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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to wonder when a home-made card is no longer cute?

42 replies

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:04

Home made christmas cards with glitter and toddleresque pictures are lovely. When made by someone under the age of about 6.

Weird though when made by a 12 year old.

AIBU?

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FrostyAndSlippery · 17/12/2010 10:07

YABU

OTheHugeManatee · 17/12/2010 10:08

Depends. Are we talking 12 year old who shows artistic promise, or one that still draws like a toddler?

FrostyAndSlippery · 17/12/2010 10:08

Very

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:09

bit like a toddler.

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TheFallenMadonna · 17/12/2010 10:10

Why weird?

GandalfyCarawak · 17/12/2010 10:11

YABU and a meanie.

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:13

at 12 if you are not artistically gifted would you feel the need to send relative strangers examples of your work? with glitter?

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GrimmaTheNome · 17/12/2010 10:13

YABU, though it does to some extent depend on the recipient. Perfect for a granny for as long as the child wants to make them. Not so good if your child wants to make a card for you to give to your boss.

TrillianAstra · 17/12/2010 10:13

Definitely depends on the recipient.

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:16

exactly - that's the point i'm not making very well. even my hardened criminal DDs make cards for granny. this is not from a relative though.

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FindingAManger · 17/12/2010 10:17

YABU - if you don't like it it will go at the back - no biggie.

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:17

and they must have taken ages to make. the novelty of assisting children with glitter and card making crap wore off years ago. why would someone do such a thing? does it not bore her senseless? (the mother of said 12 year old that is)

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TheFallenMadonna · 17/12/2010 10:20

I don't assist my 9yo and 6yo. It keeps them occupied without me. That's the whole point!

Gotabookaboutit · 17/12/2010 10:20

If your 12 year old is a jaded materialistic type they probably wont want to anyway. My 12 yr old makes them because he understands the value of time and effort and hopes the recipent does 2.

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:23

i still think it's weird. at 12 he should be out skateboarding or burning stuff rather than faffing with glitter.

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GrimmaTheNome · 17/12/2010 10:24

So this is a card that some untalented kid has sent you and you're complaining about it? Hmm

Maybe its weird but complaining about getting a homemade card from a kid is weirder! Grin

Gotabookaboutit · 17/12/2010 10:24

Yeh cause all 12yr olds must be the same

trice · 17/12/2010 10:25

I make christmas cards for everyone. If they don't like me enough to appreciate my artistic efforts then I shouldn't be sending them a card anyway. I daresay some people laugh a bit when they receive them but I hope they do so fondly.

FindingAManger · 17/12/2010 10:25

"i still think it's weird. at 12 he should be out skateboarding or burning stuff rather than faffing with glitter"

You're sounding very "Phil Mitchell" there YLL and look how that turned out Grin

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:25

i am in a mood it's true. not well and bastard snow ruining my plans/.

i'm not usually quite so vile.

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Gotabookaboutit · 17/12/2010 10:26

lol - not vile but channelling Vicky Pollard 4 sure

GrimmaTheNome · 17/12/2010 10:26

Maybe the kid was ill and off school and had used up his 'screen time'?

QuentinCrisp · 17/12/2010 10:29

Oh god, i hate the internet for posts like yours.

QuentinCrisp · 17/12/2010 10:29

Referring to OP not Grimma

TheYuleLogLady · 17/12/2010 10:33

go away and make youself useful then. get me a lemsip.

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