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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We recently visited a touristy area with my mom. At the end of the trip, my mom asked to take my DD to a big tourist shop to pick out something she wanted “to remember the time she spent with grandma on the trip”. DD had her eyes set on these cheap little things that you pop onto Crocs, themed to the general location of where we were. She decided she really wanted one as her souvenir. My mom was hoping she’d pick out a keychain or tshirt from the location, and was hurt? upset? annoyed? that DD didn’t choose something with the location name on it that would make DD “think of her and the trip” when she wore/looked at it. [b]DD was confused because she WOULD think of grandma when she looked at her Crocs.[/b] It was a really bizarre interaction. I didn’t want to start a fight (because knowing my mom, it would have) but I wanted to ask why she didn’t just surprise DD with the T-shirt or whatever she had in mind instead of allowing her to choose and then gripe about what she chose.

What was going on here? I’d love to understand what was going through my mom’s head.[/quote]

I’m calling shenanigans on the bolded. It was a bit of a loophole (not really in the spirit of a typical souvenir and probably something she collects unrelated to travel). My DD would have done the same thing if given the same opportunity to pick something out of a gift shop. And when I was a kid I would have too (whatever generic plastic junk I was gaga for at the time anyway). This doesn’t excuse your mom’s pouting, or her failure to set the rules she clearly had in her head about a “correct” souvenir, but I can see the disconnect. [/quote]

What? No dude. I can remember my trips and the people we were with from any type of object. It doesn't have to say WILLIAMSBURG on it. Not everyone likes "typical" souvenirs- I think they are tacky. [/quote]

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