Hypersensitivity...

Disneyphile · 12-15-2006, 04:47 PM

Another thing that disgusts me - giving a present to a sibling on their brother or sister's birthday!

We had a family friend who did this - she'd always take a present for the sibling(s) also, because "they shouldn't feel left out".

Um, people need to learn as kids that you don't get something for someone else's birthday. It's their chance for the spotlight, not yours. I think this causes some people to have the "it's all about me!" mentality.

Alex · 12-15-2006, 05:07 PM

I go the other way. To teach them that there is nothing special about the fact that they were born (so were the vast majority of everybody else) I don't give them anything for their birthday.

If they whine, I give their parents a commiseration present instead.

12-15-2006, 04:47 PM	#1
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Another thing that disgusts me - giving a present to a sibling on their brother or sister's birthday! We had a family friend who did this - she'd always take a present for the sibling(s) also, because "they shouldn't feel left out". Um, people need to learn as kids that you don't get something for someone else's birthday. It's their chance for the spotlight, not yours. I think this causes some people to have the "it's all about me!" mentality.
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12-15-2006, 05:07 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I go the other way. To teach them that there is nothing special about the fact that they were born (so were the vast majority of everybody else) I don't give them anything for their birthday. If they whine, I give their parents a commiseration present instead.
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