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[quote=Anonymous]I just need to rant b/c my mom has done it again.  Growing up and even now, my mom will ask me what I want for my bday, xmas, whatever and when I say here is what I want (even with links provided b/c growing up she'd get me something that I didn't like/want and then get upset that I wasn't using it), she will either get something completely different or something she thinks would be more appropriate.  For instance, she's very into arts and crafts, I am not.  When I was 13 she got me some weaving loom, that I hadn't asked for.  I tried it for xmas break to please her but never made anything.  In college I said, I need x or y from Z store.  She buys me something from a store she loves and frequents (but is not my style at all).  This year, for my bday she asked what I wanted, I sent her three links and she got three items, only one of which was what I requested.  And she doesn't do this with just me.  She does this with my son and husband.  What drives me batty is that she goes out of her way to get the perfect gift for other friends and relatives, asking me if I think they'd like it, but seems to not realize (or care) that she ignores my wishes.  We even had a conversation about this last year.  I hate for her to waste her money on items that won't get used and would rather she not get me anything b/c when she does this, it feels more like a gift for her than for me.  I have a MIL who just seems to get me and knows what I like.  This rant isn't about getting gifts (I don't need more stuff and have told my mom this but says how she can't not give a gift or a GC), it's about my mom not listening and feeling like shouldn't she know me well enough by now.  Anyone else have a parent or sibling, someone who has grown up with you and done something similar?[/quote]

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