VAfamily1998
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2008
A local organization has a gift giving opportunity similar to the Angel Trees (only it's an online sign up, instead of actual paper tags--same idea though.)
I wanted to choose an older child, because I've heard they are often left out, so I registered for an 18 year old boy. Since it's an online sign up I can also see that he has a 13 year old sibling and two much younger siblings (toddlers.) As of a few minutes ago, they haven't been selected yet.
He was pretty general in his requests, and didn't mention specific brand names or even colors for clothes. I have a son that will be 18 next week so I've been enlisting his help in selecting things that we think most boys that age will like, and when possible I'm getting a gift receipt just in case.
But one thing I was wondering about is, should I be striving to buy more things, even if that means I need to get ones that are cheaper? Or is it better to get nicer (better name brand) things, even if it means I get less of them? One of his requests was for a gift card but he didn't specify where, so I'm considering buying fewer "things" and giving him more via gift card (maybe a sporting goods store so he can buy clothes or sports gear.)
Although I only intended to select one child, I'm considering the 13 year old sibling as well. If they get selected by different people the gift style (more but cheaper vs. fewer but nicer) might be different and I don't know if that would be bad. I'm not as concerned about the little ones because 1) they are really too young to notice and 2) Other events like "Toys for Tots" generally get tons of things for the little ones, but not so much for the older kids.
Anyway, what do you think; More (but less expensive) gifts, or fewer "better" gifts for an 18 year old? And should I also sponsor the younger (13 year old) sibling even if that means I will need to give less to the 18 year old?
I wanted to choose an older child, because I've heard they are often left out, so I registered for an 18 year old boy. Since it's an online sign up I can also see that he has a 13 year old sibling and two much younger siblings (toddlers.) As of a few minutes ago, they haven't been selected yet.
He was pretty general in his requests, and didn't mention specific brand names or even colors for clothes. I have a son that will be 18 next week so I've been enlisting his help in selecting things that we think most boys that age will like, and when possible I'm getting a gift receipt just in case.
But one thing I was wondering about is, should I be striving to buy more things, even if that means I need to get ones that are cheaper? Or is it better to get nicer (better name brand) things, even if it means I get less of them? One of his requests was for a gift card but he didn't specify where, so I'm considering buying fewer "things" and giving him more via gift card (maybe a sporting goods store so he can buy clothes or sports gear.)
Although I only intended to select one child, I'm considering the 13 year old sibling as well. If they get selected by different people the gift style (more but cheaper vs. fewer but nicer) might be different and I don't know if that would be bad. I'm not as concerned about the little ones because 1) they are really too young to notice and 2) Other events like "Toys for Tots" generally get tons of things for the little ones, but not so much for the older kids.
Anyway, what do you think; More (but less expensive) gifts, or fewer "better" gifts for an 18 year old? And should I also sponsor the younger (13 year old) sibling even if that means I will need to give less to the 18 year old?