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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do believe there is such a thing as gift abuse.  Giver (i.e., MIL) gets to feel generous, unloads huge amounts of gifts into recipient's house that is not as large as MIL thinks it is. Already overwhelmed mom with small children is stuck opening, recycling, finding room for, cleaning, putting away, trying to repair, sorting, lifting, and driving retired toys to Goodwill.   DH of course doesn't lift a finger and doesn't tell MIL to stop.

I propose that every year, the old unwanted gifts get returned to MIL to donate. She knocks, you open the door, an avalanche of toys falls on MIL.  You kindly give directions to the nearest donation site, and shut and lock the door again.  If most of the plastic waste in the ocean is from Pepsi and Coca Cola, then those companies should be responsible for reducing their waste.  Just like if most of the clutter in your house is from MIL, you have to cut the waste off at the source.  Sure, call me a scrooge, but there are consequences to being overly "generous".  This thread would not be pages long if gift giving is so joyous. [/quote]

I did this.  I brought a ton of toys and said "She loves playing with them so much, and you've already been so generous in the past, that we're going to leave them at your house so she can have special toys to play with when she comes to visit you!" [/quote]

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