Would you take a gift?

[mollybrown]

We're invited to a child's birthday party, and the invitation says that "gifts aren't necessary."  What would you do?

If an invitation says no gifts, I always oblige.  If it doesn't specify, of course I take a gift.  I have no idea if the host would like to receive gifts or not.  I'm leaning towards getting a small token gift that isn't a toy.

[yellowbrkrd]

It would depend on my relationship with the person, but I would likely scale it down.

[amaristella]

I'd consider the age of the child, too. Younger children don't always have the focus to open a bunch of presents. They might open one, then decide to play with it immediately and ignore everything else for half an hour.

[Brie]

I'd probably bring a fun book or two.

[Deleted]

What age? Younger kid, wine for parents. Older kid, a book or matchbox car or some other sub $5 non-crappy gift.

[drloretta]

DD recently went to a party where the mom told me gifts weren't necessary. We brought consumables (bubbles, sidewalk chalk, stickers). That way we weren't empty handed, but it wasn't another thing to clutter their house permanently, LOL

[jloww]

When I get these I tend to spend around $15.  They want people to celebrate, but don't want a gift stopping anyone from coming.

[MamaMaui24]

Nope