MIL bought coronation outfits for my dc

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...WIBU not to dress them in them?

I’m not a monarchist and won’t be celebrating the coronation.

Ewww, no. Not in this house.

You could buy them these t-shirts instead

Sorry, this is very funny

Not unreasonable! I wouldn't dream of putting my children in that.

This is the sort of thing my MIL would do. She’s very WASP/patriotic/Brexit. She kept badgering us to attend the jubilee street parties knowing I don’t believe in the monarchy and don’t want to support it. I think she enjoys poking me with a stick, she calls us bourgeois liberal elite remoaners (we are average earners and live in a small town lol)

sympathies!

If your kids school had an event to celebrate Eid, would you refuse to let them join in because you don’t celebrate it ?

This is a historical event which is part of our culture. let your kids join in if they want, it’s not going to turn them into monarchists . They need to learn to live in a pluralist society.

I wouldn't buy them myself but it's not a crime of the century, if their school/nursery has a party then the outfit is sorted then relegate to playing in the garden and getting mucky.

You can't compare the coronation to a religious festival though can you? My DSs preschool learnt about Diwali, that's not a festival that we celebrate in our household but I was happy for him to learn about other religions and cultures and participate respectfully. I do not have anything against Diwali, it's just not something celebrated in our religion.

The Royal family is divisive, some people believe that there shouldn't be a royal family and are actively against it as an institution.

In my eyes a better comparison would be expecting a vegetarian to wear a tshirt with a McDonald's logo. Some might not care and say "it's just a tshirt" some might feel like to wear it is to condone something they're against.

When my kids were little and I decided on their clothes, I would have said thanks but no thanks. You could just say thanks and give them to the charity shop. She doesn’t have to know.

Eid is not comparative at all.

You don't sound like you like her very much anyway so I doubt you will see her much to mention it

I'd stick them in them, take and send at photo. Then they can get changed if they want.

Gosh people really are comparing apples and oranges here aren’t they??
I am not talking about a school event either. I don’t even know if there is one yet.
I generally hate accumulating ‘stuff’ that my dc will never use. So the wasteful aspect as some pp have mentioned, does irk me too.

This made me laugh though

This …it really isn’t a big deal 🤦‍♀️Today definitely appears to be a MIL bashing day on MN !

Like any other bat shit gift, just say thanks, smile sagely and give to charity at the nearest opportunity…

Yanbu. I will not be buying my kids or myself anything to do with the coronation. But great suggestion by a pp to keep them to one side for school if they celebrate

@MrsMiddleMother yes will do this. If there is a non-uniform day...fine! Saves my usual running around trying to find certain coloured clothing.

But I won’t be putting them on and celebrating it on coronation day.
Do people not think clothing is such a personal choice generally?? I never get it as a gift for this reason.
what if I WAS a monarchist and already had dcs outfits all planned out...🤔

@Purplecatshopaholic really chuckled at ‘bat shit gifts’

I think that you should hang on to them for a dress up day for school as schools will probably have a celebration day. Thank your lucky stars that you've got something for that day.

As to the coronation itself, ask your children if they want to wear the outfits. Your only problem is if the in-laws is it it you on the day.
I expect that they won't as if they're that concerned about the day, they'll want to stay at home looking at the telly.

@GlassBunion they are too young to know/care what it is about. They won’t remember it. And will see at least one other coronation in their lifetime.

So cute.

Make sure you let the baby wear it and maybe MIL can babysit the wee one in front of the TV.
It is really lovely that MIL thinks to include your child in her celebration and excitment.
The child is living through historic events and times and so is MIL.

Why not just dress them up to keep MIL happy? Would it kill you? 🙄

Do you have something better to dress them in that you had planned for that particular day?

I totally agree, it’s sweet!

Whether you’re a monarchist or not, it’s history. It was a lovely thought and would be great if they could wear them on the day.