Kids' birthday party question

[wesleysgirl]

If your child is invited to a classmate's birthday party and the invitation says

You're Invited to a Party
For: Bob (and Jane and Sue)

and you know that the three children are triplets, is the way of wording the invitation the parent's way of telling you that you aren't expected to buy gifts for all three children? If you ARE meant to buy gifts for all three children, is it acceptable to spend less money on each child than you would have spent on just one? (If it were one classmate, and they've only been in class for a couple of months and didn't know each other before then, I'd probably spend $15 or so on a gift, based on the fact that the children aren't close friends and are in kindergarten. Should I still do that and only buy a gift for Bob? If I should buy gifts for all three kids, is it okay to spend less than $10 on each kid?)

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[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, he's going. :-) I discovered that the party is less than a mile and half from our house, so I decided I could take deep breaths and allow my mom to drive him. I ended up buying a small gift for each of the three kids this afternoon -- I know at this age the boy can be sensitive about imagined slights, and even though I think he's particularly sensitive overall, I'd rather give each of them something that cost $6 than spend $15 on the little boy but give his sisters nothing. When they're older, they'll understand, but at this age they probably can't tell the difference between a $5 and a $15 gift anyway...

Plus it gives my boy and my mom something to do while we're gone. ;-)