Too much birthday $ from friend?

[Anonymous]

Spend the money taking the kid out for entertainment/food, or a nice host gift when you go to them socially.

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How is the kids' relationship?

Is your kid that kid's favorite kid?

[Anonymous]

DC received a big amount gift card from friends at birthday party, and I sent similar amount ( little bit more) for the friends birthday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grade DS just had a birthday party. One of his friends brought a vard with a nice message and a $100 bill. This is way out of the norm of the average kid gift in our circles! His mom mainly speaks Spanish and not much English. Is this something we should address and/or try to return? Or send a very nice thank you and plan to reciprocate similarly in the future? Thanks

Do this one. Trying to return it or assuming it was an accident would be rude.

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Anonymous wrote:My 5th grade DS just had a birthday party. One of his friends brought a vard with a nice message and a $100 bill. This is way out of the norm of the average kid gift in our circles! His mom mainly speaks Spanish and not much English. Is this something we should address and/or try to return? Or send a very nice thank you and plan to reciprocate similarly in the future? Thanks

Do this one. Trying to return it or assuming it was an accident would be rude.

So rude. I would be insulted if someone assumed my gift was an accident.

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Anonymous wrote:You should tell her you think her son may have accidentally put the wrong bill in your son’s card because $100 is an unusually high dollar amount to give a classmate. Use Google translate.

You people are racist.

Serious question from OP: How would you handle this if it were a native English speaking friend/family? I'd still be surprised and unsure what's appropriate. I just added the language aspect in case there's a cultural difference involving higher spending on kids' gifts that I should be aware of.

Thank you note, period. You are overthinking this and will hurt their feelings if you do not accept it.

Or it could be their grocery money for the week. Op needs to say the gift was very generous, she's aappreciative but wants to make sure the gift wasn't a mistake by the kid.

Why do you assume that a Spanish speaking family is poor? My neighbors on two sides are Spanish-speaking families and we live in a $1M+ house.