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Do your parents still buy you birthday/Xmas gifts?

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RaiderGirl94 · 19/07/2019 22:17

I’m just curious. My parents are very sweet they still buy me birthday & Christmas gifts. I’m 30 and my partner parents stopped buying him gifts after he was 18. Do your parents still buy you gifts? Or when did they stop? 😁

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EdtheBear · 19/07/2019 22:51

I can understand stopping nieces and nephews at 18 but not your own kids. Unless their is another factor, like postage, of very tight finances.

YourEggnogIsBetterThanMine · 19/07/2019 22:55

My mum still fills my stocking for me. I left home 18 years ago! I'm married with 3 DC of my own.

Bumply · 19/07/2019 22:55

I still get gifts from my ex mil and I'm 56.

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NanooCov · 19/07/2019 22:57

Yes. I'm 42. I kind of wish they didn't though as sometimes what they get me is not really appreciated - I sound like an ungrateful git but I sometimes wonder if they know me at all on the basis of the gifts they choose for me!

Contraceptionismyfriend · 19/07/2019 23:18

Yes but I just ask for money now.

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Disneymum1993 · 19/07/2019 23:32

I still get money for birthday or house stuff carpets or new sofa etc and just a wee thing at xmas as i have 2 children and one on way all family still give me although i do not expect x

bellsbuss · 19/07/2019 23:37

I still do from my mum , she does a stocking for each for all of us plus a large amount of money. I actually get more now then I did as a child. OH parents always give us money , birthday presents from both sides too.

BoronationStreet · 19/07/2019 23:40

Nope. But my in-laws give us gifts for EVERYTHING....birthdays, anniversary, holidays (literally give us money before we go on holiday etc)

IceTippedMountains · 19/07/2019 23:48

I am late 30s, my dad is dead but my mum gets me and DH gifts.

We are always skint and she is very generous so I generally ask for something 'useful', for my birthday she got me a hoover this year! (ours packed up) DH got a mattress protector

PIL still buy for us, she gives me something nice that I can't really afford, this year was stemless wine glasses. But she generally sends money to DH and has done since he was a teen.

DH eldest niece has just turned 18, tbh she is likely going to University this year so are going keep up the presents until she is 21, I still want to give her a treat as she won't have much of disposable income.

DramaAlpaca · 19/07/2019 23:54

I'm in my 50s & my parents still send me a cheque for my birthday & for Christmas. It's always much appreciated.

PerspicaciaTick · 20/07/2019 00:24

My family is so tiny that we make the most of the celebrations we have. Birthday and Christmas presents, plus other small gifts during the year if we something that we think the other person will enjoy.

ysmaem · 20/07/2019 00:37

I'm 29, my kids 8 and 6 and both mum and dad still buy me gifts. I don't expect any gifts anymore as I have children now that they also buy gifts for but they still spoil me each birthday and Christmas.

Ihatemyseleffordoingthis · 20/07/2019 00:42

I'm only child and there's only my mum (dad died when I was a kid)
I get gorgeous thoughtful presents every birthday and christmas, and so does DH. I reciprocate.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 20/07/2019 00:49

Yes, we make a big deal of birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas for everyone regardless of age. We only have a small family though so it's a lot easier than if I had heaps of siblings all with their own families. DH's parents didn't even bother with cards for birthdays - they had 7 kids, the majority of whom had at least 3 kids each. Christmas was just a card and no gift for the adults.

HalfManHalfLabrador · 20/07/2019 00:51

Yes my family does and I’m late 30s I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t in real life only on mumsnet.

4catsaremylife · 20/07/2019 00:55

I'm pushing 60 and my fantastic Dps always buy me a present at both Christmas and my birthday. They're in their 80s, and my grown up dc (with AN ) and I always buy for them. We love choosing something that they'd like but wouldn't buy themselves, sometimes it is just token gifts, but I was really struggling financially just before Christmas so typically my elderly freezer died and my wonderful Dps bought us a new one as a surprise I could have cried. They are becoming less independent and needing more help as they age, but I am so lucky to still have them.

DappledThings · 20/07/2019 01:23

I'm 40 and gave refused presents for years. Parents would get me them otherwise. I get them for my mum but not my dad as he feels the same as me.

DH and his sister get proper presents from their parents and vice versa. PIL have insisted on getting me presents as well till I turned 40 this year and put my foot down.

historysock · 20/07/2019 07:45

Mum and dad send me a cheque for £40 every birthday, £50 at Christmas. Which I usually have to use on the Dd's, which I then get berated for as they'd rather I spent it on me.
I think it would be sad to stop when you're kid turns 18 if you can afford it. They are still your child.

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