token christmas gift for ungrateful niece, any ideas??

yabajaz

ohhh - loving the "Box of Thank You cards" idea.
If she does think about it before hand, (appologise) you could always pop some money inside the box and have a giggle about the 'wrapping'

big5

globetraveller wrote: »

Or why not knit her a cardigan?

You've never knitted a cardigan, have you? The OP's neice doesn't sound like she's worth the considerable time and effort involved.

Dizzy_Ditzy

i would give her a selection box :j

if she wants to act like a child, i would treat her like one!

andychelt

http://www.firebox.com/product/1249/Lump-Of-Coal

job done! :money:

kjmtidea

I would give her a lump of coal or a jar of nothing.

shellsuit

I wouldn't give her anything! Ungrateful madam!

Sambucus_Nigra

How to start generations of family arguments Number 357.

She was probably annoyed at her uncle having a go. It is really worth starting a feud over?

Just get her a card, and say nothing more about it.

QueenB.

I also don't buy gifts for nephews/nieces once they are over 18, unless its a special birthday or a small token thing.

Does she get pressies/cards for you and your hubby? Or do they come from her parents?

The Oxfam idea is good, or how about a birthday date book with you and your hubbys dates already in there.

nextyeartina

hi. unfortunately it has started a little family rift. we've tried but just got the brush off. we've got the younger 3 kids purses from artscow & put £10 in each. the eldest & his girlfriend have his & her mugs & their little one has a happyland rocket from elc. we've decided against getting the hubby's sister & her hubby anything. we're still deciding on the niece. my hubby doesn't want to buy her anything! i was thinking of doubling up one of my tesco vouchers & getting her an electric toothbrush. she won't think much of it but will probably use it, that kind of gift.

t, x

sarah*a

We're another family that stops buying at 18 with a one off at 21.

I am doing something similar for someone this year who doesn't deserve the time and effort that goes into sourcing a thoughtful gift - the money isn't the issue as I could spend £££'s on a practical, bland gift that wouldn't be appreciated anyway.

So she is getting a perfume from poundland - they come in nice, pretty boxes and some of them smell ok too! Cost £1, looks like it costs more and if it doesn't get used? well it only cost a £ so who cares!

I certainly wouldn't be wasting my tesco vouchers on someone like that when I could use them to take my own family out for a lovely meal or stock up on gifts for people who appreciate it.

As an addition I think it is really rude to chase someone for a gift - I may say to my very close friends 'oy - where's my card' on the day or close to it but after a couple of days I'd just forget about it. My aunt forgot to give us our wedding gift, which we didn't realise until we got back off our honeymoon - we never asked her about it because that would have just been plain rude and grabby!