Do I have to buy three gifts for triplets?
My 11-year-old is invited to a birthday party. Times three.
She is a close friend of one of the triplets, an acquaintance of one of the others, and not friendly with the third.
Although my impulse is to be generous and get them all a present, I am watching my pennies in this depressing economy. So anything I buy times three is money that could have been spent elsewhere.
I'm sure this comes up pretty frequently now that multiple births are so common. Do we need to buy three gifts for their birthday party? And if the answer is yes, does it have to be the same gift for all three?
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