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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to get so worked up about this sort of issues with my MIL, who never respected our values and rules. Well, my kids are now college aged and at some point she stopped sending them gifts, and with maturity I can see at least in part that is my fault because I probably scared her off so much from gift giving since many of her gifts prompted me to remind her of our rules and why she was disregarding them. If I could do it over, I’d just smile, say thank you, snap a pic for her of grandkids and gifts, and find my own way of dealing with the gift that matched my own values (eg, donating the unecessary clothes, giving away the candy, etc). Life is too short to get so worked up about gifts. [/quote]

I love this perspective. [/quote]

This! Some of my best memories of my grandparents were that they were co-conspirators in "rebelling" against my parents. If not for my grandmother, I would not have gotten piereced ears or gone to any concerts before I was 18. [/quote]

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