Mumsnet user vents her fury at friends who asked her to bring a handmade gift to their child’s Christening
The woman explained how the parents had asked that “unique and personalised” gifts be given on their daughter's big day
A WOMAN has blasted her friends as “cheeky, ungrateful f***ers” after they requested guests to bring handmade presents for their child's christening.
Writing on Mumsnet, the woman known only as Carrados, told how the parents had asked that “unique and personalised” gifts be given on their daughter's big day.
However, Carrados states that she is “s*** at crafts” and felt that attempting to make something sub-standard would end up being a total waste of time.
She asked fellow mums on the parenting website if she was being irrational to scoff at their handmade request.
But, judging by most of the comments, the Mumsnet community are behind her.
One wrote: “Lovely if someone is good at crafts and would really like to make something, but to specify handmade, or indeed any sort of present, is very bad manners IMO.”
FrancesCrawford also agreed, adding: “They are terribly rude to even imply presents are expected, far less dictate what they should be. Make a card as others have suggested and give that over with good wishes for the baby's future life.
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“Who could possibly ask for more than that for their precious child?”
Some users were more shocked than others, one saying: “Holy moly. Since when do people get to make gift requests at christenings anyway. This absolutely takes the p*** as far as I'm concerned.”
Another added: “Just seems f***ing weird to me but if they insisted I'd fill and pair of orangey tights with teddy bear stuffing then sew on some hideous buttons for eyeballs and say I'd made the baby a snake (sic.).”
One mum even suggested she would want to “exact revenge” for the cheeky request, by giving a gift that “will require a lot of work from the parents”.
She added: “Maybe a blank journal into which you write the first day and then write in the front that her parents will add something every day until she is 18.”
However, some users did try and look on the bright side.
Inmyplace wrote: “Surely handmade could cover everything from some cakes to a poem?”
While easy-to-make suggestions included a shoe box covered in wrapping paper, in the guise of a memory box.
RunningLuLu suggested: “Can you bake? When I'm asked for handmade stuff I usually just bake biscuits and shove them in a favour bag. I'm s*** at crafts too.”
The original poster responded to her answers with: “I really am tempted to take the p*** and turn up with a piece of crafting s***.”
The user then joked that she may well “email a link to a Spotify playlist” or turn up with finger puppets.
She added: “What turned out as an AIBU p***ed off thread has turned into some really lovely ideas. Thank you - only Mumsnet could think of lovely gifts with an undertone of revenge.”