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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Idk half the birthday parties I go to for the 5 and under set are "no present" parties. [/quote]

I ignore those requests.  Yeah, that's me.[/quote]

Thankfully no one ignored my no present requests when we had them on the invites. DS has more then enough stuff, we didn't need to add more random stuff to the house. Then again, I always honored the no present request. We did have some people ask for food to be donated to a food bank or blankets for a dog shelter, we brought those things when asked.

Now that DS is having parties with about 6-8 kids, we are cool with gifts. He is inviting his friends and they know him well enough to give him presents that mean something to him. I was surprised by how much thought the 7 year olds put into his presents and how well they knew him. I probably shouldn't be, these are the kids he has over for play dates or does lots of activities with at Scouts.

I would not give a 529 contribution. I have no clue who has started a 529 plan and would hate to ask only to find out that the parents have not started a 529 and my gift causes some awkwardness. We have a a 529 for DS but he is an only child and we are a 2 income family. We have friends who are a 1 income family with multiple kids. I don't know what they are doing for college and I am not going to ask. I would find the question presumptuous.

It is different when his Grandparents send us gift money to contribute, they have asked the question and we answered it. [/quote]

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