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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, first I'll say I'm a grinch so no one else has to.

We have a two and four year old. My MIL lives out of state but has seen our severe space constraints in our 2 BR home. In the past she has inundated the kids with gifts that we don't  have space for. Each year we tell her we would appreciate a single gift for each child as we have other grandparents and relatives who also want to buy for them. I also expressed I just don't want to give my kids dozens of gifts each holiday. Its not how I was raised and not how we choose to raise our children. I was very clear on my intentions. Each year we end up with a ton of toys including board games and toys with tiny parts and items the kids won't grow into for a handful of years that of course we would need to store.

This year, she asked about gift ideas and we said very clearly that we have no more storage, and we would welcome the opportunity for her to come in town and take my children to a holiday event. She said ok, told us she bought tickets, and I thought hooray, she's finally heard me out. But then a week later we got a massive box in the mail that is a variation on a doll house when we already have a dollhouse and have no storage space for this huge toy, unless we get rid of our existing doll house that my kids still play with. My husband tried to talk to her and said it didn't go over well when he spoke to her, and she said "I don't care. I want them to have this". I can see it was very expensive based on looking it up online so giving it away feels like it would incite more conflict.

What do you do when you aren't getting through? I feel like she is not respecting our wishes and our space just isn't big enough to have so many things. We do cull through frequently.[/quote]

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