to not want to buy family member 50 small presents beginning with T?

[TheDoodler]

I probably am BU and miserable to boot (this is my first time here and i have changed a few details for obv reasons)...but...

Family member's big 50th birthday bash coming up in a couple of months. Her daughter has come up with the hilarious idea that 26 of us buy her 50 small presents each beginning with a certain letter. IABU and grumpy to hate these 'novelty' presents? What is she going to do with them all anyway??

I was going to buy her tickets to a show or something easy classy. I work part time in an office and part time at home self employed....gah! Now i have to be arsed to do this and be involved in it and then stand and watch her unwrap 1300 pieces of crap at her party.

[Meow75]

What a loony idea!!!

Buy the tickets - she'll love you forever, just out of relief!!

[craftynclothy]

YANBU. Who would want to get loads of crap instead of a few decent presents

[Schnitzel]

I think 50 presents EACH is a tad excessive! I would suggest that you suggest that you buy 50 presents from ALL of you (as a gimmicky thing).

[KatyMac]

Buy the tickets wrap 49 'trick' boxes & put the tickets in the 50th

So you 50 presents starting with T

[notwavingjustironing]

Just say no, you've already bought her something.

You can always lie and say its a great idea which she will love.

[going]

Buy her the tickets, she will appreciate them far more than a big pile of tat!

[SirBoobAlot]

Its a sweet idea but obviously hasn't been thought through properly - where is she going to put 1300 pieces of tat?!

Buy her theatre tokens or something, she'll need to escape from the shelves of rubbish...

[SandStorm]

What a bizarre idea! I'd hate it if someone did that to me. Echo Meow75 - buy the tickets!

[TheDoodler]

Thanks Meow - thought it was just me

The family are always doing things like this....which in itself makes it not special iyswim.

[fustyarse]

26 people have to buy 50 presents each?



that's insane.

[IngridFletcher]

There are 32 tampons in a large box. That's 64% taken care of.

[belgo]

I agree with Schnitzel, 50 presents in total from all of you is a good idea.

50x26 presents is just ridiculous, and she'll probably just chuck half of it anyway.

[belgo]

at ingrid's idea

[TheDoodler]

Thanks all - not the pasting i expected here. Katy - Do you know i am so dumb it never even occurred to me that tickets began with a T dur).

So, nobody elses family do this then??

[KatyMac]

& the poor bugger who has X or Z (even Y or I or J or Q will be hard)

[belgo]

or 50 tea bags

[2blessed2bstressed]

ticket starts with t though, doesn't it? or have I missed something?

[TheDoodler]

• Ingrid

[going]

Give her the tickets and 49 tofees!

[belgo]

or rather 48 tea bags and 2 show tickets

[TheDoodler]

I love you all!

[dilemma456]

Message withdrawn

[2blessed2bstressed]

Tic-tacs! Punches air in triumph

[lazarusb]

If I was given all that I think I'd be quite irritated! Deffo on the tickets

[tattycoram]

God that's ridiculous. Tickets begin with T, job done