To be angry that my MIL arrived at DS 3rd b'day with his presents wrapped in xmas paper!!!

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She pitched up yesterday at my DS 3rd Birthday party (at one of those activity places) with all the other mums and kids, and presented me with her gifts wrapped in last yrs xmas paper! She never lets me down in showing how tight fisted she is....AIBU

oh please

do you REALLY think it matters????????

Erm, just a little bit, yes

Another Sunday boredom thread I feel

And how long was the present on display before the paper was ripped off?

I'm sure your DS didn't give a hoot.
Does it really matter what she wrapped it in?
She came to the party with presents!

Were you planning to frame the wrapping paper or something? It all ends up in the bin/recycling anyway.

YABU.

i bet your mil cant do anything right in your eyes tho can she op??

Just be glad your children have parents who care about them, and buy then a birthday present!

Its wrapping paper, and would just get torn up and go in the bin!

you are being extremely unreasonable!

YABU

i hardly think it is worth the bother of wrapping presents for under 5s anyway, or in fact under 10s ! they are only interestd in what is under the paper

she bought a present and came to the party.

find something important to worry about

PMSL

yabu

so u it's hard to believe this is not a wind up

Yes YABU and precious. Tight-fisted is showing up with no presents. Surely it's the gift that counts, not the wrapping.

Personally I think hanging is too good for her. If someone gave my darling offspring a present that wasn't wrapped in carefully co-ordinated paper then I expect I would throw them back in their tight fisted faces.

I.e. YABU.

Totally.

grandparents

Probably matters a bit, what's a quid for a bit of blue paper that just might get used again....soooo sorry if its boring, but just when he got the hang of his 1st Christmas and father christmas and all that, he gets it again for his birthday....Mmmmmmm

Totally unreasonable yes! It's very sensible to reuse paper - your ds wouldnt have cared about the paper at all except to think how exciting it looked and rip it open as quickly as possible. You're lucky he has a grandparent who remember his birthday and is thoughtful enough to buy her own present for him.

YABU
She got your DS a present - she's not that tight-fisted! Maybe she was wrapping it up at last minute and realised she only has Xmas paper?
Paper doesn't really matter.

who cares? yabu

all of ds's presents were in xmas paper as his birthday is 2 days before - he doesnt care! Be bloody grateful she a/ came to the party b/ brought a present. Please dont pass your attitude onto your child.

Oh. my. God. If this is the only thing you have to concern you in life, I truly envy you. Ridiculous and downright childish.

were you embarassed in front of your friends?? is that what this is about then?

Seriously? My dcs grandparents don't even buy them presents and I don't care a jot. GPs love DCs but it's just not their way and so what? YABVVU.

I find it very easy to criticise
my MIL, but even I can't find fault in that!

You are being unreasonable...and ungrateful...and a twit (choose appropriate vowel).

Tch.

really? is this really a problem???!!!

YABU and clearly have too much time on your hands to have even noticed what the present was wrapped in! I bet your DC couldn't care less.