Appropriate Thank You To a Generous Friend?

TugboatSheila · March 2014

Hi Everyone!

I have a question for you. Last night we went to a friend's house and they gave us a ridiculous amount of hand-me-downs including an entire stroller box full of 3mos-24 mos clothes, a pack and play, a Bumbo, a Boppy, one of those seat things you attach to tables at restaurants and swaddlers and receiving blankets galore. Their now 6 year old son was born in the month of August so all of his clothes seem to be pretty seasonally appropriate for what age our son will be/what size he'll be in.

It was quite a lot of things to give to someone and I was floored. They said that they wanted to give it to us because they knew us and knew we'd appreciate it. We will be sending them a thank you card but looking at all the things they generously gave us it doesn't feel like a thank you card is enough.

Would it be appropriate to send them a gift card as a thank you or is there another suggestion you might have?

Shelleybell · March 2014

i would probably take them out to dinner.

bewilderingstar · March 2014

I'd take them out for dinner or maybe buy them a membership to the local zoo so their son can enjoy some family time with them.

yurmom · March 2014

I agree with any of the above. Honestly they're probably also grateful to get if off their hands and into someone they know will appreciate it.

Hoshikitsune · March 2014

I would send them to dinner and babysit their son so that they can have a nice kid-free evening.

cakebatter27 · March 2014

I'm sure they're expecting nothing in return. However I'd buy a gift card or give them a date night with free babysitting. That's a lot to give someone!

Ylvelill · March 2014

Dinner and hugs

babysitting is a great idea too!

TugboatSheila · March 2014

Thanks Everyone for the good responses. I think babysitting and giving them the night out would be awesome. They have twins who are 2 as well so I know their hands are full!

Nichole8787 · March 2014

cakebatter27 said:

I'm sure they're expecting nothing in return. However I'd buy a gift card or give them a date night with free babysitting. That's a lot to give someone!

This.

Huahine · March 2014

A friend of mine regularly sends me boxes of her son's outgrown clothing. I then send her a case of wine. She may not have expected anything in return, but I like to prime the pump.

email2ash · March 2014

We had a similar situation with friends who had twins last year. We did give them a toys/baby's r us gc to get their little ones some new things. We looked at it as they could have sold most of these things to go towards new things for their sons so we wanted to give back a little.

allardr · March 2014

I agree a gift card to a restaurant with offer to babysit or just taking them out as af family would be nice since that is a ton of stuff.

ERDRmama1 · March 2014

Some of our work acquaintances generously gave us clothes to 12 months. We sent them a big gift pack of Omaha Steaks.

sxymamakat · March 2014

Not to threadjack, but I have a related question- what if you get an incredibly generous offer of things but they're in absolutely horrible condition? My SO's step-sister has offered up quite a bit of stuff, but everything she's shown me thus far was in absolutely horrible shape- straps were starting to shred on the Bjorn (which I don't really want to use due to the hip issues anyway), the Bumbo looked like a dog chewed it, really worn edges on the PnP, etc. Their youngest is only 2, but the items offered looked like they've been through 10 kids, not 2. I don't want to offend and outrightly decline because she's SO excited to share, but I'm not about to use the majority of this and don't know how to handle it. I'm one of the only people in the family who gets along with her because of family drama when the parents re-married, and I'm concerned to rock the boat.

July15Mama · March 2014

@sxymamakat Not saying this is the right things to do but if it were me I would probably accept it. I might not use it but if you pulled out those things every once in a while it would probably mean a lot to her. I would still register for it all and maybe a just say you think you would only use the PnP and one other thing. Being extremely grateful and just taking a few things would probably keep things smooth!

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