My soon-to-be 8yr old son is having a birthday party.... He doesn't play with any toys and doesn't ask for anything for his birthday besides money to spend on vacation...Last year, on his invitations, he wrote "I love gift cards". Is it appropriate to write "I prefer cash gifts" on his invitations this year? Any toys he receives will never be played with.
2007-02-24 02:37:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Is there another way to word this request? Everyone brings gifts for a kids birthday.
2007-02-24 02:37:57 · update #1
It is not wrong you can put "saving for vacation money would be appreciated."
2007-02-24 02:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Nikkee D ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have this problem with gifts too. I prefer bookstore gift cards.
It's terrible to list it on invitations. What I do is that I brag about how great giftcards are, and when someone gives me a giftcard, I repeatedly tell him/her that I love it. I'd even show what I got with the card. Then they would just keep giving me giftcards year after year.
When I was small, my parents would tell people that I love reading. Repeatedly tells their friends how benefital is it that I can get books from these giftcards without carrying a lot of cash in my pockets.
You can also mention how nice is it that Chinese elders gives money in red envlopes for children so they can buy anything they want. You need to implant the idea in other people's heads. Most of them do prefer giving giftcards, but afraid that it seems cold.
You can always turn the gifts into cash on Craglist or Ebay.
2007-02-24 07:15:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about putting "Please do not bring gifts"? How much cash could an 8-year-old need to spend on a vacation? Doesn't play with toys...? Or if, oddly enough, people do bring toys for an 8-year-old boy, perhaps you could give them to a program that will pass them along to underprivelaged children who are more concerned with when they might eat a hot meal than how much cash they'll have to spend on vacation this year?
2007-02-24 07:22:37 · answer #3 · answered by poet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why dont you just write,"i prefer expensive electronics" and then take them to the pawn shop?its a little less transparent than asking for cash.after all,if theres such thing as a kid who doesnt like toys,i havent met him.
2007-02-24 02:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋