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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my daughter was 7 she, in typical little girl fashion, asked Santa for a pony.  This got back to my husband's aunt, who is wealthy, loves horses, and has no kids of her own, so she bought her a freakin' pony!  Thankfully all of my other kids were too young to understand that their sibling was just gifted a real live animal and all the got were some action figures and clothes.

We lived in Arlington at the time and the pony was in Middleburg on one of the properties the aunt owns.  She also gifted her riding lessons, so every weekend for a year I had to make the trek from Arlington to Middleburg for lessons.  My daughter decided she liked horses but not riding them (thank god!) so the lessons stopped and we started visiting twice per month instead.  When we moved out of Arlington and into Loudoun we were able to visit a few times per week and she started taking lessons again because all of her friends at her new school did.

When my daughter was about 14 and my next oldest was 10, he finally asked why DD had a horse and no one else did.  I asked him if he wanted a horse and he said no, but he'd like a cow.  "Do you think Aunt M will buy me a cow if I put it on my Santa list?"  I had to call her up and remind her about the rule I put in place after the pony incident that she was to buy NO more animals no matter what just in case because a cow?  No.  Just no!  [/quote]

This is crazy! Did the aunt take care of boarding and maintenance expenses or were you on the hook for that? I’d be annoyed if someone got my kid a fish without checking. A pony or a cow? There are no words. Maybe this year have one of your kids put a Tesla or a ski vacation on their list. [/quote]

Yes, all expenses were covered (and are still covered) by the aunt.  That daughter is now 18 and off at college and we've received no other animal gifts from her.  [/quote]

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