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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not hugely annoyed but more frustrated annoyed.  Put me in check if I'm in the wrong to be mildly miffed by this.  Oldest child is turning 9 years old.  Sister in law lives out of state.  She has two kids, for whom we get generous presents (off their requested list of items) well in advance of the birthdays. If we are in town 2 months before the bdays, we buy and deliver then; if not, then we buy in advance and ship before bdays.  She bought nothing for either of my kids until 2 years ago.  Since then she has remembered oldest child's bday 2x (this year will be the third) and youngest child's once.  For those combined 3 presents, she buys them off Amazon, ships them to herself and then waits until her mother comes to visit us to bring them (which is anywhere from imminently to 6 months later).  The presents are never wrapped.  For oldest child (turning 9) she asked what he wanted 3 weeks ago.  I gave her two ideas, both $20 or less.  (We spend $50 on her kids so I felt that $20 was a reasonable price range).  She has Amazon prime so shipping was free.  She emailed 2 days ago saying she bought my older child x-present and had it shipped to us.  Then this morning she emails and says she bought them but went ahead and had them shipped to herself instead.

I'm a little annoyed since shipping is free and she isn't gift wrapping them anyway.  Why wouldn't she mail the present right to us? Why did she say two days ago she had the gift shipped to us and then today said it was shipped to her?  Mother in law won't be coming now until July 4th week.  Why would she ask her mother in law to pack and carry presents with her from a birthday that was 7 months before...when no one wants to carry extra stuff on a plane?  So I'm slightly annoyed...and can't understand her thinking. Trust me, this isn't eating me up - just wondering if I should be bothered in the least?[/quote]

You seem to think this is a problem but it is not a problem.[/quote]

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