She’s Not Buying A Baby Shower Gift For Her Sister’s Sixth Child Because She Believes Her Sister Should Already Have Everything She Needs
Some people think that baby showers are unnecessary for parents who have already had two or three kids. However, what would you do if you were invited to a celebration for your sibling’s sixth child?
This woman is in the same situation right now because her sister is currently pregnant with her sixth baby. And just the other day, she was shocked to receive a link to her sister’s baby registry.
For some context, her sister already had her fifth baby, a daughter, just last year.
“So I’m confused why my sister needs all these things again, especially since this baby is also a girl,” she explained.
She has personally never seen the point in buying brand-new baby clothes, either, given the fact that kids outgrow them so quickly. She knows that expensive onesies are sometimes worn only once.
“And in my opinion, babies don’t care if something is secondhand, so why not reuse what you already have?” she asked.
On top of that, she and her husband are only in their 20s, and the reason they don’t have children of their own yet is because they simply cannot afford it.
Her sister, on the other hand, keeps welcoming more kids into the world, and she and her husband are constantly expected to gift them all something, whether it’s for a birthday, a holiday, or a dance recital.
“If we don’t, they give us grief, not realizing how much pressure it puts on us and other family members,” she detailed.
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That’s why, upon receiving the baby registry, she decided to put her foot down. She made it clear that she’d attend the baby shower to celebrate but that she wasn’t going to be buying her sister a baby shower present this time around.
She simply thought her sister should already have everything she needed for the new addition to her family.
Well, her sister disagreed and got extremely upset with her, claiming that all of her children should be treated equally.
“And if I gave her a gift for the first, I should for all of them. My sister even said I wouldn’t understand because I don’t have kids yet,” she vented.
This argument has caused a ton of tension in their relationship, and she and her sister haven’t been speaking to each other. In the wake of the drama, she’s been left wondering if refusing to buy a sixth baby shower present for her sister is really so crazy or not.
At what point do baby showers become overboard? Should she feel pressured to buy something for her sister’s newborn or not?
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