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You Are Invited; No Presents, Please.
No, not my party, silly. You’d be bringing one if it were mine. *Smiles*
Got an invitation to a party today. It’s deemed to be a swanky birthday party, and as I continued to read the invitation, at the bottom it read in capital letters: NO PRESENTS PLEASE!
That took me aback. Why wouldn’t you want a gift on your birthday? I have never heard of that before. It made me think hard. I mean, I know sometimes we tell our family & friends to not bother buying us a gift, knowing fully well that they will. But this is on a different plane. This person must be really content, full of life and just plain thankful for seeing yet another year, that they don’t want to be gifted on such a special day.
Or the person is just so stinking rich that he/she can afford, and have any gift you can possibly think of. Hmm..well, may be the recession? Surely thoughtful, if that’s the case. Frankly, I don’t know.
It could also be that the person didn’t want to deal with little gifts here and there that don’t add up, or that they won’t have use for - which goes back to one of my previous posts: To Re-gift or Toss Out?
Call me crazy, but I’m curious. How humbling…to turn down gifts. “You are invited to my wonderful lush party. Open bar, 3-course dinner, deserts, bring your friends. NO GIFTS PLEASE!” Lol!
Seriously, how many of you will do or have done this? Be honest too. Do you have any idea why this person may be rejecting gifts?
It’s friday! Have a fab weekend, loves!
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Oh dear, I just wrote a looong comment, then lost my connection and now it’s all gone. Can’t really be bothered to write the whole thing again - nor can I remember it, DAMN!
In short, I’d probably do the same, although I haven’t yet done so (not much of a party thrower). I’m more into people and experiences than stuff, my peeps know that so there’s no pressure to buy me gifts, buy-don’t buy, no records held against nor notes taken,, I do enjoy shopping for others though.
A friend of our recently turned 40 and asked all guests not to buy gifts but to donate funds to his charity of choice. At 40 he pretty much has it all anyway. What can we give him that he hasn’t already given himself?
So, although I’d be a tad disappointed at being denied the pleasure of shopping for a friend - I get it totally…
I will NEVER, EVER do that. LOL. In fact, I will not throw a party, yet I will DEMAND that every1 buys me a gift. No gifts ke? No ooo! Me I love gifts please. It doesn’t matter how rich, happy, content and whatever else I become in the future, I will forever cherish gifts. lol
I can totally relate to the invitation you received and I would do the EXACT same thing.
And here is why…
The main reason why parties are thrown (or at least for most people, not quite all)is to get people together. Now if its around a particular event, such as baby shower/birthday /wedding then there would be guidelines(wishlist/registry) which I find that A LOT of people DON’T follow!!!
Now if you’re busy enough you don’t want to be bothered with things you really don’t need and which be totally unsuitable for you.
When I had my son, I didn’t throw a baby shower and I told everyone NOT to throw me one. I didn’t get(nor want) much for my son because it was my first and I knew what I wanted for him and we wanted to do it all ourselves. We aren’t stinking rich or anything like that. But I do believe that since we decided the time was right to bring him into the world, we were WELL aware of the cost and quite ready to bear them - its what parents do. Now that’s not to say he didn’t still receive gifts, he did, from people that knew us well enough to give something which fit perfectly.
I am not big on clutter, in fact I am a minimalist in most things except my closet
I am very extreme on my thank you’s if I am ever given anything, because I believe you had a choice and you didn’t have to give me anything…for digging in your pocket and spending your hard earned money on me, I am extremely appreciative. But because I know I have expensive taste (actually we all do) I don’t want to put that burden on anyone else.
I find food and drink to be the best gifts to give because SOMEONE will devour it…just a matter of time.
Keep blogging love. Now if only I could get myself organized enough and learn from you…wait, that’s a good gift to request!! LOL
They just want the gift of being surrounded by friends. It is far better than any gift you can buy from the store…..
@ Debbie, sorry about that. Hate when that happens. I agree with your point (with age). Meaning as you get older, it less about gifts and more about having good friends/company around. I guess I should have stressed that this was a “youngin’s” party. (sp?) So I was just super shocked..smiles.
@ Vera, I think I can virtually say, I know you well by now. Lol. I know your ultimate gift is a Range Rover! You are too much!
@ Remi, you are so funny! I hear you well. Like I said to Debbie, this person is a ‘youngin.’ For me, true gift is having friends over, drinking, eating and indulging in good conversations. I usually re-gift or donate gifts. I’m a minimalist too (you should see our place). However, I do welcome gifts from my older siblings and husband, though. Can’t turn those down. They gift well.
@ Adanma, I agree with you 100% Glad you said friends, not family. Lol. Just in case they are reading. I don’t want them to stop gifting me. Especially older sis!