Not to buy new wrapping paper for SC?

[readystdygo]

Every year I buy new wrapping paper for my two kids. I wrap each kids in different paper so they can tell whos is whos.

I then wrap my step childs in whatever paper I have left. Step child is not here on christmas day.

I was discussing this with a friend and she said its wrong that step child dont get new paper too? I cant see how it makes any difference?

Wow your kids must have good memories. Mine wouldn't have a clue after about 1 week!

I can honestly say I've never thought about paper that much. I tend to go for brown paper quite often as it's less terrible for the environment though.

Exactly. I tend to finish a roll and then go onto the next one. Tags on everything. It's nice to pick out someone else's present and read the label and hand it over. Not a scrabble for 'that's mine'!

Is your husband happy with this? I'd leave it up to him.

Yep. This. I do the same, dp and ds and sd have different rolls as all here Christmas day. If sd wasn't id use whichever she'd like most. I like nice paper so see no point spending another £7 on a roll if theres plenty left.

You’ve created a cross for your own back with this each child gets their own paper malarkey. It’s nice for the children to have a selection of different papers - makes for a more fun and attractive pile of presents. I also think tags look pretty, but then I’m quite big on making gifts look nice with bows and ribbons - if you don’t want to do that you could always write their names on the presents with a sharpie.

Tho if @readystdygo buys a third roll she will then have 3 rolls of diff paper to use

and unlikely be be enough paper to wrap all pressies so they won’t be in one colour for the next year

so will have 3 had used rolls an have to buy 3 more

Sometimes I do wonder how people survive with so little imagination. Imagine being a step child. Imagine that your step brother and sister have their presents wrapped in their own special paper. Imagine that your own presents are wrapped in a mixture of the leftovers from your half siblings. Now you may not mind, or even notice, so all is well. But if you do notice, it’s one of the ways that you might well feel just slightly Cinderellaed. And those little moments that add up. And it’s so easily fixed. So why not fix it??

incidentally, a colour of ribbon or string per person is the best way forward.

What?? You'd have to be crazy to think OP was being unreasonable. She only uses different paper for her own kids so they know which presents are theirs on the day. The SC isn't there so it makes no difference whatsoever as to what paper is used.

OP there are some batshit people on here. I'd leave the thread and crack on happily with your wrapping

Crazy like the majority, apparently.

Imagine the kids have a conversation about it and SC realises they’re not treated the same or your children will notice they have dedicated wrapping paper and SC doesn’t. If you do it for one, do it for all.

How Cuba!!it's wrapping paper FFS🤯🤯

fascinating how many posters on MN have kids who have detailed conversations about wrapping paper. I thought the constant monologues about bums, paw patrol and taylor swift I have to endure from the DC in my life were boring but they are clearly the next coming of oscar wilde in terms of witty conversational repertoire compared to some of your offspring.

I would hazard a guess that they have no where near the same spent on them otherwise they would need their ‘own roll’ too but guess “they get stuff from their mum!!” Is the answer 😢

All this over children's Xmas paper. mountains and molehills spring to mnd. If it's unused children's wrapping paper it's suitable. The SC will be none the wiser and certainly won't be upset. If you feel guilty about it, then buy a roll especially for the SC.

I dont think the new paper thing matters, but you do it for your children so YOU obviously think it does. So yes, it matters that you're not doing the same for your SC.

Surely you wrap them all up before Christmas though?? So how do you know which are SC if they have a mix of scraps from everyone else?

Perhaps they get labels

So they should get double spent on them? Say op spends £200 each on her kids, and also £200 on SC. Sounds fair? But then the SC might get another £200 spent by their mother. So one child gets £400 and the others £200 each. Why can't you see that would be unfair?

Leave your dh to choose, buy and wrap for his child. Both of you choose, buy and wrap for your joint children.

I dont know why you are making such a big deal out of paper. Im sure nobody else cares and your friend was inly reacting to the big deal you make of it.

Such a non issue.

Everything you are doing is from a practical perspective. No favouritism evident.

I've read your post in a way that you purchase different pattern papers for your DC's presents inorder to differentiate but use a mix for your DSC's.

Nothing wrong in doing that.

Use what you have.I'm using a combination of what's left from last year and a new roll I've bought. Your SC has gifts, and if they are chosen and given with love then the paper is unimportant.

If you wrap your kids presents in separate paper purely as it is functional, and you can tell who’s is who’s then absolutely fine to use whatever paper is left for SC. If you are doing it to make it nicer and more favourable to your kids then no.

SC has a mum and a dad to sweat this stuff. You are wrapping pressies for them, which is sweet of you. I doubt the SCs care about your wrapping-paper rituals with your own DCs, and there is no reason at all for you to feel you need to treat them exactly the same as your own DCs.

Wow!