urgent Mumsnetter advice needed!!!

[justaminutedarling]

This is a weird one... my husband has just told me that a colleague of his (who I don't know and will never meet) wants to buy our 7 year old daughter christmas present... she doesn't know him either and never will... h (sorry I can't bring myself to call him 'dh'! is being really weird about it and defensive and doesn't seem to want to admit that it's a bit odd!! The only thing he'll say about this bloke is that he's difficult to work with but a nice man... I'm more weirded out by h's attitude that the gift itself tbh! Feel like I've entered the twighlight zone here and need back up! tyia

Fitton, a good friend of mine who lives far away and hasn't met her sends her pressies too and that's not weird at all... the difference is, this chap isn't a friend of my husband's, he only knows him as a colleague, he doesn't even know whether he has a family of his own... general consensus on here seems to be that it's not at all strange so it's all good! We'll accept the book (and yes Huntawaymuma, a happy byproduct is that we've now discovered a cool new website!) and write a short but sweet thank you letter thanks for everyone's input!

...maybe she should address the thank you letter to Daddy Long Legs

Maybe he's worried that the internet is taking over from books for children and he wants to get her one she'll treasure.
If you accept it she has to write a thank you letter. That's simply courtesy.

Perhaps it's more that he has a passion for classic children's literature and wants to share that.

maybe...she's a voracious reader anyway, so it will be a well-received gift

Maybe he's won a competition on the site.

Sweet gesture, regardless, I think.

As a child I used to get gifts fairly regularly from my dad's colleagues who I never knew or met. Many were books which I loved! I think it's a genuinely nice way to strengthen a work relationship without sticking to generic adult presents like alcohol or chocolate.

Pomfluff (love that name!) thank you for your really thoughtful response, I think you've hit the nail on the head

Sinister?