AIBU to get a bit annoyed every year with SIL giving us a Christmas card from a pack.

I think Elegran the best thread to start is one on a trivial matter, you will get posts til the cows come home ??

And it’s no good starting a thread about “reading the thread” ,people talk about not having enough time to read the whole thread which begs the question as to how they have time to bother being on gransnet in the first place !

Elegran

If anyone is seeking immortality, look no further. Just start a controversial thread on Gransnet and sit back. You'll be getting answers from irate readers till Doomsday.

Bizarre! One wonders what has been consumed .....

MamaB247

I think you sound very entitled. Is your first name Karen by any chance. My family get whatever cards I have, some are from the year before. A couple of family members who don't get a chance to see my son thru the year as much as others get a peronslais d photo card to update them. But even my husband and mam n dad get normal cards. The fact that you get a card shows they are thinking of you. Why go out their way to spend a fortune on cards when like other people have said a box of charity christmas cards goes a long way and helps others at the same time. Do you really need her to affirm the fact you are her sister in law are you really that concieted. If my sister in n law ever suggested she was "entitled" to a special card because of who she was. I'd make her one every year out of toilet roll and trust me I'd not guarantee it was unused. If I send a Christmas card it's because I want to not because your entitled to one becaus your a Karen.

Is this satire?
If so, brava madam!

(Yes, I see what you mean Lucca re RTFT. On the plus side my investigations unearthed this gem.)

People simply don’t bother to read the thread!
I was going to say that I never sent special cards and everyone got one from a pack but then I thought I had better read and Kandinsky came back a whole 6 days ago to say that she realised she was being unreasonable!!
If you see that a thread has been going for days you do need to assume that it has moved on!

M0nica, I wasn’t referring to other children, I was referring to many recent posts to Gransnet!

Wow! YABVU what a weird thing to take umbridge about. I view “special“ cards as ultra naff and certainly never send any of that type of card. A card is a card in my opinion although a homemade one or a personal photo one for me trumps a normal card.
Be grateful that you receive a card and quit with the weird and unnecessary judgements.

Sign of these stressful times that I let this weird behaviour get to me !

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There are some lovely emojis but I can't seem to download one, Lucca

Have you got a big red mark on your forehead Lucca?

Still going even though op returned days ago !! Read the......

I do special cards for my girls. I used to send one to my mum . It was difficult not buying one this year ?
I always buy a cheeky one for my step father.
The rest get boxed cards.
I wouldn't get worked up about it OP, especially this year!!!

Could suggest daftbags grandson does some more home work on this topic.

Trees are a crop just like wheat or cabbages. They are grown in sustainable forests and cut down and replanted on a regulsr cycle. The economies of several Scandinavian countries and several states (Georgia, North Carolina) are dependent, at least in part on, cropping and managing their forests sustainably. Jobs of all kinds and the lives of many people are dependent on this crop.

Some paper coatings are harmful, but many paper coatings are made from china clay and others by the way the paper is run through special rollers.

Then there are the human and mental health benefits of getting Christmas cards. The happiness they can bring to people.

geekesse you are hard on other children. There are many children who are enthusuastic environmentalists or have a concern for their community. We have seen many examples of this during the various COVID lockdowns. This boy is but one example, there are plenty more.

Well I for one thing Daftbag1’s grandson sounds like a splendid antidote to all the selfish me-me-me attitudes I see all around here, and I congratulate her on having such a responsible lad in her family.

Sorry

Hi Lucca I’m in your corner now.
Read the thread! Oh and Happy Christmas card senders. [tschmm]

Where is susiewoozie when we need her she would say ffs and I would agree

Hello !! Kandinsky came back ages ago and gave a nice reply. Read the thread people !!

YABU
As long as she remembers and sends you a card what does it matter? A friend brought me 3 packs of cards from England a couple of months ago but nobody will be getting Christmas cards from me this year as I have been too ill to write them. But I hope everyone will understand and not complain.

I struggle with cards in that I don’t you like to buy cards in advance as it’s like tempting fate. I think it’s something to do with my Edwardian type upbringing where we thought every day would be our last one . And then, when it is a special occasion I can never find the one that’s ‘just right’. So sometimes people don’t get a card at all but don’t realise I’ve been agonising over it for months.

I do buy special cards for family and our closest friends. This is because I like cards and enjoy choosing them. This year I have brought some lovely ones online from small independent card companies and hope it helps to keep these companies afloat. I also buy charity cards to send to other people. However I do not expect other people to do the same for me as it is my choice and if they want to do something different I am certainly not offended.