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anonttcer
BOOOO for fall!
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Mostly I like what I get...
But i notice a recurring theme with almost EVERYONE who buys for me.
Dish towels. Every year. From everyone.
I have more dish towels than I can use in a lifetime.
I have no more room for them. The drawer is overflowing!
I mean how many dishtowels can a person possibly use?? ENOUGH!!!
I wish there was a charity I could donate them to...
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
O.K this is a good one. My poor husband has a touchy reltionship with his crazy mother at best. we rarely see her she she ****** away her 2+ million dollars on chatchky's yet refused to help him pay for his college eduction.So that he could focus on saving to buy a home for his family. 
Anyway this year he opens up his gift to find inside an ornament.O.k so thats not so bad except for 2 things.
1) Where the date goes it says 2003
2) The phrase on the bottom says"Blessing's on your new home"
Which might be fine if we had a home and did'nt rent.
I mean what is this crazy broad thinking My poor husband just cant catch a break with his family.
Then his sister informs us that "Mom had an extra ornament from her old house and she thought you might like it"
If i did not know these people i would never belive this stuff
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| Posted 12/26/07 3:39 PM |
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LI-Joy
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
DH's parents give us nothing. Its a tradition.
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| Posted 12/26/07 7:55 PM |
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pmpkn087
Life is good...
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
No, my parents ROCK
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| Posted 12/26/07 9:10 PM |
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SerraMaMa
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Lauren
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
The in-laws, all i have to say is "WHAT GIFTS"? Not even a card
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| Posted 12/26/07 9:17 PM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Posted by seank80
My parents were awesome growing up. I always got what I wanted. I now just get a check and we buy what we want.
ditto
makes life so much easier- there is no way my Dad would know what to buy me now
he lives in FL anyway- so a check is best
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| Posted 12/26/07 9:35 PM |
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imas98
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
My mom used to go overboard on a bunch of little gifts that I never used. I think she finally realized after we had a garage sale and she saw a few of these items getting sold 
She was great this chirstmas ! She gave us money towards our new kitchen table and only two little little gifts....one I might use oneday  MIL is suprisingly great with gifts...buys me clothes I really like !!
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| Posted 12/26/07 10:05 PM |
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Katie111806
Team Pink!
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
mine are great, dh's not so much...although they were a bit better this year
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| Posted 12/26/07 10:19 PM |
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MrsFlatbread
Skinny jeans are in my future
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
I got a pressure cooker...enough said.
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| Posted 12/26/07 11:46 PM |
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Two words - Visa Giftcards! 
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| Posted 12/27/07 1:53 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Posted by Laura1976
My family makes fun of me because growing up I would always complain, but my mom buys the worst stuff. Clothes that i would never wear, jewelry thats not my style and useful stuff.
When i was younger it was so disappointing to never get what i asked for.
With you on this. My mom has no concept of style and isn't much of a shopper. So now she just gives us $, which is fine, but i sometimes feel she could put a bit of effort in. It has always been that way, except when we were kids and toys and such could just be ordered from catalogs.
My aunt (mom's sis) is like this too. Every single year she gets things for all of us that we would never wear, and we joke. Every thing she gives us goes to good will or we give away. She is REALLy clueless about fashion. It is so bad. I try not to take it personally but it does annoy me b/c I go out of my way to make gifts personal and think long and hard a bout someone might want. And I just try to accept that some people are just clueless. My aunt just buys stuff on such whims that she doesn't even seem to factor in who we REALLY are.
So sadly her gifts go unused b/c no one wants to hurt her feelings and even tough my mom has hinted to her to give us $, she never does...
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| Posted 12/27/07 2:52 AM |
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CrankyPants
I'm cranky
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Posted by LI-Joy
DH's parents give us nothing. Its a tradition.
right up there with egg nog and 
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| Posted 12/27/07 8:28 AM |
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2PreciousBlessings
The Perfect Pair
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Re: Is anyone's parents terrible gift givers?
Both my parents and Dh parents are generous gift givers.
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| Posted 12/27/07 8:30 AM |
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