Irritating present from MIL

[Anonymous]

Way over thinking. Save it as a blanket and pull it out when she visits.

[Anonymous]

MIL bought me a set of 7 spatulas (I'm a minimalist)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its not an odd present. Everyone sends us blankets. We probably have 7-8 for our son. I originally did not do character but around 5 he asked. I rotate the comforter and sheets with a nicer one depending on my mood/washing. Let him enjoy it. I think it was thoughtful.

Maybe donate 5 of them?

Why don't you take your sanctimony and...It isn't any of your business what someone does wit heir property. I am sure you have plenty of items that someone else think are unnecessary or in excess. Shall we judge an critique you on something as silly as a blanket. Bye, if posters loses power this winter, she will darn glad she didn't take you "advise" as she bundles up her child to keep him warm..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its not an odd present. Everyone sends us blankets. We probably have 7-8 for our son. I originally did not do character but around 5 he asked. I rotate the comforter and sheets with a nicer one depending on my mood/washing. Let him enjoy it. I think it was thoughtful.

Maybe donate 5 of them?

Why don't you take your sanctimony and...It isn't any of your business what someone does wit heir property. I am sure you have plenty of items that someone else think are unnecessary or in excess. Shall we judge an critique you on something as silly as a blanket. Bye, if posters loses power this winter, she will darn glad she didn't take you "advise" as she bundles up her child to keep him warm..

Are you drunk, or just terrible with spelling, grammar and syntax?

[Anonymous]

Just chill and use it as an extra blanket folded at the foot of the bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear God, you sound insufferable.

You forgot bitch.

[Anonymous]

Or you could accept the gift graciously and not assume nefarious intentions. Because that would be okay, too, and sometimes "thank you" is really all you need to say and think. Give the gift to a shelter, where some kid will be thrilled to have soft new sheets with a whatever theme, since that kid doesn't have a room of his own, much less a pre-existing "theme".

And for chrissake, remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its not an odd present. Everyone sends us blankets. We probably have 7-8 for our son. I originally did not do character but around 5 he asked. I rotate the comforter and sheets with a nicer one depending on my mood/washing. Let him enjoy it. I think it was thoughtful.

Maybe donate 5 of them?

Why don't you take your sanctimony and...It isn't any of your business what someone does wit heir property. I am sure you have plenty of items that someone else think are unnecessary or in excess. Shall we judge an critique you on something as silly as a blanket. Bye, if posters loses power this winter, she will darn glad she didn't take you "advise" as she bundles up her child to keep him warm..

Are you drunk, or just terrible with spelling, grammar and syntax?

None of the above. I simply suck at typing on an iPhone. It appears that you cannot move past your sanctimony to address the message. Focusing on typing errors is what people do when the have lost a discussion on merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL bought me a set of 7 spatulas (I'm a minimalist)

LOL!! You win in this post. Your MIL is totally trying to take over your kitchen, without a doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its not an odd present. Everyone sends us blankets. We probably have 7-8 for our son. I originally did not do character but around 5 he asked. I rotate the comforter and sheets with a nicer one depending on my mood/washing. Let him enjoy it. I think it was thoughtful.

Maybe donate 5 of them?

Why don't you take your sanctimony and...It isn't any of your business what someone does wit heir property. I am sure you have plenty of items that someone else think are unnecessary or in excess. Shall we judge an critique you on something as silly as a blanket. Bye, if posters loses power this winter, she will darn glad she didn't take you "advise" as she bundles up her child to keep him warm..

Are you drunk, or just terrible with spelling, grammar and syntax?

None of the above. I simply suck at typing on an iPhone. It appears that you cannot move past your sanctimony to address the message. Focusing on typing errors is what people do when the have lost a discussion on merit.

I wasn't the previous poster. I just couldn't make heads of tails of your drunk post! You do know that you can quickly read over a post before hitting "Submit," even on an iPhone, yes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL bought me a set of 7 spatulas (I'm a minimalist)

Ha! You've posted about this in at least two other threads. You keep all that junk in a MIL box and trot it out for her visits, right?

[Anonymous]

Your kid's room doesn't need to be Pinterest-ready 24-7. It's just a blanket.

[Anonymous]

OP, if it's unopened I would definitely donate it so that some little kid could enjoy it for Christmas. As a PP stated, there are absolutely households where this would be a treasured gift. Please consider this!

I'm not sure why anyone would send a comforter unsolicited, but I agree it's a strange gift. I would donate & simply tell MIL (if asked) that DS didn't need a new comforter so you passed it along to a family in need, which is keeping in the spirit of Christmas. Maybe this will prompt her to ask for gift suggestions next time.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe how much controversy this has generated!

I did think about donating. But I thought my son would probably be sad about donating something he got from his grandmother, and I didn't want to do it behind his back. I guess I'll ask him and see what he says. (BTW, the room is not "Pinterest worthy" in any sense, but this comforter would clash in a rather major way and overpower everything in the room, plus it's kind of violent and I'm not crazy about it becoming the main focus of his room). I'm okay with the idea of it being a cuddle blanket in the playroom (even though it's sort of huge for that -- it's an ENORMOUS comforter), so will do that if he doesn't want to donate it.

I'm really surprised how many people were quick to dub me the world's worst DIL just for saying that I thought this was a weird gift that I really didn't want. I would really like to be the "good" DIL who has a great relationship with her MIL, but my MIL's manipulative and erratic nature makes that impossible. We did invite my FIL to live with us for quite a while after one of her particularly awful and violent tirades -- and I think I was a great DIL to him! He stayed with us for a while, but then, because of his growing dementia, he kept forgetting how bad the situation was, and ended up moving back in with her.

It's actually not her worst gift -- for a period of time, she kept sending my daughter reeaaallly expensive ballgowns and I just didn't know what to do with them. Then there was the period where she would only send presents to her favorite one of our kids, and I had to deal with the inevitable tears over "why isn't there a present for me?" from the other kid. I know it could all be much worse, so I'm really not complaining. I was really mainly just curious if other people thought it was a weird gift, and to see what suggestions people had for how to deal with it.

And with that, I really hope this thread can now CLOSE...your point has been made, DCUM! By a vote of 99 to 4, apparently a comforter is considered a good gift by most people. So, get thee to a Bed Bath and Beyond and finish your holiday shopping!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its not an odd present. Everyone sends us blankets. We probably have 7-8 for our son. I originally did not do character but around 5 he asked. I rotate the comforter and sheets with a nicer one depending on my mood/washing. Let him enjoy it. I think it was thoughtful.

Maybe donate 5 of them?

Why don't you take your sanctimony and...It isn't any of your business what someone does wit heir property. I am sure you have plenty of items that someone else think are unnecessary or in excess. Shall we judge an critique you on something as silly as a blanket. Bye, if posters loses power this winter, she will darn glad she didn't take you "advise" as she bundles up her child to keep him warm..

Are you drunk, or just terrible with spelling, grammar and syntax?

None of the above. I simply suck at typing on an iPhone. It appears that you cannot move past your sanctimony to address the message. Focusing on typing errors is what people do when the have lost a discussion on merit.

I wasn't the previous poster. I just couldn't make heads of tails of your drunk post! You do know that you can quickly read over a post before hitting "Submit," even on an iPhone, yes?

If you are incapable of filling in the blanks on the post than you have bigger issues than my poor typing skills.