Re: Birth announcement Question

proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@esmerelda wrote:
@luvzchiz wrote:
@Kitty Galore I tend to be a giver, especially at the birth of a baby. Usually I send a card with a check if the family is far away. If I am going to see the baby, I’ll bring a gift.

With so much heartbreak in the world, I like to celebrate something so wonderful as a new life which brings promise for the future.
Keep in mind...the people bringing heartbreak to the world were once babies with promise for the future.

@esmerelda. As were the ones not bringing heartbreak to the world but bringing the opposite. Please keep that in mind. Not everyone is evil. And what does this have to do with a baby gift?????

esmerelda · ‎03-10-2010

@proudlyfromNJ I was responding to what @luvzchiz said. Please direct your question to her.

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proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ I was responding to what @luvzchiz said. Please direct your question to her.

@esmerelda. I was responding to your response to luvzchiz. Why would I respond to her for something you said?

esmerelda · ‎03-10-2010

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ I was responding to what @luvzchiz said. Please direct your question to her.
@esmerelda. I was responding to your response to luvzchiz. Why would I respond to her for something you said?

@proudlyfromNJ You asked what it had to do with baby gifts. I told you how it got in the conversation. If you don’t get it, I can’t explain it to you. Now… I’ve asked before and I will ask again… Will you please get off my back?

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proudlyfromNJ · ‎05-01-2010

@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@esmerelda wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ I was responding to what @luvzchiz said. Please direct your question to her.
@esmerelda. I was responding to your response to luvzchiz. Why would I respond to her for something you said?
@proudlyfromNJ You asked what it had to do with baby gifts. I told you how it got in the conversation. If you don’t get it, I can’t explain it to you. Now… I’ve asked before and I will ask again… Will you please get off my back?

@esmerelda. I don’t recall you asking before.

esmerelda · ‎03-10-2010

@proudlyfromNJ Maybe it was deleted. Will once be enough?

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Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@Kitty Galore wrote:
thank you All for your replies and great suggestions and opinions, I appreciate it. The babies grandmother is one if my dearest oldest friends and we do see each other often, once a month or so. In fact just went out to dinner with our husbands a couple weeks ago to celebrate our bday's which are a week apart. She has shared photos through texts and emails since the baby was born and I'm sure she told her daughter that. I guess I just wasn't sure why the birth announcement when I of course already knew the little girl was born, my friend called me the day after she was. I have decided to give my friend a little gift to give her when she goes down to visit next.

@Kitty Galore I think it was nice for you to receive the announcement. I don't think it is a gift grab at all.

I'm sure your friend is brimming with happiness and delight regarding the wee one.

I also think it is very nice of you to get a little gift.

You enjoy your friendship and are happy for your friend. Your heart is in the right place.

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

nyc1 · ‎03-19-2010

@esmerelda wrote:
@nyc1 wrote:
@Kitty Galore That is such an individual decision, but if you and your friend are really good friends and you've known her since the 3rd grade, I personally would send a gift. It's a gift that celebrates your friend's joy and your happiness for her.
I had the SAME THING happen about 5 years ago. My girlfriend since the 7th grade (we were best friends for many many years) let me know that her son, whom I never met (she has lived in a different State since we were in our early 20s) had a baby..... her first grandchild. I was THRILLED for her, and sent a gift. My friend was so appreciative.
@nyc1 Her friend isn't the one who had the baby. Her friend was letting her know that she'd become a grandmother (again?).

@Kitty Galore Send a gift if you want to. But if it was me, I'd send one celebrating the grandmother...there are little gift books and other clutter extolling the joys of being a grandmother.

A gift for the child of a person she's never met? Seriously???

YES, @esmerelda , I'm well aware of that. I think if you reread my post you'll see that I was in the same position when my girlfriend's SON had a baby. Again, it's an individual decision, and I was so HAPPY for my GIRLFRIEND becoming a grandma, that I chose to send a gift.