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Would you send a baby gift back with a nasty note?
Rejected baby gift
Dear Prudence: Many of my friends have recently become grandparents. And I've rediscovered my love for knitting, making a (soft and machine washable) sweater for each new arrival. I'll also confess that I get a real kick out of seeing pictures of beautiful little babies wearing something I made. I recently sent a blue, white, and green striped sweater, an alphabet board book, and a teddy bear to the grandson of one of my dear friends. Last week, I opened my mail to find the sweater and alphabet book sent back to me with a note from the baby's parents saying that while they would "like to assume you meant no harm" that they were not going to force their child into "a predefined gender role" by dressing him in blue. They also said they reject the "concept of learning on schedule" so would not expose their child to alphabet books. Apparently, the teddy bear was okay. Part of me wants to forget the whole thing, but I worry that my friend, who has seen gifts I made for other friends' new additions, will think I overlooked her first grandbaby. I don't see how I can tell her about the gift return without making it sound like I think the new parents are over the top. Any suggestions on how to handle this gracefully would be appreciated. Sincerely, Knitting Knorma
Re: Would you send a baby gift back with a nasty note?
what jackwagons.
i hope their kid goes full alex p. keaton with a side of icarly on them.
wow! I would be so pissed as the gift giver.
What on earth is "learning on schedule" and why is it bad for Preshus?
sums up my thoughts quite nicely.
my read shelf:
I am the 99%.
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DYou read my mind.
Any suggestions on how to handle this gracefully would be appreciated.
Send your friend a condolences card for having such d!ckface kid + spouse.
ETA: this is caden. I have no idea why TheDonald signed himself in.
Did Prudence have a reply?
And I've got $50 saying the thundercunt mom is already a Bumpie.
Absolutely not. It's never OK to send a gift back to the giver.
A very kind lady I know hand-knitted Annika a three-piece baptism outfit as a suprise. I thanked her profusely for her thoughtfulness and hard work, and I put it in Annka's dresser drawer. I would never in a million yars say something like "Oh, I'm sure you meant well, but we're not having her baptized, so hers's the outfit back".