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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are a greedy and petty person.  People give the gift they want to give.  
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And if they want to give a gift intended, in a passive-aggressive way, to make you feel bad--you can complain about it!

Every one of these threads baffles me. Have some of you truly never encountered someone who uses gifts in a manipulative way? Maybe because they KNOW you can't say anything without looking…greedy and petty? [/quote]

I have encountered manipulative people and then I either stopped being friends with them or avoided them if they were a coworker or similar. I have been fortunate enough not to have had manipulative relatives. I am disappointed and annoyed with MIL's behavior. I can afford to buy my kid her own toys and while I appreciated gifts to me I can live without them too. It is the action and intention that bothers me. On my side of the family my father is widowed and he gives us nothing and my dd small gifts but he treats all of his kids and grandkids equally. He doesn't take it against us for not spending a holiday with him or choosing to go on vacation over a holiday. [/quote]

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