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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wife and I love our family. They love us, and our new baby. They can't stop giving gifts. Not to be ungrateful, but it is mostly clothes that we dont need. Any recommendations on how to redirect their spending energy to either visiting more often or buying things from our wishlist? We dont want to be wasteful by taking on things that we dont need. [/quote]

"Mom (Dad, Aunt Larla, Uncle Duke, Sis), we are drowning in stuff. I think we need to put a hold on more purchases for a while."

"But I want to do something."

Say: "Well, We have opened a 529 for Little Sue...." Or " A membership to the Baltimore Aquarium would be fabulous." Or " Little Myrtle would love to go to Gymboree with you every week, how about you give that to her for her half birthday."  Or " You know what would really help us?  Babysit twice a month and for the whole weekend once a year."  Or "Little Lynn's X is coming up, why don't you buy her her outfit for that."

Or you just swap out an outfit for an outfit and a toy for a toy. Net stuff = zero.  Donate donate donate.[/quote]

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