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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We do a yearly in-law visit (they live far, far away). At the end of the visit, my MIL tells us we should leave ____ baby item with them, e.g. the pack and play, the stroller, etc. It’s so strange because we are still very much using those items (e.g. baby is sleeping in the pack n play every night of the visit) and yet MIL is like, “you should give it to me. Leave it with me.”

Of course we don’t give her the items, but we’re perplexed: [b]What is her motivation?[/b]  For context, she has no other grandkids (nor any in the pipeline, so to speak), she doesn’t babysit, and she spends almost zero time interacting with her grandkid during visits other than taking a few photos for Facebook.

Any ideas? Is it:

a) she wants to sell them (even though she has plenty of money)
b) she wants to donate them to look generous
c) she thinks our kid is too old to use a stroller at 2 years and this is a subtle parenting criticism
d) she thinks taking away baby items will encourage us to have more grandbabies (wouldn't we actually need them, though?)
e) she wants to display the items in her home to show what a great grandma she is?
f)____?

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Sounds like you are looking for ways to criticize your MIL.  This is not a way to do that. [/quote]

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