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[quote=cathcole]OP here - thanks, all, for reaffirming what I have thought. I have often wanted to suggest donating to her college fund, but that would never fly. A 529 is not nearly as cute as a dress...or 10 dresses as the case may be.

I ended up sending an email thanking her for her generosity and letting her know that my daughter's closet was at capacity. I also said that we were going to enlist everyone's help in our quest to keep her appreciative of her lovely clothes and toys, and to this end would be asking people to keep gift-giving outside of birthdays and Christmas to an occasional toy, book, outfit, etc. Ironically, we received a second package after I sent the email (that's two in two days for anyone counting) so I felt good about meeting this issue head-on.

I felt like that was fair - not cutting it off completely but keeping it reasonable. I don't have any grand illusions that this will work, but I feel like it's at least laying the groundwork in as much of a non-confrontational way as possible. I can always refer back to something in print to underscore our request.

I don't expect to get a response, but my daughter's birthday is in a couple of weeks so we will see her then at the very least.

Thank you for your feedback and for letting me know that I'm not being petty and nit-picky![/quote]

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