Birthday present dilemma

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WWYD if a close relative bought tickets for you and DH (birthday present) to an event you really wouldn’t choose to go to? If you had to fork out for a babysitter to go but would rather spend the time/money on something you actually wanted to do as nights out were currently rare due to new baby and lack of funds? Would you be honest with this relative or go and have a boring time and feel resentful for having to spend money on a sitter? Am in a quandary!

Sell them then tell a white lie and say you had a great time.

Would the relative find out if you sold them on?

Is there any chance the relative who gave them to you would also be going? If there’s any slight chance, then you’ll have to be honest, not fib about going and stay home!

Ditto above. If you can't sell them, give them away. Do what you want to.

Instead of paying for a sitter, can you take a friend and DH stays home, or vice versa?

justjoined why waste an evening on something she doesn't want to go to, regardless of who she takes?

If present giver will also be going then I think I might say that the date clashes with something you already have and arrange to attend something else with them. They can probably sell on the tickets for you in that case.

Being nosey but what's the event?

Thanks all for the advice. I feel really ungrateful as I believe the gift giver thought I'd enjoy this but I just don't fancy sitting through it on my one night out in many months. Don't want to say exactly what it is as may be outing but think along the lines of 'social/historical drama'. gcse set text-y.

I don't think I'll be able to lie convincingly. The gift giver is unlikely to be there though. DH doesn't fancy it either. I'm just going to have to go aren't I?

Sell them and then “be ill” a few days before so you can “give the tickets away” (sell them)?

Didn’t mean to put sell them twice. But anyway might help if you come down with a terrible virus a few days before and then just happen to find someone to buy the tickets off you

Total sympathies BTW, I would in the past have enjoyed that sort of thing but having a baby myself I am currently so tired and short on alone time that I would much rather do something easy and light hearted if I did get a gift like that

PegLeg that's exactly it! I would have probably enjoyed that sort of thing once but nowadays I would prefer a prefer a proper raucous night out