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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like you see a problem where one does not exist.

You fail to recognize the kindness and generosity of your relatives.[/quote]

Kindness is listening to what would be helpful to someone else. Kindness is respecting someone else’s decision. Generosity is helping after you have first listened to and respected what someone else has said about what would be helpful to them. [/quote]

Not respecting someone wishes and boundaries is not kind, helpful or loving.

OP I am currently dealing with something similar with my in-laws. They are staying with us for a bit and my MIL's idea of being helpful and saying thank you is buying random food. This ends up creating a lot more stress as I then have to figure out how to incorporate these random items into our meal plan and use my time and energy to prepare this food. Despite telling her numerous time not to do this she just doing it. I wish people could underhand that when you say no thank you you really mean it. [/quote]

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