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lbelle821
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
I loathe pretty much anything impractical...especially if it takes up a lot of space.
I have the Tiffany silver spoon and the tiffany piggy bank. Since they were from my SIL's I couldn't return them so I have them on a shelf in my china cabinet.
It is mostly them who buy me this stuff and I CAN'T return the stuff because they'll know. I swear they do it just to make me crazy. I'm convinced of it actaully.
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KateDevine
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Impractical like the giant horse I can't return in my living room? I hate them
Something that is "impractical" but thoughtful or I wouldn't buy it because it was expensive, I don't mind so much
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summerBaby10
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Posted by lbelle821
I loathe pretty much anything impractical...especially if it takes up a lot of space.
I have the Tiffany silver spoon and the tiffany piggy bank. Since they were from my SIL's I could return them so I have them on a shelf in my china cabinet.
It is mostly them who buy me this stuff and I CAN'T return the stuff because they'll know. I swear they do it just to make me crazy. I'm convinced of it actaully.
same with me.. I am neurotic when it comes to clutter & I make it known that I don't care for impractical gifts but yet we still receive.
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summerBaby10
let's be nice
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Posted by KateDevine
Impractical like the giant horse I can't return in my living room? I hate them
oh no! 
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DRMom
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Tiffany will take back their stuff without a receipt Maybe only store credit but you can use it for yourself or gifts
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ddunne2
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Doreen
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Posted by katiebug
Have you met my MIL?  She is the queen of crap. I either give it away, sell it, or if it is a keepsake, put it in a bin.
Ha ha....mine also. My SIL gives one of these to each of my kids when they are born....personally I find them creepty. I'm not keeping all their baby teeth in some bizarro tooth shrine.
I appreciate the thought, but its still a bit odd!
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summerBaby10
let's be nice
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
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Posted by katiebug
Have you met my MIL? She is the queen of crap. I either give it away, sell it, or if it is a keepsake, put it in a bin.
Ha ha....mine also. My SIL gives one of these to each of my kids when they are born....personally I find them creepty. I'm not keeping all their baby teeth in some bizarro tooth shrine.
I appreciate the thought, but its still a bit odd!
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woa.. that sure is something!
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saraH
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Posted by katiebug
Have you met my MIL? She is the queen of crap. I either give it away, sell it, or if it is a keepsake, put it in a bin.
Mine too. I'm not a sentimental person and I don't need the stuff clogging up my house.
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charon54
My two boys!
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Rebecca
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Honestly, I appreciate that someone cared enough about my child to get him a gift. At least they tried to get something that they thought was nice.
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maryb
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
totally annoying... i know its pretty, but you can do a lot more with $150 (clothes, savings bond, books)
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Bridex100
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Before I had a baby, I think I gave impractical gifts all the time.
Now that I have a child, I absolutely hate impractical gifts. I say you should exchange it and use the credit towards something nice for yourself!
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
I think it's funny because there are always posts looking for great/original gift ideas and then there are these posts saying how impractical they are.
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ARIELSMOM
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
i am into very practical things but i also like traditional gifts for things like christenings & milestone birthdays. I wouldnt mind a silver spoon from tiffanys for a baptism- for any other occasion, id think they are nuts. DD has a shelf in her bedroom with her keepsake gifts from when she was a baby.
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MaMaTeenie
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Posted by Laura1976
stuffed animals are my arched nemesis'.
As we speak I'm waiting for my sister (childless) to bring over the "stuffed" mermaid and stuffed seahorse that she got for DD. I will add this to the 4foot giraffe she got her last christmas. 
I TOTALLY agree. I hate hate hate those dust collecting useless stuffed animals. Thankfully DS isn't in to them either, although there are a select few that I haven't gotten rid of and he sleeps with them on his bed. I had to give MIL and FIL strict orders NO STUFFED ANIMALS because they were buying them faster than I could donate them.
Eta: to answer your original question I don't like impractical gifts and have no problem returning them or giving them away.
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ruby
you rang?
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Hate, that's why I never give them. Things like baptisms and communions, etc...always give cash. Never needs a gift receipt and one size fits all. Birthdays I ask the mom what she wants/needs for the baby and if I'm not close enough with them to do that, I always attach a gift receipt.
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LulaBell
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Re: Practical moms... how do you feel about impractical gifts?
Small and impractical doesn't really bother me. Large and impractical is another story completely.
I have no problem returning anything I cannot or will not use - or giving them away to someone who will use them.
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