I was horrified! I gave someone a baby gift and they actually told me that they didn't like it! Is that EVER acceptable? I thought it was adorable...it was a cute little outfit with matching socks and a bib - it was Winnie the Pooh... I thought I was safe with that.
I thought if you didn't like a gift, you should just politely say "thank you" and then you can return it to the store on your own time! Do you just blurt out..."I really don't like the gift you gave us." Especially when I didn't ask if she likes it!!!
2007-09-26 05:59:07 · 18 answers · asked by Beth 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Well, wanna hear more? She re-gifted my gift to another one of our pregnant friends. LOL I'm not really laughing because I think it's necessarily funny... I just don't know how else to react...She's a....piece of work?
2007-09-26 06:10:39 · update #1
Jennield... I did that, too. I received an outfit for my son that wasn't my taste (at all), but I NEVER let the person know how I felt, and my son wore it when we visited her. She gushed and it made her day. It didn't hurt a thing and he's 12 years old now!
2007-09-26 06:16:26 · update #2
pregnant witch. drop her from your list of "friends". ask her to give the outfit back to you and tell her that you'll get her something she likes better. be really nice. then take it back and get your money back and blow her off.
2007-09-26 06:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by (!)listen 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. It is ungrateful and impolite to insult a gift.
It does not matter what it is... unless it's something totally inappropriate, you should say thank you... it is supposed to be the thought that counts.
By inappropriate I mean really not what that person needed or wanted or would ever like!! ie: Once I went to a bridal shower, the bride to be was very religious - very modest... prude is more accurate. One of her cousins thought it would be funny to give her some super sexy lingerie and "adult accessories" ... considering who the bride was, and whom half her guests were - it was totally appropriate for her to tell her cousin that her gift was tacky and she needed to keep it (she even put it all back in the box and tossed it at her!)
I returned some gifts from my shower (bridal and baby)... that's why you give people the gift receipts!! I personally don't like to advertize on my or my child's clothing... so outfits that said GAP or TOMMY or had licensed characters on them, were all returned... replaced with things that had butterflies or stripes... just my taste - and no one has seemed offended. I always sent out thank you cards, even if I hated the gift... most of the time people put a good amount of thought and time into it - if they got your taste wrong, it's not their fault!!
2007-09-26 13:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by Tanya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a rude and inconsiderate person.
I would NEVER say I didn't like it in front of the person. Good lord. Her momma forgot to teach her some manners!
I have received baby gifts I did not like, but I just took them back to the store and exchanged them for something I did like. The person never knew and all is well.
2007-09-26 13:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have disliked a Winnie the Pooh outfit, but I "NEVER" would have told the giver that. I've actually gone as far as dressing my son in an outfit I didn't care for just to let the giver see him in it.
Very inconsiderate of her & sounds like she was "trying" to offend you.
2007-09-26 13:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jennield 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like somebody forgot to teach her manners when she was growing up. Or maybe she just didn't want to learn.
You are right. It is NEVER acceptable to be rude. Good manners never go out of style. They are just a way of showing the other person that they are important, too.
At least she recycles! Ha.
2007-09-26 13:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by BlueJay 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, she is a piece of work! When my wife's aunt (who she doesn't like very much anyway) gave us an ugly outfit we dressed our daughter up in it, took a picture, and dropped it into the garage sale pile. And if she was going to regift it, she could have at least sent to it to somebody out of town.
2007-09-26 13:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by Brian A 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well isnt she just HONEST to a tea. Maybe its her hormoans kicking in. But I agree its rude you should just say thank you and return the item or exchange it on your own time. Btw sad but true not all of us like winnie the pooh
2007-09-26 13:08:25 · answer #7 · answered by texas_angel_wattitude 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That person was extremely rude! What you gave her sounds appropriate for a baby shower. If she happens to get pregnant again and invites you to her next baby shower, I wouldn't attend.
2007-09-26 13:04:50 · answer #8 · answered by susandiane311 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was so flippin' rude of her to do! It's nice enough for you to get her something at all... she should have just said thank you and returned it later. It is NEVER acceptable to be rude like that. Un-freakin'-believable!
2007-09-26 13:59:39 · answer #9 · answered by Edith 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, you can tell someone you don't like the gift they bought you...if you NEVER want to receive a gift from that person again!!
How rude!!!
2007-09-26 13:03:21 · answer #10 · answered by western b 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well the good cooth(etticate) fairy must have missed her house. You are right in feeling that was out of line and lacking class. But as her friend you just gotta get over it because they more time and energy you spend talking about it and thinking about it, the more you are getting bothered. Just let it go, but expect her to do it again. Member the Cooth fairy missed her house? POOR GIRL!
2007-09-26 15:50:33 · answer #11 · answered by dingydarla 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋