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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hate it when parents pull the "no gifts" card. The last time it happened, we went with their wishes and arrived without a gift to find...a table full of gift bags.

It makes you feel like you stand a 50/50 chance of doing the wrong thing. As a guest, I look at bringing a gift as the price of admission. You very kindly invited my child, so let us bring a gift for your child. Please? [b]Donate the gifts to a charity if you like;[/b] nobody who brought a gift has to know what you did with it.

Don't leave your guests confused as to what they should do.[/quote]

We've done this (and skip the "no gifts" staff which causes all this angst).  DS has a late fall birthday, so we've take the gifts and donated them to a boys & girls club at the holidays.[/quote]

Please please just tell me no gifts next time. Spare your guests the mental energy of trying to think up a gift your child would like if you really don't want gifts.

My experience is similar to the pp who said rarely are there more than a couple gifts at the no gift parties. Maybe this is different in the suburbs, but in our kid's dc parties, most are no gift and surely mean it! It's not confusing to write no gift. You are spared having to wonder about what gift to give because your host's preference is abundantly clear, literally spelled out. Don't succumb to insecurity, just listen to your host.[/quote]

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