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AIBU to expect a Christmas card that isn't from a 'pack of five' from close family?

192 replies

SurferJet · 17/12/2015 12:05

I know cards can be expensive, but it's only once a year & I'd like to think I'm getting a card that's had a bit more thought behind it.

AIBU?

OP posts:
Philoslothy · 17/12/2015 12:07

Yabu, it is just a card.

DonkeyOaty · 17/12/2015 12:07

Oh dear

Sonnet · 17/12/2015 12:08

Yup YABU - Christmas is expensive and some more than others. Cards only end up in the recycling bin anyway

SirChenjin · 17/12/2015 12:08

YABU. Cards are officially (in my head) a complete and utter waste of money and resources.

Seeline · 17/12/2015 12:08

Perhaps the thought was in money going to charity rather than card retailer profits. Multipacks are often sold to raise money for charity.
YABU

spankhurst · 17/12/2015 12:08

YABU. I never buy individual cards for Christmas. There are some really beautiful packs around.

wonkylegs · 17/12/2015 12:09

I always wondered who bought those individual cards

EddieStobbart · 17/12/2015 12:10

I don't buy anything other than big multi packs of cards with the exception of the ones that the kids design at school and are then professionally printed. We use these for relatives - would that be ok?

GnomePhone · 17/12/2015 12:10

YABU - why on earth does it matter?

HomeMeasurements · 17/12/2015 12:10

YAB so so so so U

Bupcake · 17/12/2015 12:10

I never understand why some people put so much thought into the cards they receive. I think "Aw, nice" and stick it on the hearth with the others. Really, don't worry about it.

Cheby · 17/12/2015 12:11

YABU. They go in the recycling afterwards. They're a massive waste of money and trees. The less spent on them the better.

Helmetbymidnight · 17/12/2015 12:11

What kind of thought do you think goes into individual cards anyway?!!

TheWitTank · 17/12/2015 12:11

YABU. I don't send any cards, let alone expensive, individual ones. They only get thrown away!

PaulAnkaTheDog · 17/12/2015 12:12

Yabu. What a daft thought.

RudeElf · 17/12/2015 12:13

Huh? Confused what does it matter how much the card cost or whats on the front? They thought of you when sending cards. Thats the whole point isnt it? Or is their a hierarchy for xmas cards now?

SurferJet · 17/12/2015 12:13

I haven't got a particularly big family so every year I buy personalised Christmas cards, with, ( for example ) 'to my sister' 'to a special couple' - or at least one I've chosen for its individuality - I know you can get lovely packs and I do buy them, but I give those to neighbours & friends.

OP posts:
ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 17/12/2015 12:14

People that wnat cards like that bug me. Yes they ate expensive. And if I have to get one for my mum, my dad, my inlaws, my sister inlaws, my sister, my gran, my grandad. Where does it end?

A cards a card, loads of people have stopped sending them altogether. I'd be grateful you got one at all!

DaggerEyes · 17/12/2015 12:14

Im sure Jesus is thrilled at your sneery attitude towards non-bespoke cards. He was all about the price tag, doncha know.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 17/12/2015 12:14

I only send multipack ones. I've got about 30 cards and I probably only spent £10.

My friend claims to be skint but has spent nearly £20 on individual cards for people, including me. I'll be given it on Christmas Eve and it will be in the recycling bin on Boxing Day. What a waste of money.

londonrach · 17/12/2015 12:14

Yabu. If i sent you a card it be from a pack of 10 (local hospice) but i loved the design so bought two packs. Xmas Grin

ThreenageMutantWhingerTurtle · 17/12/2015 12:14

I usually buy specific cards for my parents and son (and would do for dp if there was one), everyone else gets a bog standard card from a pack. There's too much already to do in our house around Christmas to be faffing buying special cards for everyone, and to be honest, funds are limited so even sending bog standard cards is expensive enough. So, if you were in my family, unless one of those I've stated I buy special cards for, I'd think you were BU. Sorry OP.

Boredofthinkingofnewnames · 17/12/2015 12:15

Are you my sister op?!

We have this every year!

SalemSaberhagen · 17/12/2015 12:15

I'm the same as you OP, but I've noticed people on here hate the named cards so I usually keep quiet!

PaulAnkaTheDog · 17/12/2015 12:15

You want to do that, fine. Why is it unreasonable for others to not want to?

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