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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know you're supposed to say "it's the thought that counts" when you receive a gift but some of the gifts I get from in laws are so thoughtless it just seems like they went into a store grabbed things at random. Latest example was my FIL buying my infant daughter a box of different toys that were all choking hazards and were clearly marked "for children 3 and up" [/quote]

Oh the gifts...  My DH (who rarely cooks) got a set of meat rubs, a set of hot sauces and a knit cap from his parents (my IL's).  That was it.  It was better than what they got me but still.  Horrible.  He was really hurt.  He spent a lot of time (and a good amount of money) picking out gifts for them that he thought they'd like.  I won't mention what they got me but it is going into the under $10 white elephant pile for next year.[/quote]

To add to the bad gifts: My mom often gives me some sort of cleaning product as a gift. There's typically something better, but then there's a second gift, which this year was a bottle of wood cleaner, some old used rags and a "how to clean everything" type book, all set neatly in a Macy's clothing box. It's the second such book she's given me in 5 years. And our house is clean, it really is. Plus we ALWAYS clean up before they come. But she'll notice a little wispy cobweb high up in the corner, or some dust on the top of a picture frame, or maybe there's still some crumbs on the counter because I fed my kid lunch 2 minutes prior, and she'll huff "you didn't clean the house before we came?" [/quote]

Ha, sorry, but that is hilarious![/quote]

Thats awful. Only way it could possibly be worse is if these gifts were from a MIL. [/quote]

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