A Florida mom changed her 3-year-old daughter’s birthday party RSVP after receiving an “out-of-control” text outlining strict gift-giving rules.
In a TikTok video, Brittany Carpenter, shared that, just days before the event, the child’s parents requested plastic-free toys with no colors or sound.
According to Carpenter, the mother also instructed guests to bring a handmade card as store-bought ones “will produce waste.”
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“Have you ever experienced this?” Carpenter asked her TikTok followers. “I need to know.”
“It was so much easier in the ‘90s!” she added.
Courtesy Brittany Carpenter
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“I’d bring a plastic rainbow piano,” one person joked in the comments.”
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“Living zero waste is a great thing to support! I think these asks are a good example of being proactive about mindful consumption and what we bring into our homes.”
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“Give the kid a savings bond for $5 only to be claimed in 2045.”
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“I’m a no plastic, no screen time parent. There’s a lot of misconceptions about it. The children are OK without a bunch of lights and bells and whistles screaming in their face all the time. trust me.”
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“We have the EXACT same gift rules, we said we’d rather not receive a gift then receive a noisy colorful obnoxious toy that we will not use and donate.”
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“Those are all things children need: colors, noise, toys. WHAT IS HAPPENING.”
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“Slime, glitter, and a mega phone.”
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“At that point the mom just needs to say ‘no gifts please.”’
Carpenter tells TODAY.com that “many” other invitees were equally appalled by the gifting requirements.
Mariah Grumet Humbert, founder of Old Soul Etiquette, understands why Carpenter felt overwhelmed by the guidelines.
“The parents should have said something like, ‘no gifts,’ or ‘books only,’ or ‘in lieu of gifts, please make a donation to a children’s organization,” Grumet Humbert tells TODAY.com. “Buying gifts for other people’s children is challenging enough without the added stress.”
This article was originally published on TODAY.com
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