AIBU to think that the motive on gift wrapping paper does not matter?

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Dd, 3 years old, was invited to a birthday party by a girl from nusery. All fine, responded she would like to come, asked for wishes and went with dd to get a gift from list. Thought I had frozen gift wrapping paper at home. Wanted to wrap this morning before party at 10am to realise that the only wrapping paper we had was Christmas inspired green with gold trees on so ofc wrapped the gift in that paper and took dd to party..
All went fine at the party, the birthday gift liked the gift and party was nice.
But just received a txt from the birthday girls mom where she is moaning about the paper and accusing me of regifting a Christmas gift that I clearly didn't even bother to rewrap.
I'm a bit gobsmacked by the txt.. I have a recipe that proves I bought it last weekend, but I really didnt anybody would care that much about the look of the wrapping paper?
AIBU?

No reply, just send a photo of the receipt. Circle the date if you want to be really PA about it.

I'm sure the OP thought about the birthday paper, but didn't have any to hand. I think if it had been me I would have wrapped it in brown paper instead but as someone else said, hardly the crime of the century.

If you can understand that the OP might not have had wrapping paper to hand, why do you think she’s awash with brown paper that would have done instead?

Imagine the scenario. OP goes into work one day limping. ‘Ooh, Gunhilde, what have you done to your ankle?’

‘I tripped over another roll of that bloody brown paper! Honestly Sigrid, I can’t move for the stuff! That’s the fifth time this month!’

‘Why don’t you get rid of some of it’.

‘Well I would, but you never know when you’re going to have to wrap a present for the child of a madwoman, do you?’

YANBU but it’s “motif”

northernknickers great poem.

Now if you wouldn’t mind translating it into danish

Some people don't realise just how lucky they are

I think most if not all adults have a grasp on this. Maybe not the ghastly mother of this child.

As a child I definitely didn’t. Most kids I know don’t.

@LaurieMarlow the birthday mum is English speaking, no need for a translation of the poem .

I think commenting on the price is much more cheeky.

If this is the example she's setting for her child, they will grow up being angry and disappointed a lot.

I have two siblings with January birthdays and a daughter with a late December birthday. All of them are happy to get presents, and they were never bothered about Christmas paper being used.

I once gifted a book to a friend in a cereal box with a ribbon wrapped around it and a bow 🎁

I personally wouldn't have used Christmas paper but I do think she's being ridiculous. You got something from the list (which I think is a good idea) so she's suggesting that you happened to receive that gift for Christmas and then thought to regift it. I would probably give her the receipt if it was me because it would annoy me that she thought I was tight when I had actually gone out and brought a gift.

She was being OTT and rude to text you about it. But I wouldnt have wrapped the gift in Christmas paper. If you had nothing else it may have actually been better to just hand her the gift as it was, or in a simple carrier bag, and say you were sorry but you hadnt had a chance to wrap it?

So an unwrapped gift is preferable to one wrapped in the “wrong” paper? Don’t be so bloody daft, fgs.

it may have actually been better to just hand her the gift as it was, or in a simple carrier bag

...or just drop-kicked it through the door in a used kitchen towel?

Seriously, just anything except Christmas gift-wrap.

Ffs what does it matter what the paper was like? It gets ripped off and discarded quickly anyway. I think the mother was very rude but try to be polite in your reply!

Rude to send a text but I wouldn't use Xmas paper.

Christ, I’ve wrapped in brown paper that DS has drawn pictures on for kids parties. next time use the wrong side of the Xmas paper and let your child ‘decorate’ it.
That mother is a proper CF though!!!

v rude of the mother!
Last year I had some not overly christmassy christmas wrap (think white with gold stars) that I used up in the year, but would generally avoid - would be less concerned for a three year old. - but if I received something in christmas wrap, I might think it was a bit odd, but certainly wouldn't complain or whinge!

At least she got a wrapped present. I regularly got texts from parents the day before my xmas child birthday saying 'Forgot about the birthday, is cash in the card OK?' Always makes me feel a bit better when other people aren't super organised. Although MIL not getting her a present at all because she's forgotten yet again when the summer siblings get lovely presents is rather frustrating.

I'm sure her child didn't care what paper it was wrapped in she wouldn't know which or whether. I wouldn't bother answering back to her text she's not worth it.

Actually I think it's a bit shit wrapping a birthday present in Christmas paper. Better to use newspaper or brown paper or not wrap at all

You’re taking the piss, aren’t you Aridane? Newspaper

Given the mom of birthday child complained about the Christmas wrap, the potential of a regift and the value of a monetary present from another guest I can only imagine the curses that would be rained down on the head of a gift giver proffering a present wrapped in Dagbladet Politiken

At least if it was newspaper it would have today's date on 😂

Who the heck wraps 3 year olds presents in newspaper?!

The mother of other child is rude!
Send picture of receipt and just say "I bought it last weekend" make her feel as stupid as she made you feel gobsmacked.

Better to use newspaper or brown paper or not wrap at all

Yep. That's me convinced. I'm going to stuff my mum's Chanel No. 5 in a used Kettle Chip bag instead of insulting her with Christmas wrapping paper in January.