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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL tries to give us stuff every time we see her. She is so sentimental about the items in her house, and feels tremendous guilt at giving things away. "Our family friends gave us this 30 years ago", followed by worrying and hand-wringing over whether to give it away or not. Her solution to get past her guilt is to give it to us. She tries hard to attach sentiment to it so that we will accept the item. "You never met so-and-so, but they were our friends when I was pregnant with DH. They moved before he was born, but they were the couple that bought the outfit he came home from the hospital in. They gave us this amazing tea set one year for Christmas. It would bring them such delight if they knew you had it now in your home." Oh, good grief. It wouldn't be bad if it was just a few items, but unfortunately, it's so much more.[/quote]
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