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[quote=Anonymous]I love this generous side of her but at the same time it feels like in excess.  She is always buying food for kids on the bus (Only 10 kids)- making cupcakes, brownies, bringing candy.  I can see once but all the time?  She wants to get gifts for “friends” - small things but from my standpoint, they are not real friends and that she shouldnt buy a gift for every kid (little exgeration here).  Whenever she has a friend over she wants to buy them a special treat, she’ll give them something of hers- makeup, toy item or buy them Starbucks.    This weekend we had a friend stay over, she bought the girl lunch and Starbucks.  I told her I would buy lunch but the girls would have to pay for their own Starbucks. DD said she and her friend could “cover it “ but it ends up DD is always paying.

Next, we go to the mall to meet a friend.  The girl’s mother is at the mall too but my daughter buys the friend and herself a Hagendaaz smoothie ($) and makeup item.  I told her next time to share one since they are $$.  I advised DD that we are not hosting this time and that the girl should know to bring her own money to the mall or ask her mother for spending $.  I told DS not to be desperate for friends . That she doesn’t have to buy friendship.  She doesn’t get it.  She’s done things like this before and I give her the pep talk, “ Be secure with yourself, etc.”. What else can I say, am I being ridiculous?[/quote]

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