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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need to vent anonymously because I know this makes me sound shallow, but I can’t help it.

My in-laws are retired and wealthy with lots of disposable cash. For example, they recently bought his and hers Teslas, seemingly on a whim. These are “fun” cars for them that they have in addition to their SUVs that they drive regularly.

DH and I had our first baby over the summer. This is not their in-laws’ grandchild. In-laws told us they wanted to buy us a stroller as a baby gift. Great, very generous, it sounded like. They told us to pick what we like and they’d pay for it. Next thing I know, they’ve given us a card with a $100 check marked “stroller”. Kinda awkward, but we went  ahead and bought the stroller we wanted, which, as you can imagine, was well over $100. DH and I both thought this was odd especially since they have other grandchildren so have been in that world a while… it’s not like they’re thinking $100 would get you a stroller back in the day, so it would now, too.

Anyway, I’d probably  just shrug it off as odd, except now, whenever we see them, and often we do something with the baby in the stroller, they’re gratuitously referring to it as “our stroller” saying things like, “wow, glad to see you’re getting so much use from our stroller.” It would be obnoxious if they’d bought us the stroller but it’s over the top since they paid about 15% of the stroller’s cost. It’s taking all I have not to say this to them!

Vent over, but I’m justified in thinking they’re terribly cheap, right?[/quote]

My first reaction is that 1) yes, they are cheap, but; 2) you aren't qualified to decide what is "cheap" if you spend that much on a stroller.[/quote]

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