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AIBU?

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To bin or freecycle this gift to my DDs

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 21/04/2011 09:36

My lovely sister has 2 DDs who're a bit older than my 6 and 3 year ld and she often passses down clothes etc.

Last week she turned up with a MASSIVE wicker hamper full to the brim of BRATZ and accesories....loads of the horrible things.

Naturally the DDs fell upon them as though they were the crown jewels and I thanked my sis eventhough inside I was screaming NOOOOOOOOOO!

I hate them...the ugly things.....and now the older DD has decided they are ALL HERS and she preens them and pets them for ages....refusing to let little DD have a go.

They're ugly and hideous and causing rows...what do I do? Give them back?Freecycle? Ebay or bin....there are so many of them they're unpostable.

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cookcleanerchaufferetc · 21/04/2011 09:40

Burn them! Give them to a charity shop. I personally can't stand bratz!

squeakytoy · 21/04/2011 09:41

They are your not yours to get rid of. However if they refuse to share properly, then you could threaten to do it.

virginiasmonalogue · 21/04/2011 09:44

Let them play with them for about a week when they get bored of them and then charity them

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 21/04/2011 09:45

They are mine squeaky....I'm the parent..my DDs are 6 and 3....iI think something is not good for them well then of course I have the right to get rid!

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 21/04/2011 09:46

I can't get them to a shop...I don't drive.

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BabyDubsEverywhere · 21/04/2011 09:46

Divide them into two piles and tell them to button it!

expatinscotland · 21/04/2011 09:46

Get rid of them. Dump them at a charity shop.

DramaInPyjamas · 21/04/2011 09:47

Send them to me if you must get rid ;)

My DD would love more doll accessories, they cost a fortune!

squeakytoy · 21/04/2011 09:49

They are hardly devil worship toys or anything else equally "unsuitable".!!!

Just because you think they are ugly, isnt a good reason to take them away from your girls.

I wouldnt be happy about the arguing, but that would happen over anything they were given that they liked, surely.

DreamsInBinary · 21/04/2011 09:50

I'm with squeakytoy, here. Would be teaching them something odd to take away something that belonged to them without a 'reason'.

Having said that, 'not sharing' would do.

Bluemoonrising · 21/04/2011 09:53

I agree with squeaky, they are not yours, and although you do have the responsibility to keep them safe, these are not dangerous.

Your girls obviously love them, and to be honest you will do more damage to your relationship with your daughters by getting rid of them than you will to them by letting them keep them.

They are just dolls.

bubblecoral · 21/04/2011 09:55

I can understand why you don't like them, but your dd's do like them and they're not going to do any harm. I think the battle getting them to share is the most important thing here, and with that I sympathyse! It can be a battle in our house too sometimes.

redvelvetmooncupcake · 21/04/2011 09:59

I think Bratz are awful as well, I feel your pain, but if you get rid of the lot I think you might create a longing for Bratz! You could say that there isn't enough room to keep all the toys though.

What about getting both girls to choose their favourite doll, and x amount of accessories to keep and play nicely with, then taking the rest to the charity shop. I think you need to tackle the eldest not sharing but I only have one so wouldn't presume to advise you on that!

Good luck. I dread my DD asking for Barbie/Bratz etc, I'm kind of hoping we might inherit some before she starts showing an interest and then hopefully her interest won't be too extreme IYSWIM :)

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 21/04/2011 10:03

Dramainpjamas where are you?

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CrapBag · 21/04/2011 10:08

I won't be letting DD have Bratz when shes older. Nothing to do with the way they look, but the name alone is awful and the way they dress etc.

Dump them. I also agree with you OP, you can do with them what you like as the parent.

BendyBob · 21/04/2011 10:09

I think yabu, but as you say, you can if you want to. I wouldn't want a Bratz doll either but I probably would if I were 6.

Is it the dolls you don't like or the fact that you dd's are arguing over them?

hocuspontas · 21/04/2011 10:10

Why would you bin them? Lots of children would love to have them if you don't want them. Offer them back to your sister for a start. They are not cheap and she could sell them on.

Dd3 had loads and treated them like any other doll (no clothes, limbs off, scribbled on, drowned in bath etc). She is now a 13 year old tomboy and certainly didn't see them as 'aspirational'. Your dds will want them all the more if they know they are undesirable!

BendyBob · 21/04/2011 10:14

Agree Hocus and anyway they'll have access to them at friends houses.

Barbie, Bratz, Polly Pocket all came and went fairly quickly with my dd's. They seem to have survived unscathed.

Bogeyface · 21/04/2011 10:14

YABU, they are only dolls!

What exactly is the problem with them apart from them being ugly? It wouldnt be fair to your DDs to take something from them that is harmless, that they love and that isnt dangerous in anyway just because you have taken against them.

I had a load of them given to us by my cousin and I am no fan believe me, I would never have bought them myself. But we kept them and gradually they got thrown out after bits got lost etc. The acccessories and clothes in particular got lost very quickly and we ended up with a pile of dolls with no feet and very messy hair which I had no worries about binning by then as they didnt play with them anymore!

I would insist that your eldest shares though. If she cant share then she shouldnt get any and your 3 year old should get them!

lljkk · 21/04/2011 10:15

Could ebay them for the dosh.

DramaInPyjamas · 21/04/2011 10:16

I'm in Scotland.. why?
Is it cause I said send them to me? Oh, i was only (half) joking btw..
I think you should let your DD keep them tbh, but if you are offering - how much would you want for them?

My DD, nearly 6, got a few Bratz at a car boot recently and has mixed them with her Puppy In My Pockets, She plays dog walkers with them.

grovel · 21/04/2011 10:17

I feel very lucky not to know what Bratz are/is. Shall I Google. Or shall I get a life?

NorthernGobshite · 21/04/2011 10:29

Horrid things BUT tbh I let my dd choose her toys as she is a child and I think we make waaayyy too much fuss about toys being morally corrupt etc etc...I object to lelli fucking kellys and bikinis for children much more than a shitty Bratz doll. I just explain to dd that its a doll, not a person and she is fully aware people don't look like that!

She doesn't like bratz but has a barbie and thinks the pneumatic boobs are ridiculous!

gillybean2 · 21/04/2011 10:30

Let them choose two each. I suggest the oldest chooses first as she will probably demand whatever the youngest chooses regardless of whether she wants it or not. Maybe keep an extra couple each they can have for good behaviour? And then for bad behaviour you can confiscate one?
If they're that mad on them it may work to your advantage!

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SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 21/04/2011 10:33

Drama Im in Cheshire....had you lived near me I would have gladly given you the lot!

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