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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP if it makes you feel any better this happens to me and my sister from my stepmother. Every Christmas she wraps up between eight and 10 things that she pulls out of closets and the basement and gives it to me and my sister, now she does this to my daughter. My dad stands there happily and smiles, and pats her on the back for doing such a great job. One year she gave my sister a bracelet my sister had given her 5 years prior. This happens in their remote city when we visit via flight and don’t check bags, so I often have to carry it all home in cloth grocery bags as a carry-on. It stays in the trunk of my car and goes directly to the Goodwill. One year I asked my dad kindly if this tradition could stop as we simply don’t need more things. I did not add that we especially don’t need used things from my stepmother‘s closets. He replied that he was happy to mail it to the house if it was too much for me to carry it on an airplane.

We can’t decide if she’s cheap, passive aggressive, social inept, or all of the above.[/quote] just leave it in the airport bathroom with “free” written on it. [/quote]

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