! That's obnoxious!
Ridiculous. I wouldn't go and/or would get a gift someplace else. I can't say I am surprised. I've had a few similar invites like this and I boycott them.
It's one thing to mention registering at such and such IF SOMEONE ASKS about what the kid would like for a gift. It's completely wrong IMO if you basically require it on an invite. The only exception would be if it was a request for a donation to charity instead of gifts.
Way overboard! A gift regostry for a 5 year old? Hmm, well everyone in my family has an online wishlist, but we do NOT direct friends/party invitees to it when birthdays come up.
OMG! I didn't see that one coming. That's the first I've ever heard of that and that's INSANE! My daughter is a kindergartener at a school that is primarily inner city youth, many of which come from the shelter downtown. When there are birthdays at that school, it is protocol to emphasis "no gifts, please" because most of these kids couldn't afford it. I'm curious as to how many kids show up to the party and how many adhere to the registry.
Yikes! That would make me purchase a nice, lead-free, $10 gift certificate from said store :)
Wow, I haven't heard of that before. The new big thing around here is a "no gifts please" note on an invitation.
I actually wouldn't mind knowing what a kids wants or doesn't have. However I don't find it appropriate to register a five year old at a high end store and then put it on the invitation.
Yup...that's overboard. Personally, I wouldn't go, but if Baby Puppy wants to, I'd donate ten bucks to a local charity in the birthday girl's name.
What a bummer though. Some parents!
Way overboard. Is this a NYC thing?
i actually worked at toys'r'us 10 years ago (yes 10), and people were registering for their kid's parties back then. not a lot of parents, but enough that it wasn't uncommon. and this was in ohio. if you can believe that!
Seems odd to me … kind of like Hallmark creating ‘Mother’s Day’ as a way to promote their card business. It takes a lot of the ‘fun’ out of kid’s birthday parties from my humble perspective.
Hugs and blessings,
ugh
i do not like that
a high end store
rude
Crass. Rude. Tasteless. Not getting a present from me. Not going.
Why didn't the parents just buy the gifts, let you pick which one to put your name on, and send you the bill?
I think we would have plans that day.
I heard of that with a girl in my son's class. He was not invited (girls only), so at least we didn't have to deal with it.
Almost every other invitation we get says that instead of gifts they are collecting XXX for XXX charity.
Gee, which child is learning the better lesson?
oh my, I've not heard of this.
my jaw was on the floor.
who does this? I mean really, what are they smoking?
crazy, crazy world.
Way to put a kabosh on generosity for sure.
If this is "in", then I am way "out"! Horrible!! Absolutely horrible!!!
Then again, we asked for no gifts at our wedding so I am on the way other end of the spectrum from this parent.
Recently we went to a birthday party and the mom asked for donations to be made to a charity instead of gifts, I thought that was AWESOME. This is over the top ridic-u-dumb. Good post!
That's just tacky. I'm sure her mom thinks if she is going to get presents, she might as well get something she doesn't already have. But, if she's got so much stuff that other parents need to be directed to certain stores for certain items, then she probably doesn't need anything else!
And I probably wouldn't let me daughter go to this party.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thought this was tacky!
Yeah totally ridiculous and tacky as all heck.
You should definitely have Baby Puppy pick out whatever she wants to get for her friend and certainly not on the registry.
I'm in the minority because I prefer for a person to have a registry for their kid. They know best what size they are, what they like and don't like - etc. I like to be sure my gift will be loved. :)
Classless and greedy. Also unbelievable. What are you teaching your kid when you have them pick out the gifts they want from their party?
But just my opinion.
Wow, that's crazy, but not surprising, given this crazy commercial culture kids today are raised in.
I would make a nice donation to a charity in the little girls name as a birthday gift. A little passive aggressive wouldn't hurt would it?
That is just plain ass wrong!!!
Where do these mothers come up with this????
Uggh!
I'll play devil's advocate and say it depends on what was registered and why? For instance parents who don't agree with plastic, battery powered, over-commercialized toys (like me) might want to send a big hint to the people who laugh at me and buy the stupid crap anyway then joke about how funny it is to piss me off or who think buying the more expensive the gift makes them the better grandparent for that week instead of just buying the damn box of blocks like he keeps saying he wants.
Oh, sorry about the rant.
But if it's just a huge "I want' list, I'd tell them where to stick it.
Um - what they all said?
lol - poor kid probably got 4 toasters for her last birthday!
Wow - it's total crap. Make sure to buy something lovely from The Dollar Store, wrap it in a page from the comic section and have your BP make a homemade card. That mom needs to get over herself, and quick!
(and I agree with ghd - super tacky)
That said, I drank in the post "to the childless" and yes, I get it. We have no clue what we're talking about! ha ha (but at least I can admit it...)
Whoa, that's way way over the top if you ask me. I've never heard of a gift registry for a birthday party. Sometimes kids might make a few notations on an invite I'd really like it if you got me x,y, or z but nothing like a registry.
I think I'd be the person not buying anything off that registry just to prove a point.
That is completely over the top.
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