to think this present was Ok?

[Miren]

Recipient: Woman, early 30's. Professional, no children.

Giver: 3 young children.

Occasion: Birthday

Gift: Homemade pink lemonade in nice glass bottle. Homemade cookies wrapped with homemade gift tags and a handmade card.

We don't know her very well so I thought this was a way to be generic whilst personal. It wasn't very well received.

[Psycobabble]

That's so sweet I'd love that !! Ungrateful cow

[AlpacaLypse]

AdeleNazeem - am quite new here, whats the significance of biscuit? (worried look)

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Or even 'I think you might be a troll but I'm not going to actually say so'

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[HappyMummyOfOne]

She could have acted a little more but i never open food gifts when given but save for when i am relaxing etc. However i never eat food made by children so would have said thank you but wouldnt have consumed them.

[wrapsuperstar]

BBC Good Food recipe. Looks amazing, a really thoughtful gift. I'd be delighted!

[BitOutOfPractice]

I think it sounds like a lovely thoughtful gift. She sounds like a ill mannered ingrate

Give her this instead next time

[HolidayCriminal]

I can't remember last time I got a birthday present that was as genuine as OP describes.
(pm me for exact date, mark September on your calendar now. ).

[Bunbaker]

Let's hope she doesn't marry him then.

[LineRunner]

Does food cooked by children end up in some parallel universe where germs aren't killed by a burning heat and toxins seep in through a crack in the space-time continuum?

[wonkylegs]

I believe that any gift from a child should be received with gushing thanks and smiles. Homemade gifts & cards should also have praise for the making of said gift. Any gift from an adult should be received with good grace & manners.
I have managed to hold onto this even though I have received some truly shocking gifts over the years (mainly from adult relatives).
A lovely gift like that would have been fantastic.
I remember when I was 19 my BF at the times little brother who had a bit of a crush on me presented me with a homemade heart frame with a picture of him in it. It was cringingly awful but I was still nice to him and thanked him.

[storytopper]

I would have liked that gift.

If I was given a gift that was handmade by children, I would have thanked them enthusiastically, regardless of whether I liked it or not.

She was very mean.

[VeryStressedMum]

I wouldn't give home made by children gifts to someone I didn't know very well - however the children were her boyfriends nieces/nephews!! Awful behavior, hope your bil gets rid of her.
And whatever gift I received, if I didn't like it I would very convincingly act like I loved it, I would never hurt someone's feelings like that especially not children.

[kentishgirl]

I love home-made gifts and doubly if children have made them.

Some people do not feel that way though. Some people think home-made is cheap and second rate. They don't value anything that hasn't been bought in a shop. I'm sorry she was an ingrate.

[kentishgirl]

I might be a bit iffy about home made food from very young children. All sorts end up in it. I don't mind eating my own son's bogies and dirt and scratchings, but another child's is a bit icky even though germs are killed in the oven.

I've helped at cooking sessions with children and a lot of what was produced was adulterated with some sort of bodily product, despite supervision.

[foslady]

It's my birthday tomorrow - biscuits will still be fresh I take it if I pm my address over and loving the thought of pink lemonade..........

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Ungracious caaaaaaah

[aprilanne]

i love a hand made gift especially from children ..if it was me .i would have got glasses out and me and the kids would have drunk the lemonade and scoffed the biscuits .lovely .sorry but what a misreable git she sounds

[jeanmiguelfangio]

She was rude
I presume that if children have made me a gift then they were no doubt supervised and therefore I kinda expect washed hands etc, so im noy overly bothered. Blimey, if an adult had made me that gift I would have been super happy, but children, well hugs all round!

[mumofthemonsters808]

Not really my kind of thing but if two children had given it to me I would have pretended to like it.

[MrsDavidBowie]

It wouldn't be my cup of tea.
But I would have given thanks and smiled.
Wouldn't open them there and then .

[CoreyTrevorLahey]

She sounds a miserable boot. You're not entitled to presents, FFS! Whether you find the item suitable or to your taste is not the point.

[KatieKaye]

Awww, it was a lovely gift - and she's a mingy bag.
Children give a sweet, home-made present and she can't even be bothered to feign enthusiastic thanks? Regardless of her tastes, the children spent a lot of time making her present and that deserves recognition.
Presents are wasted on some people.

[ruddynorah]

Yes food homemade by other kids is quite revolting to some folk.

[LizzieMint]

I'm really shocked by how many people wouldn't eat food made by children (theirs or others). I wouldn't think twice about it. When I'm cooking with my kids I make sure their hands are clean, their hair is tied back, they don't lick anything and put it back in etc etc etc and I'd just assume everyone else does the same?

[Louise1956]

I think it sounds very nice. But if you don't know her very well, why give her a present at all?

[Marylou2]

Wow OP. I would have cried my eyes out if children gave me such a lovely and thoughtful present.