Honest Thank you letter...

[badkitty]

I'm writing the Thank you letters to all the kids/parents who came to my 6 year olds party last weekend.
She got some really amazing presents - people were so generous. I was quite touched. People who I know are skint spent way more than they should have done, and ignored my instructions for token gifts.

But - I've just got to this letter. This is what I've actually written:



Dear XXXXXXX,


Thank You
for coming to my party and making it such fun! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
And thank you very much for the hair braider – it's lovely!


Love from Kitty'ssprog xxx

And this is what I really want to write....

Dear Cheapskateparent,

Thank You

for coming to my party and making it such fun! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

And thank you very much for the crappy hair braider you gave me. I really didn't mind that it had obviously been given to your daughter at her birthday earlier this year and then rejected as too crap to even warrant being opened. After all, Mummy says that the tatty dogeared, grubby look is all the rage now, something to do with shabby chic, apparently. I just wanted to tell you that I'm not at all dissapointed that it fell apart within 3 minutes of being played with. And as Mummy says, you probably couldn't afford a proper brand new present like the mummies from the rough council estate whom you don't talk to at school, because horses are expensive aren't they? And even though you don't have a mortgage because you live with your parents in their country house, it must cost you a lot to heat, or something. And having to run such expensive cars probably doesn't leave you with any spare money at all.

Most of all, I need to thank you for showing us exactly how you do it all!




Love from Kitty's sprog.xxxx







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And before anyone goes off on the "asset rich/cash poor" argument, don't bother. No- these people aren't poor at all - just really tight when it comes to other kids presents.
And I actually quite like them too, so it's not sour grapes so much as bemusement..

Apparently there's a competition running to see just how crap their presents are..I think my kids entry is in with a chance....


So which one shall I send?
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[yello]

You are joking aren't you?

 

[Globalti]

My sister and brother in law actually gave me a set of petrol station champagne glasses for Christmas once, still in their cheap brown box.

 

[badkitty]

No, I'm deadly serious and utterly ungrateful.

Of course I'm joking.

I like the woman. I just think she's tight..

 

[Lisa21]

If there is a possibility of your mini you being invited to their daughters birthday party next year then I would re-wrap it, keep it somewhere safe, and that is the present sorted
And buy your girl something nice with the money youd save

 

[yello]

...like a big game of 'pass the parcel', who is going to end up with the crap present?

 

[Crackle]

Yep, fix it, wrap it and send the first letter. Getting it back will say so much more than your letter. Encourage other mums to do the same.

 

[badkitty]

...like a big game of 'pass the parcel', who is going to end up with the crap present?

I think that's what was going on, and my girl just ruined it by being deeply grateful for everything she gets, bless her.

It's like the bottle of Liebraumilch which just gets to go to parties, but no-one ever drinks.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

.. only one answer and you have already done it. Rise above it.

 

[yello]

It's like the bottle of Liebraumilch which just gets to go to parties, but no-one ever drinks.

You obviously don't go to the same parties that I do .... (well, did now... )

 

[Joe24]

I have some good advice for this, but you wont like it. It does involve doing someone and video taping it, then putting it on a video tape, and giving it to her daughter to watch
Crap presents? My dad once got a box of 3 blank video tapes from my Auntie. She had stopped at the garage on the way to get him a card and the present
Or, failing that, steal one of their horses for a day, let your daughter ride it, then hold it to ransom.

 

[badkitty]

I have some good advice for this, but you wont like it. It does involve doing someone and video taping it, then putting it on a video tape, and giving it to her daughter to watch
Crap presents? My dad once got a box of 3 blank video tapes from my Auntie. She had stopped at the garage on the way to get him a card and the present
Or, failing that, steal one of their horses for a day, let your daughter ride it, then hold it to ransom.

Ever so slightly incredibly inappropriate for a five year old, don't you think?

 

[Joe24]

Ever so slightly incredibly inappropriate for a five year old, don't you think?

Maybe.
But imagine the look on the mothers face, when the daughter ask what her mum/dad is doing with that other person

 

[badkitty]

Maybe.
But imagine the look on the mothers face, when the daughter ask what her mum/dad is doing with that other person

Oh Joe, that's awful. The poor kid doesn't deserve that. It's not her fault her mama's tight.

I'm not after revenge or anything bonkers like that. Life is way too short for crap like that.Can't possibly justify psychologically damaging the kid because of one crap present...

(maybe in 10 years time though, if it carries on...).

 

[Joe24]

Oh Joe, that's awful. The poor kid doesn't deserve that. It's not her fault her mama's tight.

I'm not after revenge or anything bonkers like that. Life is way too short for crap like that.Can't possibly justify psychologically damaging the kid because of one crap present...

(maybe in 10 years time though, if it carries on...).

Ill have you to my side of thinking before that