Hand-me-down clothes with a "dig"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get the problem, and I'm a generally pretty sensitive, sometimes oversensitive person.

As I understand it, she send your son clothes -- which I would be thrilled about (albeit they may not be your taste) and a note directly to him, which says something like:

Hi Little Opie, I hope these clothes fit by the time you grow into them and they are not out of style! Love Aunt Marge.

WHAT IS THE BIG EFFIN DEAL?

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[Anonymous]

It sounds like she's making amusing digs at her outrageously tall kid, not your "short" 1.5yo kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While your SIL may think this is funny, it really is not. Calling a boy little is the same as calling a girl fat -- a dig. She probably thinks it is OK to insult your DS -- some people just think that is funny, or acceptable. I would ask her to stop sending clothes -- they do not fit and you can't store them, but thanks anyway!! If she persists, I would just toss them. I never enjoyed hand me downs much with my kids -- kids clothes are pretty cheap these days and I just never felt like doing it after I got the first bundle from a friend. The nice ones are very easy to resell anyway.

Not always. My family from the South uses "Little X" all the time and it's not a dig, just a statement. Lots of their kids are named after their fathers and so become "Little Whatever." John's son is "Little John." It's affectionate, not a dig.