I'm glad I'm not on this guest list

One pushy American mother sent out a rather demanding list ahead of her child's first birthday party - and the details of her gift requests have gone viral after one recipient posted the email on Reddit. (Read the note in full at the end of the article.)

While asking for four specific items from a certain side of the family, the unnamed mum makes it quite clear that deviations from this list will not be met gratefully.
She requests a water table, a play tent, a play tunnel, and a book, writing: "If you are unable to get these items, please let us know so we can buy them right away for him."
Thinking of getting something not on the list?
"Please be sure to always include a receipt going forward," the mum writes. "When we return items without receipts, we only get about 50 per cent of the value, so it's like throwing away money if you don't include a receipt with the gifts.

 

 

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I'm glad I'm not on this guest list

I think cake smashes are ridiculous but each to their own.

Isn't blue food colouring a petroleum product?

 

The water table, I had one that had sand and water, the littlies had a wonderful time with it, water play is really good for their development and even people who are less than average IQ know that unsupervised water play is dangerous, don't they?

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You'd think so.

 

But there are a lot of children drowning in backyards in Australia

 

Not everybody is watching all the time

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Every fish pond and the swimming had been fenced,  - my 18 month old daughter found the outside toilet to be entertaining, and top heavily fell in.  

 

There was a report about 10 years ago of a child drowing in a nappy bucket.   Scary scamps.

 

DEB

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