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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised all your parents don't want presents. My mom is 71 and is obsessed with getting presents. I swear she'd think a lunch or an experience gift was a gift to me (since I would go to the lunch too). My mom likes jewelry, Hermes scarves, perfume, home decor, basically anything luxury.

For a 70th we would go on vacation with her (she'd have to pay for her and my dad though since airfare, hotels and tickets are $$$) and I'd pay for my kids and spouse to go as the gift. We did Paris and Normandy for my mom's 70th and for my dad's we did Buenos Aires.

Also, are you all mixing up 70 year olds with 90 year olds? My grandmas are mid 90s and they like food, pictures, flowers and things they can share with their friends. [/quote]

Where does she put all this stuff?  Does she donate the old scarves, jewellery etc or are you going to have to go through it all in future years?

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Dp here. You make it sound like she won’t be around long enough to joy these things. She is far too young for op to be in the “I’m just gonna end up inheriting it any day” mindset.

I agree with the pp here though. My 76 y.o. mom expects time with me in addition to physical gifts. I could take her to lunch and she would be looking around for the gift bag. Lol. She recently downsized and has very limited space, so that makes it tricky!

Some faves of hers in recent years:

Digital frame (completely set up and managed by others)

Nice beach bag and beach towel from Sandcloud

Owalla water bottle

Front door wreath

Plant for balcony

Bird feeder

Shirts from grandkids’ colleges

Board games

Photo book from a family trip

Turntable and records

For in-laws, we got them a dvd player and started a collection of DVDs for them. 
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