DS turned 1 last month. The week of his birthday mil rang to say they were on holiday, but had looked at 2 toys online and would we like either of them they were both similar to thing DS had already so dh said he'd get back to them with our choice.
Dh contacted them about a week later saying we found something we liked. They contacted us yesterday to say that as it is a large item the store don't offer delivery so they had bought it second hand off eBay and with delivery it cost the same.
Now normally I have no problem with second hand items, but I feel a bit upset that this is DS first birthday present. And it's a month late. They have other grandchildren and I just feel hat they take up more of their time so there's no time left for my DS.
I shop at car boots and charity shops myself, but would not give these items as a gift. I also feel like his birthday was a bit of an afterthought as they were on holiday so there was no way he'd get his pressie on time. I know he's too young to know what's going on, but having grown up with grandparents who favoured me least out of all their gc, I don't want my lovely son to feel that way.
They live quite a distance from us so we don't see them very often, 5 times since the birth of my son but they see their other gc weekly, even though they live miles away too, but actually not that far from us.
So am I being reasonable or am I an ungrateful cow to feel a bit sad about this?