| Way too sensitive! I feel sorry for your family if this is how you act normally. |
| In the future, Amazon gift wrapping. |
This is what I thought too. It will go under the tree on Christmas morning, she's just letting you know. Or do you guys have fraught, passive-aggressive in general? If not, I really wouldn't think twice. |
^^ meant fraught, passive-aggressive communication. |
| OP, DCUM is unanimous that you are crazy... |
+1 OP if you read negative intent into a simple message like this, I don't know how you make it through a day. |
| definitely too sensitive. |
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My SIL said this to me once. I felt bad so now I only order from amazon and select a gift bag. I am not going to ship things here, wrap them, then ship them out to her, so this is a compromise.
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| Wow waaaay sensitive. I'd have said the same thing as her and I have NO problem wrapping the gifts that come shipped from family. It's part of the fun! |
| Too sensitive |
| Most of the gifts I give aren't acknowledged. I'd be happy someone let me know it arrived. |
| I think her comment was totally normal and didn't mean anything negative at all. I think you are too sensitive. She just wants you to know the kid hasn't seen it yet. I send all my presents directly to relatives in CA addressed to "ChristmasFirst Name LastName". They slap a bow on the Amazon box. Why would I pay extra for wrapping or pay shipping, wrap something and then pay to shop it again? |
This. |
Right?! Mom of a 2y/o here whose head is just spinning with all the shit I have to do this year. Add baking cookies and figuring out tips for daycare teachers to shopping for gifts for a gazillion relatives, trying to wrap said gifts with toddler/pet level chaos all around me, traveling with toddler/pets, etc. etc. etc. Somehow it was easier last year. Not easy, but easier. |
Wow, really? Just because you have kids and OP doesn't doesn't mean that he/she has more time than you. |