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[quote=Anonymous]SIL sends us hand-me-down (across the country) that her son has outgrown.  Her DS is a year older than our DS and much, much bigger.  My DS takes after my short family and has always been in the under the 50% percentile.  Her DS takes after DH's family and is in the 90% percentile.  Nice of her to go to the bother of sending clothes for my DS but...

Every box contains a note from her about how my DS probably will not be able to wear the clothes for another five years (with an added "ha-ha") or that she hopes the clothes are not out of style by the time DS can wear them.  She has also started addressing card to my DS (only 1.5 so he can't read them) with "Little First Name".  DS is not a Junior but a nickname for his name is apparently the name of a character on a 1960's TV show so is recognizable to those of our generation addicted to the TV Land channel.

DH doesn't think this is a big deal.  He has always been tall.  I am short and so are my brothers and I KNOW the teasing they lived through as kids so I am much more sensitive.

As I wrote, she lives on the other side of the country and we will rarely see her in person.

What, if anything, should I do or say to SIL?  Am I over-reacting?  TIA  [/quote]

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