A MUM was blasted as a “show off” after she gave her daughter a Nintendo Switch at another child’s birthday party.
Posting on Reddit the mum explained that she decided to give her kid the gift then as it hadn’t arrived in time for her own birthday party – leaving the other mum fuming.
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She wrote: “My daughter Stephie just turned nine on Saturday.
“She’s been asking for a Switch for a while now, and I think she’s gotten old enough and mature enough that I can trust her with a big present like that.”
Explaining that it would arrive too late for her own birthday, she decided to present the present at her friend Jolene’s party the following day.
She explained that she thought Stephie would be happy to receive the Switch, as we were still having a good time.
“Nothing more. Jolene would only need to do the wrapping and then the spotlight would go back on her.
Jolene’s mom called me shortly after the party had ended to ask me what I was thinking. Jolene’s mom said that I was ‘undermining her’ because she couldn’t afford a Switch for Jolene.
“Jolene’s mom also called me petty and a show-off (she and I do not like one another and I won’t sugarcoat it, but I put that aside for the kids because our issues aren’t their fault, which Jolene’s mom is definitively not doing).”
She went on to add that even her own husband had disagreed with her move, explaining that while he could see where she was coming from he thought she could have chosen better timing.
Redditors seemed to agree.
Commenting in the post, one wrote: “I can’t imagine bringing a gift to someone else’s party and making it about you and your daughter.”
Agreeing a second added: “You hijacked another kid’s birthday party!
“The most exciting, extravagant gift opened at Jolene’s party wasn’t even for Jolene and was ,just to make it worse, something her family couldn’t afford to give her.”
“That is NOT correct etiquette, why not give it to her AFTER the party,” Another.