To buy the same present for children sharing a birthday party?

[gruffaloPies]

DC has been invited to a few joint birthday parties and I've always bought the same present for the birthday children to avoid one feeling like they have been given a better present than the other.

Was caught out once when the birthday children turned out to be siblings, but apart from situations like that, I always thought buying the same present was the norm. The parties are whole class parties where I don't know the parents and DC is only young so still chooses presents that he would prefer instead of presents that his friends actually want!

DP has only just realised that I do this and thinks it's weird to get the same present for each child.

AIBU to get the same presents?

[Griphook]

Of course it's normal unless you have an unwanted present lying around

[d270r0]

Completely normal, especially if siblings so they don't get jealous of each others. Not necessary if friends as they're unlikely to open at the same time, but still absolutely fine.

[HereIAm20]

Its normal unless one of the child has a particular football team they support and you buy them team stuff or the other has a particular interest that the other doesn't.

For recent shared teen girls party I bought them branded smellies - different brands but same prices and products.

[schbittery]

seems fine to me. id normally but same thing different colours maybe, or different board games etc, in case they bring them into school ir playdates to avoid confusion.

[Leeds2]

Depends on if your DC knows both of the children holding the party. If mine was invited by one child, and the other was a cousin of said child that mine had never met, I would probably just buy a present for the child that had invited mine. If it were two children in my DC's class, and I knew DC wouldn't have been invited by one of the children if they had had their own, single party, I would probably buy a present for the friend that had invited mine and, say, a box of malteasers for the other.