a friend of mine came over yersterday with a new skirt for me. i have been looking for a particular type of skirt, not getting very far, she has been out with me a few times so knows this. she turns up with the skirt yesterday, from monsoon, a £60+ skirt. says, i bought you a skirt. i know you wouldnt have looked in monsoon cause you cant afford their prices, but its a really pretty skirt and better than the cheapo type one i know you will end up getting. im a bit mortified.
i feel like she thinks im a charity case. she has done bits and bobs like this before, the odd shall we meet for lunch, when we neet she grabs the bill and wont accept money as she ''knows we are struggling'', or taking dd out for her b day to the cinema and buying her new school shoes cause she thought we could do with the help. or telling her children they cant have ice cream when we go out cause ''evil cant afford icecreams all the time''.
we are not rich, but tbh not totally brassic either. i have no idea where she got this idea, other than things like us not going on holiday every yr, and me telling the kids that we couldnt go to chessington as it was stupidly expensive.
she seems to be on a one woman crusade to help me out financially.
i have spoken to her, said she REALLY doesnt have to buy us things, we dont need it. but she thinks i am worried she will think less of me for accepting these gifts.
the skirt has really got to me.
i know she is being nice, but how the hell do i get her to stop? or am i being prescious?