In feeling ungrateful for these presents

[Orangeflower7]

from my mum to my ds, yesterday-

packet of vitamins and book of jesus stories

for other ds- flashcards (hmm and a teddy I suppose)

Think she is trying to tell me something?

was it theyre birthdays?

Are your DC undernourished, illiterate ungodly types? Does she have a point?

What might she be trying to tell you?

Difficult without knowing their ages tbh.

Ah no thank goodness, wow were they thrilled (not) just rang her telling her as have done before they only like the Bassetts 'sweetie' typle vitamins which I've plenty of thanks, she said she likes the other kind

Jesus stories?

"Jesus walks into a bar ..."

That kind?

hmm what Jeely says

"Stories Jesus Told' by Nick Butterworth.

No she doesn't Jeely! I make a great effort with the little ones food morals education etc so don't know why :-(

But, maybe she sees me as a drunken silly teenager still...think she can't accept me as a mum. wonder if that's common.

Jesus told alot of stories didn't he? Bet it's a big book

They are a bit shite as presents go but they are 'thoughts' I guess

They are 6 and 2

so it wasnt a gift for an occasion,just a gift as in things she picked up for them?
in that case yabu and ungrateful.

only joking.

Jesus stories not a good method of moral education anyway IMO!

My mother in law used to buy mine bible stories, she also bought us a bible as she said every home should have one (we do actually have one, my confirmation bible but its put away)

she was here one weekend and asked our middle child where had mummy put all the bible stories she had bought, as she was going to read to them, and middle child said,

'oh mummy had a clear out and threw all the rubbish books away'!

she doesnt buy them anymore!

Nick Butterworth does the Percy Parkkeeper stories, Jesus or not his books are quite nice kids books, if you're not into religion they're just a nice story book surely?

Stories Jesus told (other than "I'm the son of God"

Yes, yes, tatty and the "You should have seen the size of the fish..." one.

This sounds like my MIL (who I love dearly) but its a standing joke with me and DH about her presents. We alway are grateful for anythign though.

A few that stick in my mind was 1 Christmas she gave DS1 a little wooden boat with the label - not suitable for the under 3s, he was 2 at the time. And then when he was older - verccua socks for his birthday once.

My PILs see our two DDs every few weeks and always bring them some item of tat from Tesco - like we don't have enough plastic in the house already. I don't know why they feel the need to bring gifts every time they visit, but they do. Don't know why it makes me so irritable, but it does!

It's the presents with a message thing which winds me up. In the past she has send them a toy but with a clipping about red wine in the bottom for me (horrible daily mail type thing about how it leads to dementia or something...and remembered we had a bottle last time we saw her and she disapproved)!

YANBU - judgeypants presents if ever I heard of them.