Amazon wish lists part of evite invitations now?

[Anonymous]

I have this annoying exchange with relatives before my kids' birthdays.
Them: What does Larla want?
Me: She has an amazon wishlist if you'd like ideas. She really wants X.
Them: Yeah but what does she really want?
Me: X

Then Larla ends up with a sweater. No joke, this happened to me yesterday. Why do people even bother asking what she'll like? 5 year olds really aren't into sweaters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh you’re kidding.

We make a wish list for grandparents but then we email it TO the grandparents!

And we request no gifts from friends because we don't need everyone in the preschool class buying us stuff!

[Anonymous]

Great idea and you don't need to haul gifts home or wrap them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People saying it’s gift grabby- why are we pretending that gifts are not going to be given at a child’s birthday party?? Most of us have small houses and not unlimited room for toys. Id rather have the things she wants.

Stop it, most of us don't have small houses

[Anonymous]

God I would welcome this. I think gift giving should be about the recipient and not the giver so I hate buying crap I doubt they'll like. I love when people make life easier by just stating their preferences.

I can always just get a gift card and let them go to town, but specifics are wonderfully helpful. It's silly to act like people aren't going to want to buy "things" for a child's birthday party so just make life easier for everyone. Or for God's sake include a gift receipt!

[Anonymous]

Tacky. No matter how useful it may or may not be, it’s rude and tacky as hell. Plus...

Support your local brick and mortar stores, especially toy stores and bookstores!

[Anonymous]

I would never make one of my own, I would probably not use yours, but I wouldn't be irritated by it.

[Anonymous]

Hm, never seen that. I have only been to one birthday party of about 15 that did NOT have a statement that said no gifts. It's been years since I've been to a birthday party where people were expected to bring gifts let alone given an Amazon wish list! Super tacky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have this annoying exchange with relatives before my kids' birthdays.
Them: What does Larla want?
Me: She has an amazon wishlist if you'd like ideas. She really wants X.
Them: Yeah but what does she really want?
Me: X

Then Larla ends up with a sweater. No joke, this happened to me yesterday. Why do people even bother asking what she'll like? 5 year olds really aren't into sweaters.

Omg this happens to me every single time. And then we end up with 3 Dyson vacuums for Christmas and my friend who actually asked and knew DD wanted it gets her feelings hurt.

My family isn’t even good with books. My oldest is into Julia Donaldson books or Dr Seuss and they buy her touch and feel books for newborns.

[Anonymous]

No one expects gifts but it is tacky to mention gifts at all - no gifts or giving a list. If someone wants suggestions, they will ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The past 2 birthday party invitations included amazon wish lists as part of the evite. There is no mention of it, just a link. It almost looked like an advertisement. On evite app, I had to hit the more section.

In the past, If wish list was actually in the body of the email. I thought it was kind of tacky but I am liking this amazon wish list.

My daughter’s second birthday is coming up. Considering adding the same and adding very reasonable priced items.

What do you think of wish lists?

I’d avoid doing amazon.

[Anonymous]

I think it's tacky when the parents add wish list gifts that costs $166 on amazon

[Anonymous]

Tacky. And for a 2 year old, especially ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. This is really tacky, especially for that age.

[Anonymous]

I would never do it myself, but, boy, do I wish that every family that invited my children did it