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[quote=Anonymous]I'm with all the people who said they'd be happy that they didn't have to make such a big purchase themselves.  Of course, my mother and I usually discuss any big gifts we are getting so we don't both get the same things.  If your parents/inlaws don't do that I don't think it would hurt to mention a few months before Christmas that you were planning to buy x for DC so you wanted to let them know before they made any big purchases and ended up with duplicates.

Aside from that, I don't really care who buys what.  As a PP said, it's not taking away from the experience.  You are still there when DS opens the present and when he rides the bike for the first time etc.  My children thank everyone for every gift they get and I don't think they really even think that hard about who got what, just that they got some cool gifts that they like a lot.

What does bother me though is what my MIL does which is to ask me for suggestions and then not actually get any of them.  All she has ever given the children are books and clothes. She never gets the right size clothing and we have so many books already that we always end up with duplicates.  If she didn't ask me what they would like I really wouldn't care, I honestly do believe it's the thought that counts, but it just annoys me that she will say "I don't know what they would like so that's why I always get books and clothes but I'd like to get them something else they'd enjoy." And then when I give her suggestions she never gets them and just goes back to books and clothes.  Why ask if you aren't going to follow through?[/quote]

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