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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry to have to inform you OP that the universe does not actually revolve around you.  Your MIL tried to find a gift that would appeal to her grandson.  As you can see from the thread, the majority of the respondents would not attribute maliciousness to a grandparent trying to buy a gift for a grandchild they don't know too much about.  Grandparents sometimes miss the mark with gifts, but at least she tried to find something that she thought would interest him.  Maybe he talked to her about the movie at some point.  Maybe she saw him wearing some clothing with the logo characters on it and thought he would enjoy it.  My kids use comforter style bedspreads and we change them about once/month and toss them in the wash, so we rotate out several sets.  They kids like to change whats' on their bed.  We don't change the decoration of the room around the bedspread.  And no, we don't change our bedspread that often, but we do change them for the kids who like to change what's on their bed.  A bedspread does not have to be the focal point of the room with everything coordinated around it; especially not in a kid's room.  I would never think that someone would have to coordinate the decor of a child's bedroom around their bedspread.  Bedspreads are very changeable.  Maybe your MIL thought the same and didn't realize that you would make the illogical jump that this was some critique of your style or parenting.

Maybe, she was just trying to give a gift to her grandson that he would be interested in (sometimes a banana is just a banana).[/quote]

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