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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL. OP here - that made me laugh.  DH is agonizing so he is less giggly than me.

One facet that I should have mentioned is that DH explicitly asked her to honor the preference for no gifts after last year's debacle.  Now that we have a kid, he was able to say that we know gifts for kids add up (they do!  There are 6 grandkids) and please do not give us anything in future.  I think in addition to wasting their non-existent money, DH is also concerned about keeping the gift because it reinforces that she should just feel free to ignore him.  Communication is pretty nonexistent in their family and he is trying to improve that, at least when it comes to his relationships.

I am at such a loss as to what he should do.  If it were me I'd say "god mum this is awful.  We could really use x, would you mind?" and she'd say "of course not, go ahead! Ha ha" and the story would be over.[/quote]

I posted about Ebay. (I sell unwanted gifts all the time.) If DH's mum doesn't cut back on the gifts, you have a few options. 1) When she physically hands it over, say 'I'm sorry, but as you know, we've decided DC has enough stuff, but we all thank you so much.' And maybe she can return it. 2) When you receive them in the mail, donate to a local charity and thank her profusely because the charity was so happy to receive the gift. 3) I know the previous 2 suggestions are sort of sad because Grandma loves giving so much, so would it work if you sent her an item listing that is cheap and small, and say 'DC has all of the ___ except this one, and would really love ONLY that. The only other gift DC would like is to see you for [weekend/ holiday/]'[/quote]

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