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Rofhdj · 08/03/2025 21:44

I went to a child’s party today. The birthday boy turned five. One guest was his seven year old cousin.

Birthday boy was given a gift from another guest and opened it. Ten minutes or so later his cousin began opening it and said he wanted to play with it. The birthday boy objected and the cousin was told not to play with it until bb had opened it and played with it, and was told to give it to bb.

Which is unreasonable?

YABU - birthday boy should get to play with it first and it was right to stop the cousin
YANBU - the cousin was doing no harm and bb wasn’t playing with it

OP posts:
Rofhdj · 08/03/2025 21:52

LastHeraldMage · 08/03/2025 21:45

The gift was for the birthday child. Why do you think it was ok for another child to take it?

I didn’t say I did.

OP posts:
WhenYouSayNothingAtAll · 08/03/2025 21:50

Birthday child gets to open their gift , play with it and they can choose whether they share or not.

Saz12 · 08/03/2025 21:49

BB parents should have put gifts out of sight of guests, ideally, especially if guests were of rhe "what's yours is mine" mentality

SallyDraperGetInHere · 08/03/2025 21:49

At any age, the same rules apply! Imagine you got perfume or wine or a book, and your cousin started opening your stuff!

Bigearringsbigsmile · 08/03/2025 21:48

The birthday cgild should get to play with hs new toys first! What if the cousin broke it?

Flutterbylittlebutterfly · 08/03/2025 21:46

It's rude to just open someone else's gift without checking it was OK first. Whoever told the cousin to leave it alone was correct.

LastHeraldMage · 08/03/2025 21:45

The gift was for the birthday child. Why do you think it was ok for another child to take it?

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