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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do people like OP even function.  I can't imagine how many times a day she's gravely offended.

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Lol, so true.  I wish my life was so stress free that I had time to get upset about a blanket![/quote]

My siblings and I adopted a family a few years ago. They were from a violent section of an inner city, single dad trying to raise 9 year old triplets after their mom suddenly died, destitute conditions (water and power often shut off, food pantry, etc).

The kids only had a couple of requests on their wish lists. One of the items was that they each requested their own blanket.

It seems like a little much to get into a power struggle over someone giving you a warm blanket that just happens to have a few characters on it.

If it bothers you so much, I am sure there are communities somewhere in this insanely wealthy DC metro region where a new, warm blanket for a kid will be really appreciated.[/quote]

That's really not fair. Just because OP's top things on the hierarchies of needs are fulfilled, doesn't mean she's never allowed to be irritated in life. I love my MIL and still get very annoyed when she gives me weird presents - she always buys me clothes, for example, but they are never clothes I actually want to wear (or they don't fit) and then I feel guilty for not liking them and not wearing them, and resentful that she is giving me these things that cost $ that I don't want, etc etc.

Of course, if I were a refugee and had nothing but the shoes on my feet, I would feel differently. But I'm not - I'm a reasonably comfortable adult who still experiences things. And so I get annoyed.

I don't think OP was saying this was the WORST THING EVER. She was saying that she wishes her MIL - who she doesn't get along with, who her husband doesn't get along with - hadn't given them this stupid blanket, that now they have to figure out what to do with. It's a pretty normal frustration.[/quote]

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