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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 10 year old dd was opening a gift from her grandparents.  She slowly took out a piece of pink princess fabric. (she is the original tomboy) As she slowly turns it over she says thank you. Grandma speaks up and says "its extra fabric! I made your cousin a dress and this is what was left!"  DD was great she said " Wow grandma that was so nice of you.  Do you have a picture of the dress you made?"  I was incredibly proud of dd for acting nicely. We laugh about it every year. She is sixteen now and will always shake a gift and if it is quiet she will make some comment about hoping that it is extra fabric! She is getting a used car for Christmas this year and we plan to wrap the keys in a box of fabric. (Grandma will not be there when it is opened)[/quote]

Oh my gosh, how sweet. I'm amazed at your daughter's manners! I'm certain I would have been very very hurt by that. [/quote]

This is the OP of this post...my dd is great. Unfortunately our family has had a lot of practice dealing with situations where it is very obvious that grandma favors the cousins.  DH and I have been very honest with our kids and have bonded over it all.  Now my kids know that if they act very polite mom and dad will do two things: create an inside joke that will make future visits funnier and reward them with a real gift once we leave.  It took a long time for me to come to terms with either having no relationship with my parents or dealing with things like this using humor.  Humor has helped.[/quote]

OP of that post, I’m so sorry. If it helps, I can relate. We shared a beach house one year with the in-laws and and SIL and her young daughter. It was DD’s birthday and MIL gave ... one dress to DD and 3 dresses and a toy to the cousin because “they were on sale” or something. The fact that all the dresses were super-frilly didn’t change what happened. DD and I have bonded over this stuff, too.

In fact, I think this sort of thing (and other things) has contributed to DD’s amazing emotional intelligence, which has helped take her far in college and now in her first job.[/quote]

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