I feel like I’m being totally ungrateful but I am fed up sorting out piles of STUFF
My little boy just had a birthday, and received lots of presents. He got so much shite that I have already bagged up ready for the charity shop - cheap nasty toys, and so many duplicates of toys he already has. I’m so grateful for friends who asked us what DS is interested in and who bought 1 small thoughtful gift.
Family and in laws are the worst for it - bags and bags of random crap with no attempt to enquire about what he’s actually interested in, as well as naff clothes that are not to our tastes at all.
We receive lots of well-meaning hand me down clothes from family and friends too. I am genuinely very grateful for a portion of it, but most of it is either super worn, or in sizes far too big. So here I am spending my time sifting through piles and piles of crap for the charity shop, or trying to find space to store it.
Part of me sees through the “generosity” of it and wonder if I’m just being used as a dump for old crap. People get to feel good about giving someone their old stuff.
It also highlights the gross consumerism of some people. My friend has just given me a bag of hand me downs from her son which includes 5 pairs of swimming suits in age 3-4. What single child needs 5 different swim suits.
Feeling very grumpy at having to spend my time sorting through all this crap. I’m heavily pregnant, working full time hours, with a toddler, fed up of wasting my time and of people wasting their money on stuff I don’t want and didn’t ask for. Yes I’m ungrateful. AIBU to feel this way? Give me a boot up the arse if you feel like it.