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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember when my daughter got a bunch of junk from a friend - ugh! It looked like they had stopped at CVS on the way to the party. It was full size candy bars, hot Cheetos and a $5 gift card to Dairy Queen. Totally thoughtless and stupid. Hated the jumble of crap. I was pretty shocked a parent would allow it.[/quote]

My DD would be ever excited for a full size candy bar and a gift card for snacks.

Also, when I was a kid I didn’t have pocket money and my mom wouldn’t let me give presents if it wasn’t a “real” birthday party. I would have to scrounge gifts and yes, sometimes it would be a jumble that was like what you listed above.

Honestly, snacks are better than plastic crap. [b]Hot Cheetos and a Dairy Queen gift card are the 12 year old equivalent of a bottle of wine and a pint of ice cream. [/b][/quote]

Not just any wine, a thoughtfully-selected personal recommendation from the gift-giver.[/quote]

I’m the PP. My daughter doesn’t like hot Cheetohs and has never been to DQ. Gift was not personal or good. Literally last minute crap. Parenting fail and laziness.[/quote]

Gosh.  That was a joke on my part.   A kid that age is responsible for how they decide to honor their friends.

Let your kid decide how to interpret the gift.  And she can easily find a friend who likes garbage snacks and make that person happy.

The only time I've been miffed about a gift was when someone asked a friend if I liked coffee, she said no, then I received a giant espresso maker with a set of espresso cups.  Strangely, only 2 of 4 cups were present.  And there was a dead spider in the espresso maker box.  That was a wedding present from an adult high school friend. I figured it was a thoughtless regift. It was the thoughtlessness that bothered me.  However for her later wedding I bought something well-intentioned that I now think was kind of useless. So basically it's not worth being offended.[/quote]

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