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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But OP...it's your stepdad's money. So why do you feel so entitled? [/quote]
I don’t, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t bother me a little, or that I wasn’t a little bit jealous.
Our kids are treated nicely, but are by no means spoiled. I wouldn’t want them to be![/quote]
Well, does the total spent on your family seem comparable to the the total spent on their single person families?[/quote]
OP?[/quote]

This was my question, too.  Thanks for prompting for a response.

In my family, my parents look at it as a total allotment per child that is distributed to that child/family.  So if each child is getting $1000 in gifts then that is split amongst that child's family.  So as an example:  $1000 would be spread between me, my husband, our 5 kids and the dogs (yes, they are 'family') while my single sib would get $1000 probably as an expensive gift with a check for the residual.  It works for us.

As OP describes it, it doesn't sound like her situation is the same.  Could it be that the step-dad is presuming that OP's dad is also buying presents for his daughter and that he thinks he is being generous in including her?[/quote]

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