Am I the only one?? Greeting/ Birthday etc. cards facing outwards on inwards in the window

[HoneyBunnii]

Hello, was unsure what topic to put this under and this was the closest i could find.. i was doing some spring cleaning and came across some old valentines day cards and remembered a discussion i had with my Husband when putting them in the window back then, I was of the opinion that I like to put cards facing outwards on the window for the whole world to see but he was of the opinion that they should be facing inwards because he doesnt feel comfortable having strangers see the cards and that nobody faces their cards outwards.. am i the only one who does this?? Lol if people put all sorts of personal stuff on social media for all strangers to see i am sure there is nothing wrong with putting cards on the window sil facing outwards 🙄 i just want to show how loving my family is and share the occasion.. i am really itching to know if anyone else does this? Please someone say yes they do so i stop feeling like the odd one out! 😩

If I face them inwards 2 of us can see them, if I faced them outwards nobody would be able to see them and we could look at card backs so it's definitely inwards in this house.

No one faces the cards outside you weirdo 😁

Is this the offline equivalent of a social media post that says "feeling blessed on my birthday to have such wonderful family and friends" with accompanying pictures of cards and presents?

Facing inwards.

However, when I was little I thought the patterned side of the curtains faced outwards and used to turn the ones in the school Wendy house. This seemed to make sense for me at the time even though we didn't have them facing out at home.

I don't think I grew up in the place a pp mentioned where they do things like that

🤣 oh I'm cringing for you OP

Inwards like any normal person the planet 😂

Inwards.

I have in my 94 (slight exaggeration) years ever seen cards facing outwards.

he was of the opinion that they should be facing inwards because he doesnt feel comfortable having strangers see the cards

What's he afraid of, people stealing your soul by looking at your cards and knowing it's someone's birthday? I can safely say that if I see cards in a window I think 'oh a birthday, nice,' and keep walking. Other people's birthday cards are even more boring than their dreams.

Never ever seen them facing outwards of heard of anyone facing them outwards!

That is a bit weird OP, sorry

Theyre not a secret like your dh is suggesting, but maybe thats his way of trying to save himself from the embaresment of everything being showy all the time. It feels quite Hyacinth Bouquet

Inwards. Why would anyone else be interested in your cards?

Inwards so I can see them! No one outside is looking in your windows at your cards. And if they are peering in the window, they blinking shouldn't be! 😂

Do you also hang your curtains with the pretty side facing out? DM had a mad aunt with 'double sided' curtains to show off to the neighbours 😃

Inwards.

Could you name and shame it please 😂

Bonkers. You’re going to sit in your house day after day looking at the bar codes and printers’ details rather than the pretty pictures just to show off?

Facing inwards

Definitely inwards OP!

@LadyEloise1 That would be mean of me, but it is NE Scotland …

👍😂

Inwards, obviously, so you can look at them. The narcissism of expecting the world to admire "how loving my family is" leaves me speechless, tbh. I have never known or seen anyone face their cards outwards.

Inwards. But there's a high hedge and a front garden so if I had them facing out, the only people who would see them would be the postman.

Why out? Do you think it makes you look popular?

St Andrews?!

Inwards. Though perhaps Christmas cards could face outwards as a window display if you felt particularly festive. Much better to be able to see them inside your own house though rather than the backs of cards.

Maybe out so people can see they aren't "with sympathy cards" and no one has died

Inwards. They're for people in the house to see.

Though I did go past a house in Haarlem in the Netherlands that had a line of books facing the window so all passers-by could read the spines. I raised my eyebrow at that.