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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are making too big of deal out of this.[/quote]

I thought that early on but I dunno I'm with OP. I would not want to attend a family gift giving thing where I was very specifically excluded as not the right tier of 'family'.

OP can DH just say, 'sure susie and I will go in on that.' And then when you present it to the parents he can very intentionally say something like, 'Susie and I were so happy we could go in on the group present this year, hope you love it Mom and Dad!'

I agree with another PP that it is weird to have this all so specifically addressed. In my DH's family we do this for his parents sometimes and its just a gift 'from the kids.' A broad term that just encompasses all of us. Since clearly even if the gift is from DH it is also coming from my bank account!

[b]And the fact that a group of siblings with good-christmas-age children is having some 'just for the sibs and parents' gift exchange in FRONT of the children is just bizarre. [/b][/quote]

Op here - yes. This is what weirds me out so much about the whole thing - the public exchange which makes it hard to not perceive it as an intentional slight. Also, it would be a gift from “us” considering we have a joint bank account too. [/quote]

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