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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the room parent for my first grader organized a group holiday gift for the teacher. She collected contributions for a gift card, stating that she would pool the contributions and create a card signed by the families who went in on the gift. Sounded great, so I contributed $50. Room parent shared a photo of the gift card and card. Gift card was for something like $120, signed by like 12 families. Imagine my surprise!

Here we are now with teacher appreciation approaching. Same room parent has communicated about a similar gift card from the class and is collecting contributions. I replied all and asked what the suggested contribution is. She replies back “whatever you feel like giving”. What is the strategy behind this lack of guidance? If we all contribute $5, fine, but [b]I don’t want to contribute what I would like to ($50) and have it come out do uneven[/b].

Spouse says we should just forget the class gift and do our own thing.

WWYD and what am I missing here?

FWIW, our family  income is probably in the lower half at this school. [/quote]

You're not missing anything but you're putting two things together that don't fit.

1. You've been told to give what you like (as have the other parents)
2. You are giving what you like but are disappointed in what others are giving.

So either--continue to give what you want, change the amount that you feel is appropriate based on your last experience, or do your own thing as your spouse says[/quote]

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