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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe consider changing your tactics. It sounds like maybe you enjoy letting her know the stuff isn't good enough. A couple of suggestions:

- suggest she keep some of these items at her house for when the grandkids come over
- find a cause other than goodwill that you are excited about and to the extent you need to tell grandma you got rid of something let her know about the cause (A Wider Circle comes to mind).
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Op here. We actually NEVER volunteer info to her that we got rid of stuff. She has a mind like a steel trap and actually notices if stuff is no longer in our household!!! LOL! She brings stuff to the house all the time and I politely accept but then recycle or pass on to someone else..."where are the empty food storage containers I gave you three years ago?" "Wheres that pencil sharpener I gave you six years ago?" "Please dont ever throw away that crayon tin I bought for unborn grand children in 1992!". Really the sentiment is sweet but I have zero tolerance for saving stuff that has outgrown its usefulness!

Knitted, handmade items passed down from older generation I would never get rid of..but a Little Tykes play kitchen that kids aren't using anymore? Oyyyy! I have hoarders in my family and dont want to activate any dormant hoarding genes I might be carrying around...

Like the idea of having her store the stuff at her house...although I'm sure she will break down and cry when we suggest it.

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