To be miffed at "Gift list for mother of the baby" enclosed in *Baby naming ceremony* invitation?

Well done OP. You're a diamond!

I had a feeling it was a 'party planner'. Monogramed candles, yeah, just what every new Mother needs! I think the party planners punishment should be to have to look after a baby for a week or two! Might bring the selfish eejit down to Earth with a bump!

But I wouldn't wish that on any poor little baby!

Oh I am so glad that this is being sorted and that an idiot party planner is responsible rather than your friends. I also apologise for calling your friend greedy and grasping in my earlier post. I hope all goes well and keep us updated.

Oh Doubleshot You said upthread you don't have many friends. How do you not? You sound a wonderful, honest and compassionate woman and I'd love to be your friend!

I'm so pleased you've sorted all this.

You truly are a fantastic friend, your friend is so lucky to have you. I hope it turns right in te end. I think you can ask MN to delete the thread

Doubleshot ! Well done and hope you have dodged any hangovers.

Please please keep us updated on any planner news. I'm embarrassingly hooked on this.

Aww, have now read the entire Fred. Your poor poor friend! Can't believe what a chance the event organiser is!

You're a truly lovely friend. Well done for being brave enough to broach a potentially difficult situation and for helping her fix it. What a star!

Ha ha ha! Now I've heard everything. Gifts for the mother!!!! Blimey!

You are a great friend and I'm so pleased that you and she have been able to sort this situation out.

I am currently in Australia, although not in a major city, and have several friends who have had babies and have NEVER seen a list like that for a naming ceremony. So it might be the type of people who her sister hangs out with, rather than a general whole-country type of thing; we have lots of wannabe programmes on the tv here (think like TOWIE, only ours is called The Shire (NSW) and so on) so that might account for it, but honestly I've never come across it in 4 years yet, and I'm sure that most, if not all, other Australia-dwellers on here would agree with me.

hi double glad you managed great damage control!

you need to report your own original post and explain to MNHQ that you want thread deleted to protect your friend.
I'm pretty sure they will do it.

I can not stop thinking how much I would love to read the full gift list. but I'm not asking, only wishing!

big hugs, sleep well!

read thread

just wow!

double well done, you're a lovely friend - glad you went with your gut, and gently confronted her about it!
poor her, no first time mum needs that trauma of people falsely accusing her being a grabby bitch - if she ever reads this thread I'm sorry about my comment, it was obviously misguided!
big hugs to both of you!
when the ceremony is over you can all laugh about this gift-list-gate!

you know, for all the troubles "Fraaank Elton John" caused he should pay for you and your friend to go & have a lovely spa day - you two need to recover from all the mess he caused!

and after the relaxing massages and mud packs you must watch "Father of the Bride" before going to bed - in fact if you pm me your address I'll send you a copy as a present from me and piglet!

Hope things go ok for her. Do get this thread deleated, I would hate for her to come across it at some point in the future.

Well done! And congratulations to your friend for having a friend like you.

It's a good film isn't it amazing. I dident know there were real life fraaaaanks oh dear

What a lovely ending to the story - and what a lovely friend you are, Doubleshot. When you meet the planner and thump him with your handbag, please give him an extra one from me!

Your muddy rugby boys reminds me of a song my dad used to sing to me, that started, 'My, but you're a mucky kid, dirty as a dustbin lid!' - as the mother of three boys myself, it seems apt!

thank christ you never listened to the dump Her,she no good to you crew
dispensing hot headed yo you go sista advice
glad pal got opportunity to explain her situation,and all ok

Im so glad you have been able to talk about it with your friend double and things are ok, I often am aghast at some of the stuff I read here and people cant or wont actually TALK to the people concerned, ok some people are scared of confrontation, upsetting others etc but nothing can actually be sorted out unless people talk to each other.

Doubleshot I hope you are going to get some kind of rota organised after this thread.

You have a lot of new friends to accommodate

double you sound like a true friend, one which many people on this thread would love to have, a truly unique person. Your children and Dh are so lucky to have you. I really wish I knew you in RL

I would also be getting your friend registered on here for more support as well. Tell her we would love to have her and if she would like to post in AIBU in relation into what she would like to do to the planner, I'm sure she will get some suggestions which will put a smile on her face [ grin]

piglet I love Fraaank.

that film is one of my favourites

doubleshot you are a star and a true friend! I've been ploughing through this thread this afternoon, amazing! Glad it can be sorted and it was not a case of 'mumzilla' Well done and now put your feet up (maybe not too many though) before the phone marathon.

My god op your an amazing friend. Can you be mine too . That weddin planner sounds like Fraaaaaank from Don't tell the Bride with Steve Martin