To be fuming at adult DD?

[ThisisnotwhatIhadplanned]

My adult (21 y/o) DD is staying for two weeks. She has been taking the Mick since she arrived, but I think this might be the straw that broke the camel's back.

I bought 20 meters of wrapping paper for dd2 (7 y/o)'s presents. I have wrapped a few, but have the majority to do tonight. I have just gone to get the wrapping paper and it isn't there. DD1 has used the lot today, and also failed to mention it while I was at three different supermarkets getting the stuff the other ones had run out of. She has not mentioned it at all. I have just asked her if she has seen it and she said "oh yeah, I thought it was just spare. I was going to replace it but" and then just walked off. I have about 15 presents to wrap and even the Tesco express and Sainsbury's local are closed. I have printer paper, baking paper and kitchen foil. I am fuming. AIBU? How the hell do I wrap the presents now??? The bit that has really pissed me off is that the presents she has wrapped are for people she isn't even going to see for at least another week, so she could have bought some between now and New Year.

Type DD stole the wrapping paper, repeatedly, then print in out and use it to wrap.

Where are you based? A mumsnetter may be close. Also Facebook groups. Yeah she's completely unreasonable and really fucked you over. I'd be fuming.

But funky foil etc. could be a winner.

Great shout. We have 24hr ones and a BP etc will prob have it.

I would just wrap them in the kitchen foil if you have enough. It's silver so looks Christmassy.

I was going to say pht an SOS message out on your village/neighbourhood Facebook but I love this idea so much more! 🤣🤣

Somewhere will be open, does she drive? Send her off hunting. If not, unwrap those that she won't be seeing for a while and use it.

Did she know that you hadn't wrapped yet? If she didn't, she may genuinely have thought it was spare.

I second the FB group idea, someone local might have some spare. I know I do, if you were local you'd be welcome to it!

But yes I'd be fuming too at DD. It's something my DD(18) would probably have done if I hadn't bought copious amounts of wrapping paper and given her some allocated rolls and told her to leave mine alone!

Try Facebook marketplace for ppl selling wrapping paper around you

friend who lives close by ?
neighbour ?
if a neighbour knocked here now I’d have some spare no problem… it’s a mission for your daughter !

Definitely unwrap hers and use the paper for yours.

I second asking on Facebook. We always have loads as running out is a fear. If someone posted I’d give a roll even if it was proper pig or something was the only roll I had to spare.

I'd tell her you are shocked she's so thoughtless but she can fix this by bringing you all the wrapped gifts to you and 'letting' you carefully unwrap them. Then you can wrap your much more urgent presents with your own paper. Even if some parcels will be a bit scruffy that is better than scrabbling around with foil or printer paper. You tell her she needs to dial down the selfish fool levels. She can sheepishly agree and buy her own fecking paper on boxing day.

This.

Unwrap the gifts she's done and use that!

Or ask on local FB group or class WhatsApp, I'd help a mum in this situation if I possibly could.

I'd be wrapping my daughter in a carpet if she used my last roll of gift wrap!

It wouldn't even have been so bad, if she'd been upset that she'd caused a problem, and found a solution by herself. Surely that's what most people would do if they'd committed a faux pas such as that?

Had you specifically made her aware that you still had presents to wrap on Christmas Eve and that the wrap was for those?

If she was aware of this then she is out of line. But if you did not communicate this to her then you need to shoulder some of the blame here.

Whereabouts are you? There will likely be MNer close by who can help. Any family around? I've got a metric fuck tonne you are welcome to if you're nearby!

Nonsense. Surely anyone with an ounce of sense would check with whoever had purchased the paper that it was free to be used rather than making assumptions

There is no blame for the OP to feel at all. This is 100% the CF DD’s fault

Do you have any gift bags?

At this time of the night I’d just put them under the tree how they are unwrapped

Your daughter used 20 meters of wrapping paper?

Anyone with an ounce of common sense maybe. But consider what the OP has written. Teens and early twenties people can often be self absorbed. Common sense in making them aware needs to prevail here.

Furthermore I would counter your viewpoint and say that anybody with an ounce of common sense who still has presents to wrap on Christmas eve needs to tell other house members not to use their wrapping paper.

My local Premier sells wrapping paper! Other corner shops have them too, some will be open
or ask on your local community facebook page

Yep, I'm thinking gift bags ( preferably without Happy Birthday written on them - though you could give that to miss wrapping theif. Pillow cases can do at a pinch if you have ribbon or tinsel to tie them up with. I like the alfoil idea with the pretty stars stuck on too. Do you have a facebook group for just your immediate area - surely someone will come to your rescue.
Otherwise definitely unwrap her presents and use that paper. 15m is quite a lot so should cover it even if you have to cut some off .
Put hers in a binbag with a tinsel tie.