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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP don't you hate those pasta necklaces they make too? They come from love and all but so hideous. The look of excitement on their faces when they give them? Makes you cringe right? Plus they just expect you to wear them!  The nerve!!

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Mom who proudly wears hideous jewelry made/purchased by my children including beaded, painted macaroni, pipe cleaners, TJ Maxx lead lined crap which turns my skin green. Currently sporting 6 rainbow loom bracelets (thanks Santa!). [/quote]

I get the sarcasm, but you're missing my point.  The pasta necklaces and such are adorable and I love them.  This was different - Dh should have steered them a little better. [/quote]

No, YOU are missing the point.  Your kids picked it out.  If your DH "steered" them, it would not be from them.  This is what THEY wanted to get you.  So next year, instead of coming here and venting, tell your kids what you really want so they don't buy you anymore "ugly" stuff. [/quote]

This seems to go completely over OP's head.  Her children are 3 and 5 and she doesn't get it that they are still in the period where they are asserting their independence and sense of self.  Let them learn to do things themselves.  There will be many years when they are older and will understand better, how to pick out gifts that the receiver will enjoy.  Now is not the time to be steering them to "better".  Be careful, this could be the slippery slope to helicopter parenting where you end up doing everything for them, because what is age-appropriate for them is just "not good enough."[/quote]

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