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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a guess, but I'd be willing to wager it's not your son that doesn't want it, it's you.  Also, if it was from your parents instead of your MIL, you might be more inclined to keep it.  I'm pretty sure whatever MIL bought, you'd find fault with unless she bought what you specifically asked.

I've been there.  It's a terrible way to live.  Let MIL buy what she wants.[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but you are making a LOT of assumptions. More precisely, you are projecting. Heavily. As you admit ("I've been there").

I don't think OP's post suggests this at all. It is entirely possible for a kid to dislike a gift. And why would she lie to us about what her son said?[/quote]

NP -  I don't agree.  I have the MIL from hell.  She recycles Catholic crap and gives it to my kids.  We're not Catholic.  I've even tried gently to hint that the kids are "into" Pikachu or whatever they are into.  Nope, in come the dusty crucifixes, stories of saints, old rosaries, old purses, petite sweaters (daughter is not petite, MIL is), six year old scarves for me (I know - I tried to return it - code at Macy's said it was six years old).  etc.   I've given up.  Children hate MIL and think she's cheap.  There's nothing I can do about it because she's dug her own grave.
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