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[quote=Anonymous][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] Actually, anyone who thinks this is "normal" frustration needs to grow up.  No one has to give you a gift.  Accept it graciously and move on.  You don't have to keep it but you have no say in what someone decides to do wilt their money or what gift you are given.  Did no one teach you manners and graciousness?  Holy moly.  This is manufactured outrage.[/quote]

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