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[quote=Anonymous]My mom does this! My DD is 8 and my mom basically wants to be assigned the #1 thing on her list so she can top Santa. Except that my DD has never been really into "big gifts". The few years there have been big gifts she does ask for they've been $150 and my mom can't believe they actually cost that much, so she tells me to buy the thing on her behalf and wrap it. And then sends me a check for $50 which should "more than cover it plus you can get her something extra."

Anyway, my mom is pretty disengaged from our family and doesn't really care about the grandchildren. Her goal is to be admired for giving the perfect gift and give enough so she can pout if we don't reciprocate and give her the same volume of presents. I'm still trying to figure out the equivalent of a Barbie Dreamhouse for a 80 year old woman because that would solve all of my problems.

DD is so exhausted by my mom's insistence that she revise her list until it pleases her that she finally stuck two random toys on there and called it a day. Then she called my brother and confessed what she really wanted- a specific kind of name-brand leggings that the big girls wear at her sport. Her uncle knows that leggings would not be considered an acceptable Christmas gift by our mom so he happily bought them.[/quote]

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