to be annoyed about presents.

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Keep telling sil no presents please but after her asking and asking what they want gave in and told her suitable gifts one was to extend a set we have that they fight over. We got the wrong size slippers for baby and an incompatible set (cheaper) and more bloody playmobil!
Have told her we have too many toys, they all get jumbled up and then ignored unless I find time to sort them and put them back together.
Why can she not understand?
I DO NOT WANT PRESENTS FOR THE DC!!!
Come and visit and play with them, read to them, take them out but they can not physically play with anymore toys.
No point in asking for clothes as these are got from sales in the wrong size and season.

YABU any gift no matter how shite you think it is shoud be accepted graciously.

Let me see if I can understand this?
Your SIL wants to buy presents for your DC but all you can do is flipping complain. It sounds like she is trying at least but you have got a strop on and she can't do a thing right in your eyes.

"Have told her we have too many toys, they all get jumbled up and then ignored unless I find time to sort them and put them back together." So what, are you going to deprive your DC of any new toys just because you can't get your act together to tidy up the current ones?

"We got .... more bloody playmobil! "
Well if you've got playmobil already presumably the DC like it.

For the record, I think YABU.

But why do people insist on buying gifts for someone they never see and do not particularly care for.
She asks I say no thanks but we would love you to visit but she can't find the time to visit or invite us to visit her, no dc.
Plenty of holidays though.

Maybe she doesn't want to visit because you seem so angry?

Look - I do understand to a certain extent - it is annoying when people spend good money on things that aren't suitable. But you do seem extraordinarily wound up about this.

MardyBra, DCs are not deprived. They have birthdays in Dec, Jan and Feb as well as Christmas so get more than they can make use of from people they actually know.

Yes am unreasonably wound up, can't help it. Has been happening for 7 years, should be immune now.

LOL (genuinely) - I thinking this is much more about your relationship with SIL more than the pressies.

Would love to chat more but need my beauty sleep now. How about a large brandy horlicks to calm down...?

Thanks, MardyBra. Will try to get to sleep now I have had a rant, husband can not understand why I am annoyed either.