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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG, people, are you for real? Not everyone wants someone's "gentle hand me downs". They can afford to buy their kids new clothes. Just because you are a penny pincher, doesn't mean they are. Not everyone is into used crap. Get over yourselves, cheapos.[/quote]

Everyone I know can easily afford new things, but my friends and family pass hand-me-downs around liberally bc why not?  Why create more waste.  I actually love getting stuff from my SIL specifically bc [b]she has a shopping addiction and always buys super cute expensive things for her kids that barely get worn.[/b]

I often offer clothes to friends with kids the right age for them.  I am not at all offended if they turn them down, but it truly did not occur to me that they could be offended by the mere offer.  I guess I learned something new today[/quote]

My SIL (who I really like) is very frugal so I found it a little odd that she always had her two girls in matching outfits that seemed expensive. Nothing wrong with spending money that way but just seemed out of character. Then she told me she has a friend with 2 girls a bit older than hers who is obsessed with shopping and always has her girls matching so that's where all the clothes come from.

I am definitely surprised that people find even the offer of passing along clothes so offensive. Say no if you don't like hand-me-downs but it's not passing judgement on you to be offered.[/quote]

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