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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all the progressive bleating about sensitivity to privilege and whatnot, I am always surprised at how obsessed my wealthy progressive friends are with no gift parties. They obviously didn’t grow up poor or they’d know that birthday parties are the only time some of us got gifts. It’s virtue signaling. Unless literally everyone in your friend group has lots of money, [b]you’re making the less wealthy families feel embarrassed that they want to their their kids traditional parties and receive gifts[/b]. Shows kids who the haves and have nots are. [/quote]

I don’t think this is true. Some people of immense wealth have gift parties in our circles— because there’s a super controlling/demanding grandmother in the picture who *has* to see Larlo and his pile of gifts. If it’s important to you, have the gifts and just blame a non-existent relative [/quote]

We started doing "no gifts" parties last year because we simply had too much junk in our house, whether it was new toys we were given or hand-me-downs. It's not virtue-signaling. It's about the fact that the more stuff you have, the harder it is to keep your house clean, and that our kids don't enjoy each individual toy as much if they have too much selection.

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