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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whats wrong with a playhouse if you have a big yard?[/quote]

OP is greedy and just wants cash.  She doesn't want the grandparents to get credit and wants to take credit for buying the gift with their cash.[/quote]

Wow, project much?

I was fine with the kids getting a few smaller  things, and then if she wants to do cash alive whatever few items they requested it goes into a 529 and they can spend a small amount of it to buy something themselves. I don’t want a playhouse because the 7 year old would be too big for it, and honestly we’re not home enough to use it. On the weekends only, maybe.

I don’t give a shit about “credit”. My kids can’t even remember who gave them what the very next day. They really just didn’t ask for much. No big gifts like Nintendo or iPads or whatever. Everything they wanted was under $60 and honestly I’m okay with that because I don’t really want to encourage wanting of “things,” which Christmas seems to do no matter our best intentions.

My SIL never hesitated to ask the grandparents for the big things because they will only spend probably $40 of their own money on their chosen and rely in the grandparents for the big gifts. I don’t really care what they do with their money, but I guess grandma is afraid our kids will feel slighted.[/quote]

Grandparents want to get bikes.  Your kids need bikes.  You are doing a money grab if you are demanding a 529 or something else.  That is not a gift for the kids.

Let them do bikes, a trampoline, swing set or something fun to play with.

You are absolutely demanding money.  [/quote]

All of this. Stop being a fun suck, OP, and let grandma get them a gift they can play with. You said yourself you have the yard space for play equipment and you need bikes. [/quote]

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