Shall I just shove a tenner in a card in future?

[tennerinacard]

A month or so ago, I sent a good friend a birthday present for her dc, something that my dc of a similar age enjoyed playing with, and that I genuinely thought would be liked.

I didn't receive any acknowledgement for afore said present, and this evening she has posted it for free on a small fb group along with some other unwanted crap. She knows I am in this group and therefore will have seen it.

I don't know whether to put a comment like 'I'll have that back then!' in a jokey sort of way, or pretend I haven't seen it, realise that I am clearly shite at buying presents, and put aside the presents I've got for her dc at Christmas and just put a tenner in a card?

Omg @PandemicAtTheDisco! That’s a bit cringe!

You don’t swap gifts anymore I hope?

@tennerinacard fwiw, you have done the right thing, she knows you’re pissed off and will know why.

You now don’t need to buy her or her dc anything ever again.

Result!

Did she respond? I think it's good you called her out on it!

I don't think this is a big deal.
Gift was unwanted- maybe her dc didn't like it even though she thought they would. She is offering it free to someone who does want it which is a nice thing to do. It doesn't mean she didn't appreciate the giving of the gift. It's not a rejection of her friendship with you.

It's fine to stop sending her gifts but I wouldn't let this on it's own get in the way of an otherwise good friendship.

@tennerinacard

Stupidly, I have just liked her post snd commented that I would like the present back then, with a smiley face attached, because that means I am not totally offended, right?

What was the outcome of this?

I agree with Snog. Though it would have been more considerate to have listed it on a different site.