AIBU to buy ( well sort of ) DD 7 a 100.00 necklace ?

[Whattheactual20201]

So DD 7 is absolutely desperate for this necklace from a local jewellery shop ( she saw it when I was looking for something else ) I ignored it and carried in thinking she would forget about it BUT She didn’t she has consistently asked for it.
“Mummy I will be careful, I will look after it “ 🤣
Anyway I have finished her xmas shop etc and I didn’t buy her it.
I however been given money from both sets of grandparents For both DC to get them something which comes to 150.00.
Do I buy her it despite the fact I think it’s ridiculous for a necklace for a 7 year old but the one thing she really wants ?

@MoiraRoseismyStyleIcon .... hot diamonds do beautiful initials in silver for £40

No - I wouldn't get it OP, Your daughter will think it is 'childish' in a few years' time and it will lie forlorn in a box! If you are still intent on getting it, how about seeing if the pumpkin bit could be detached at some time in the future and could perhaps be attached to a new charm bracelet? It wouldn't then be so obviously Disney when surrounded by other 'meaningful' charms?

@Miip So true!

Op I'm glad you've bought it. Grandparents will be happy that she has something she wants and its something she can keep.

As others have pointed out how much £££ plastic tat gets bought and charity shopped a couple of years later.

But its 100% hers not something to be passed down to DD2. She might want to treasure it or add it to a charm bracelet in the future.

This is sweet OP, I love the thought of how excited she'll be opening it on Christmas Day! And I agree with PP, it's not overtly 'Disney' and it's a lovely gift from grandparents. Sorry to hear about your pa

Love the idea of a nice jewellery box too. It can be an opportunity for a valuable lesson about looking after nice things (...says she who currently has a diamond necklace about to fall down the back of the bedside table that needs putting away...)

Well done for buying the exact thing she wanted, I bet she has it longer than your DS has the trainers.

@Whattheactual20201
I'm feeling a bit hormonal and emotional today and I've just burst out crying at the fact you've ordered it for her. Imagine her little face on Christmas morning

@BestZebbie at the rate his feet grow you are defo right 🤣

@PunishmentSnart I am very hormonal to 🤣

Good call OP - there's a lot to be said for giving someone the thing they want rather than what you think they should have. I wouldn't encourage her to keep it for special occasions either - let her wear it and feel pretty as much as she wants, before she enters her next style phase.

My mum gave me an emerald ring I was desperate for when I was 7. It survived all through childhood and was very loved (until I lost in at a uni club aged 21).

Still worth it. My first grown up jewellery.

@MagicSummer

No - I wouldn't get it OP, Your daughter will think it is 'childish' in a few years' time and it will lie forlorn in a box! If you are still intent on getting it, how about seeing if the pumpkin bit could be detached at some time in the future and could perhaps be attached to a new charm bracelet? It wouldn't then be so obviously Disney when surrounded by other 'meaningful' charms?

Doesn't that happen with toys anyway? Kids outgrow them

Definitely buy it, at around that age I was given a beautiful gold bracelet by grandparents which probably would have been worth a similar amount, I took really good care of it and only wore it on special occasions. I kept it - and still wore it - for over 30 years until it was stolen in a burglary :(

Thinking about children being given jewelry, I still have this little gold bracelet I was given about that age. I am north of 40!

@Whattheactual20201

Ohhhh well that makes it easier down to 80.00 🤣🤣 maybe that will sway me !

I've seen the necklace on the website (it's the only Disney one there!). I'd def let her have that, esp at £80! She'd wear that for years to come.

Buy it she will always remember it and have fond memories. I at a young age would go to the jewellers with my parents, and would beg my parents for a particular necklace, and then another time there was a ring. I remember being so obsessed about jewellery! Even for my birthdays, I would request jewellery at such a young age. They did buy it for me, I til this day, after being married and children, still have those pieces of jewellery, I really did treasure them! I did wear them nearly everyday. I knew how expensive it was which is why I looked after it so much more. I love that it holds such precious memories for me

Great decision OP!
I bought my DD (7) a very special necklace roughly that cost this past summer to celebrate/commemorate a special achievement. She had seen it and longed for it. She looks after it very very carefully and wears it on special occasions, as I hope she will do as she gets older. It’s not a ‘little girl’ necklace (in fact I would love one!!) so the idea is she will wear it for years to come. She really treasures it and I’m sure your daughter will treasure hers, especially with the added thing that it’s from her grandparents x

I’d much rather have one thing beautiful that she will treasure forever than another pile of plastic tat that will end up in landfill by this time next year.

For what it’s worth, I had the most beautiful silver charm bracelet given to me at about 9/10 years old. I treasured it and added charms for significant moments throughout my life until it was stolen when I was in my 40’s.

I say buy her the necklace.

Just saw your update op! That's a lovely necklace! Your dd will be so thrilled!!

I’m glad you bought it @Whattheactual20201. She’ll love it, and even if she doesn’t ever wear it post age 12 it’s a lovely keepsake and reminder of her grandparents who love her. I feel a bit sorry for those that only buy stuff that will age well - it just doesn’t feel as special somehow.

I usually hate themed things, but that is lovely! It reminds me of some Christmas lights we had when I was a child in the 70's which were Cinderellas coaches.

I don't think she'll grow out of it actually.

You did the right thing!

I hadn't seen the pic before but have just looked. The necklace is beautiful and I do not think it is childish. I think if you didn't know what it was, you wouldn't immediately see it if you see what I mean, it's just a pretty blue stone necklace at first glance.

I would wear that myself, and yes I am an adult Disney fan. DD is 12 and she would wear it.

I shouldn't have looked at the picture because now I want one myself , and blue is my favourite colour

Get it. When she’s older the pendant can probably be put onto a charm type bracelet

Sorry @Whattheactual20201 that will teach me to RTFT