Do your PIL post your presents?

[WeAllKnowDave]

For Christmas and birthdays etc.

Or do they wait until they see you even if it’s three or four months later?

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Honestly depends what it is....

Mine wait till we see them. Which is normally after the event. They like 40mins away but don’t really bother and get annoyed my small children arnt overjoyed with Christmas themed craft sets and selection boxes in January 🙄

Depends how organised they are! Last visit was October time I think and they bought some of the in-laws gifts but nobody else was ready so we will get them on the next visit- which is coming up soon!

Personally I’m happy for them to save postage and get to see DDs reaction to the gifts.

Normally post them unless we've planned to see each other, say, 10 days either side of the birthday/Christmas.
But they tend to give the DC presents every time they see them anyway

The are organized and will give them before if we won't see them for a bit. I'm sure they'd post them though if they weren't seeing us for while unless very heavy.

As you may have surmised, they don’t send presents to DH and I, preferring to “wait until we see them.” My birthday is is May yet last year I didn’t get my present until September. It’s no longer a present at that point. I’m proposing we do the same to them.

Perhaps they want the gratitude and to see their little faces light up.

My exPIL used to try to buy affection by any means too

My IL don't give gifts to us. Not even dd7.

Nope, they make sure we have them beforehand if we're not going to meet on the day, even if this means they are sitting wrapped on the sideboard from September onwards...

FIL lives in Spain so he and his DW either have them sent directly from the company or leave bring them with them if they are visiting near the birthdays.

Yes ours hang on.used as excuse to 'see' DH.

MIL posts - she lives in Germany and we rarely see her.
FIL lives down the road so we see them easily.

My family always see us for birthdays so we exchange presents in person, always either on the day of the birthday or the weekend either side. They post cards sometimes.