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[quote=Anonymous]I have literally put my arm out and physically blocked MIL from handing my son a toy, while saying "Thank you, but we just can't accept this, for all the reasons I've told you in the past. Thank you, but no thank you." I'd warned my son it was going to happen so he was prepared. My daughter was also prepped in advance and decided to become an academy award winning actress and pulled out a chin tremble before busting out with, "I just want to spend TIME with you, Grandma! Can't we just bake, or read books, or knit together?" She was 6 at the time, and DH and I were like, "Holy shit, we're moving to Hollywood STAT!" I had to do it a few more times, and she did try to "sneak" the kids toys when she thought I couldn't see it, but they were on board and understood we were helping her so they would say, "Thanks Grandma, but I don't want toys from you, I just want to hang out together." We did this over a summer, and it worked. [/quote]
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