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?

Next time just use tin foil. It’s shiny and you don’t need cellotape. Job done 👍🏻

Stay away from this nutter. If you’d have given her 2 presents she’d have asked for 3.

Paper not important. Who cares? The mum should get a real problem.

The child is 3 fgs!! They’re not going to give a toss what the present is wrapped in and at that age are probably not even bothered much about the present itself. Unbelievable that the parent was rude enough to think about it let alone text you. Tell her to get a life
YANBU at all but she most definitely is

People who wrap in newspaper, do you get regular newspapers delivered/buy them from the shop? If so, is that not a far greater consumption of paper than never buying or reading a newspaper, but purchasing a few rolls of wrap per year?

I wouldn't have newspaper to wrap a present in even if I wanted to, as we don't buy them.

Apropos of nothing- Newspapers are free where I live (Metro and Evening Standard)

Buy a roll of gift paper, put the receipt around it and give to the mother without further explanation.

Haven't heard from the birthday mom so I hope all is fine

I have wrapped birthday gifts in Christmas paper a few times over the years. As I hand it over I bring the subject up first. "sorry I really thought I had nice paper somewhere but couldn't find it". No one ever fell out with me over it. It's the thought that counts.

If so, is that not a far greater consumption of paper than never buying or reading a newspaper, but purchasing a few rolls of wrap per year?

Newspapers can be easily recycled - many types of gift wrap cannot.

The fact the present WAS something off the gift list kinda shows it was bought especially for birthday girl!
I would definitely show her the receipt in the hope she won't be so rude like this again.

My brother's birthday is early January and I always use birthday paper as I know he would get upset if I used Christmas paper. But this is a close family member. For a classmate I barely know, I'd just make a comment about how I'd run out and assume the parent to be fine with it. It's like you did it to upset her ffs!

You could have wrapped the present with the Christmas pattern inside and got your child to draw on the blank side.

Is your brother an adult, Peachy? I couldn’t have a modicum of respect for a grown adult who “gets upset” at incorrect wrapping paper.

In fact I’d assume there was something amiss with them.

It's flipping paper! From an eco point of view it's a total frivolous waste anyway.

Does a child give a monkeys about the paper? No! She is seriously over blowing up over nothing. I've done the same thing with a gift though i pointed out at the time I'd lost the bday paper and thought xmas paper better than a carrier bag - all light hearted no worries.

Honestly I would reply with i hope DD enjoyed her gift your DD choose the gift and paper because she liked them. Leave her freakish obsession with paper to her and ignore it.

Jesus - this is crazy carry on. I have nieces and nephews birthdays in the summer and they have been known to receive presents in Christmas paper. Never a word has been said apart from them slagging me but certainly no offence taken. This mother is nuts.

As someone with an early Jan birthday I couldn't care less what my gifts are wrapped in so long as I get them. The dc's regularly use Christmas paper and I don't want them buying any especially anyway.

Woman's barking. Distance yourself from the crazy now, OP. It can only get worse.

I was thinking of this thread this morning while wrapping my DD’s birthday presents using end of roll wallpaper and ribbons and I have put them all together in a supermarket paper carrier bag with more ribbon around the handles. I know she won’t mind - she is an adult! 😁

I've bought reduced Xmas paper to use to wrap my sons birthday gifts up...its next week. It's better for me, and for the environment to recycle it, rather than buying more expensive stuff that will need reordering by the shop. My son wont care, and I saved afew pounds too. Stupid woman, what business is it of hers where you got the gift from. I'd give her the receipt and explain about the paper....Then avoid her like the plague. What a stupid woman!