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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is about to turn 1 and I googled "1st bday announcements" and of course second guessed my idea due to the number of people that mentioned it was tacky.  It's July 2012 and regardless of this feed being 2 years old, I found it useful.  So thanks!

Also, there are certain situations when people may choose to do something special to keep everyone "in the loop"....do people really "fish for presents?"  I actually don't know anyone that is like that, so definitely pointing back to several comments that "it just depends on your social circle."  Anyway, my son was born in NY and we are living in TX now.  I wanted our NY connections to receive a cute bday picture of my son and to announce this milestone in his life. Yes, they all know what month / year he was born, but people move on with their lives and it's difficult to keep up with birthdays....an[u]d most of my friends are single with no kids[/u][b], so I think they would love to receive an announcement.  It's also a message that I still care and think of them often.  They were a huge part of my pregnancy and [b]my son was the first baby in our circle[/b][u].  Keeping people involved / updated doesn't mean an attempt at gifts.  However, I factored in all the feedback and decided to do one AFTER he turns one.  And keep it a simple message with "Joseph turned 1!"  How would 3 words warrant an attempt at gifts?  Silly.

People send emails all the time.  It's nice to have a pic to put up on your refrigderator for a week or two.  I get silly Christmas announcements with pics from them every year.  I don't send them a gift.[/quote]

OH my, PP.  The things I have bolded and underlined above make me think the friends will/would be even less inclined to enjoy getting something like this.  When I was single and had 1-2 friends "ahead" of me who were already married and in kiddieland?  I thought things like this were absolutely bonkers.  Sorry.  I would have appeared really supportive and thrilled but then said to my sisters and other friends, "What in the WORLD is this?  Who does this?"  Sorry.  I even thought it was wackadoo to be invited to a friend's child's bday party back in the day when I was still single and she was the one who had married and had kids.  I was like, "Why in the world would I want to go to a KID's bday party????"  I seriously did not get it and would have thought this type of thing (and therefore, the sender, my friend) was WACKADOO.  [/quote]

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