MIL is a very generous lady and she clearly loves her grandson (DS). She turns up every week with stuff for him, usually clothes as she works in a clothes shop and I've tried to gently tell her that DS has more clothes than he could ever wear and suggest buying bigger sizes if something is so reduced that it would be 'silly not to buy it '.
However by steering her away from clothes her attention seems to have turned to toys. At least 1 new thing every week. And I'm not talking a bit of pound shop crap, I'm talking proper and expensive toys.
Anyway, it is his 2nd birthday in a few weeks and she has already told us what she is buying him and it is massive and costs £200. Ok fine, it's his birthday and it is something that we would have bought him ourselves so it's not a ridiculous gift.
Then yesterday she turns up with an 'early birthday present' (a £50 toy) which is incidentally what his other nanny has got for him for his birthday. She had already given it to DS before I could say anything and he had broken the box so not returnable. So I then have to tell mum that she has to return her present and we have to think of something else.
DH had a word with her later and pointed out how ridiculous it is that she keeps buying him more and more stuff and how it's especially not really a good idea around his birthday when other people are looking For inspiration for gifts for him.
She does not get it. She doesn't see why she shouldn't buy him what she wants when she wants. I suggested opening a uni or car account for him so she can put into that if she wants to treat him but that is no dice.
AIBU to start telling her to take stuff back when she turns up with it?
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To tell MIL to end the relentless gift buying
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BasinHaircut · 14/07/2015 08:34
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