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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No advice OP, just sympathy. Mine don't spend $500 each per kid but I would wager to say that between two grandparents, me/DH and a bunch of aunts/uncles, my kids probably end up with well over $700 each worth of stuff on Christmas. It's ridiculous. I have asked for YEARS for them to buy experience gifts and they refused for years. I will say that my MIL does listen to the gift suggestions that I give her and has started with gift cards, classes, etc. But my mother is still a problem and the kids are all over 10 now so old enough to appreciate that kind of gift. She asks me what they want, I tell her, she gets about 75% of it (she either forgets the other 25% of things I say or it isn't fun enough for her) and then tells me she hasn't spent enough yet so I either make things up or she buys random stuff they don't want/need because she has to reach her "limit" per kid. Its absolutely crazy--just lower the limit.

My kids are now aged out of most toys (they still love Legos) but now they want "collectibles" which they feel need to be displayed. So instead of dealing with toy storage, I am now dealing with finding enough space for them to display all of this crap. Honestly, I think the toys were easier. But off I got o IKEA this weekend to prepare for the onslaught of "collectibles" this holiday season.
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This is so bizarre. Your kids feel the need for the collectibles to be displayed, so you go to IKEA? Why don’t you tell your kids that they won’t be displayed and throw the collectibles away if you don’t have room? [/quote]

Because I'm not mean?[/quote]

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