I’ve already donated most of my kids (early) Christmas presents
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Anonymous
| Last Christmas, kids got three versions of monopoly, and they already had one. They had uno, got two more. Oldest was 9, but we got several DVDs, all rated PG-13, one rated R. Youngest was 5, but there were ring stacking and cup stacking toys. Oldest was wearing size 8 or 10, youngest was wearing 4 or 5, but clothes ranged from 2T to 16, with hardly anything in a style they’d wear that was also in an appropriate size. I get it, OP. There’s no reason to hold onto duplicates or wildly inappropriate items, and if they can be donated early enough to toys for tots, great! |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
My sentiments exactly. OP is a real PoS |
Anonymous
This is too sad. Why wouldn't you let your DC wear a too-big frozen costume, that her grandparents gave her, to preschool? I seriously don't get it. Also, this would be something she would grow into -- obviously. I suspect the PP above is actually the OP.... |
Anonymous
Why would you ask for Cetaphil soap and lip balm as gifts for your kids? How fun is that. 
Why don't you ask for a gift card to a restaurant as a family gift? Certainly better than asking for soap and lip balm. |
Anonymous
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Why are people bashing OP. I understand what she is saying. The GP did not get anything from the Amazon wishlist. OP took time and effort to put things at different price points. But they just went off to buy some toys that the kids did not enjoy.
As an aside, my inlaws take the kids shopping every few months. They come back with a lot of toys. So my kids feel like whatever they want, they act as if they can just go ask Grandpa to buy it for them. Between those regular outings, the X-mas gifts from the relatives, the birthday presents from classmates, they get way too many toys. But the thing is, these toys are not necessarily the ones I would prefer my kids play with (so many Barbies! Character themed plastic crap. But since they already have too much, I feel like buy them what I would have preferred they play with is adding on to their slowly developing sense of entitlement. My older one is turning 7 next year, maybe it will be a good time to go the "No birthday gifts please" route. She is now old enough to understand and accept. |
Anonymous
NP. Ha, I just got off the phone with my mother who said she bought my kids lots of little grab bag type gifts (similar to your stocking gifts). My mother is also not into wish lists or suggestions. Sigh. Instead we get useless junk that we don't want or need (or have space for!). |
Anonymous
Haha, I’m different, though I felt a kinship with the OP. I don’t think it would be kind to my daughter’s daycare teachers to send her in an outfit that restricts her movement, and I don’t like having outfit fights. Look, if that was the one present they had sent, I would have kept it, but they sent 10 things. (Actually 11, another package with a frozen doll arrived after I posted that.). Our house is small, so we would not have kept all these toys anyway. Since they weren’t opened, they could be donated. I don’t feel bad about this. |
Anonymous
If you think donating toys makes someone a horrible person you might want to consider getting out more. |