Am I, or is friend a bit ... Odd?

[NoCapes]

It was my friends daughters 1st birthday earlier in the week and she had a little tea party for her after school
So on the day I left for the school run a bit earlier, nipped to the shops, bought her DD a present card and wrapping paper, then picked the kids up, took them home to get changed and wrapped the present and wrote the card while they did so, then on we went to the party
All fine, or so I thought!

My friend text me the next day telling me she was offended by my behaviour about her daughters present, after a confusing exchange of texts I finally find out that basically she's annoyed that I bought the present so close to the party and I should've been 'more organised as I've known for a whole year what date the birthday was'

I'm totally confused
I'd planned to do the shopping this way as it seemed like less faffing for me with my own toddler to make a special trip
I didn't have to get a different present than I'd wanted to because they'd sold out or anything like that
And I thought I'd got a nice present (a pair of pj's, a book and a small cuddly toy)

Was I rude to buy the present on the day?? Or am I right and she's being a bit odd?

She sounds a bit weird. I would detach myself!
Some people are not worth the effort.

I always buy (birthday) presents as close to date/event as possible. It means you have more time to return them/swap them if a duplicate/not wanted/quite right.
Odd behaviour on the part of your friend

She sounds like a twat!

She's out of her tree. I hope she reads Mumsnet!

I'd tell this Idiot to GTF x

Your friend is acting rather entitled. Bonkers and entitled!

Reply back saying you're welcome! She is being rude.

She sounds nuts!

I've dropped kids at party, said I've left pressie at home and then nipped to Argos for it.

So, it would be a more meaningful gift if it was sat in your house for 4 months? Does she think presents mature, like a cheese or Scotch? She is very weird. Buy her flowers for her next birthday. Several months in advance. Hand over her very meaningful mulch.

I hope you told her to pull her head out of her arse.

NoCapes you missed a good opportunity there to ask her to show you the presents she has bought for your kids next birthdays. Oh wait, she is clearly an odd fish and may have stocked up from the great gender reveal through each of their 21sts. Don't ask, just accept that she is a very strange critter.

You bought her daughter a present but she's got the arse about the time and manner in which it was bought.

The woman is more precious than Gollum's ring.

Text her now and say you've just bought her dd's 18th birthday present, a bottle of WKD, a packet of condoms and fucking tiara.

What an arsehole. What happened to gratitude?

Why is she determined to take offense? Is her life a little boring?!

Text her now and say you've just bought her dd's 18th birthday present, a bottle of WKD, a packet of condoms and fucking tiara.

Brilliant :o

Hmm, wonder what she would make of me then. I bought my own DD's 1St birthday present the day before her birthday from a motorway services. In my defence it was the posh services at Tebay and her birthday is just after Christmas when she had already received a ridiculous amount of plastic. Your friend would be horrified

She would love me. I re-gift most stuff, so chances are it'll have been sitting by around in my loft for years before being passed on. Do that in future.

@Viques cactus + tortoise surprise = 😂

@Doomandgloomandkaboom "that woman is more precious than Gollum's ring" IM CRYING

@NoCapes Jesus woman YANBU. As if you even need to ask!

apparently something I said in passing to someone else st the party that she overheard

What did she overhear you saying?

fucking tiara

(mental image: "fancy a shag tonight? just let me go and put on my fucking tiara")

It's tempting to send some of these replies - I especially like the one about having it back and giving it to someone who would show gratitude - but do you want to burn bridges with her? if you do, then go ahead and do it with panache - but if you don't, maybe you should text her something like "Do you really mean that?" and see if she snaps out of it. Anyone can turn a bit weird once in a while. It doesn't mean you have to put up with it, of course, but it doesn't necessarily mean things can't be mended, if you want to

Lololol at and a fucking tiara

OP YANBU in the slightest

What a dick 😳

Every time you think you've seen it all another basement opens up .

She's barking but don't ditch her yet, OP. There's hours of entertainment for us in store as she morphs into that parent st school