wibu to be honest/return gift?

[dolphinsandwhales]

Last week my aunt gave me a tablet computer as a gift.

It was one she'd bought a few months ago but then bought another one (an iPad I think). When she offered it to me she was excited and said 'dolphins you don't have a computer do you?I'd like to give you this galaxy I bought but don't need as I have an iPad now' I wasn't given a chance to reply and it was handed to me, I was a bit embarrassed to be honest as I don't know much about computers and use my phone internet for emails, mn, booking trains etc.

So rather stupidly I accepted the gift she was very excited to give me, hoping that perhaps I'd think of a usr for it and knowing she was keen to give it to me and had no use for it herself.

Now she's been phoning me asking me if I'm enjoying using my new computer and I have only used it a couple of times. Tbh I have no use for it, I feel guilty for this but feel I may be BU to return it as she thought she was doing me a huge favour by giving it to me. Aibu to be honest and give it back? Or I'd it better to keep quiet as she was excited to give it to me? We don't have many other relatives she could give it to, I'd feel bad to sell it (not sure if it's worth anything) but perhaps I could give the proceeds to charity?

Don't give it back. She is glad to be rid of it and thinks it has got a good home. If you don't see her much and she won't know if you are using it, do something charitable or give it to someone deserving. She will stop mentioning it soon hopefully.

if it's a galaxy then it'll work just like your phone but with a bigger, easeir-to-read screen. You can put all the same apps etc on it.

Why not have a couple of nights playing with it and seeing what it can do?

I have smartphone, laptop, desktop pc and tablet and although there is some overlap I use them all slightly differently. I mostly use the tablet for travelling or the occasional bit of me-time, I have loads of music, a kindle app so loads of books, some films and some games on it.

I rarely use the wifi on my tablet, used it to download a few apps and some free ebooks at first, I sometimes browse facebook/forums/news or update apps if there is a hotspot (email is on my phone, never bothered setting it up on the tablet) but all my media content (music, films, pictures, quite a few books) has been transferred via USB cable from my laptop.

With over 100 books, 4000ish songs and about 10 films it's my portable entertainment device. Great for when I am away from home as it's not bulky to carry like the laptop....

But each to their own I suppose.

If OP doesn't get on with it I would suggest she has a chat to aunt and tells her she's just not getting her head round it and does aunt have anyone who might appreciate it more.

I'd keep it and play around with it.

I say this from experience - DH bought me a Samsung tablet for Christmas, despite me refusing to have one for my birthday last year and I still don't really know why he was so insistent I have one. We already had one tablet, which we all used, and I could have just kept using that one - but no!

It's been useful, especially for taking into the kitchen instead of my laptop when I've found online recipes; and it was handy on the flight home to the UK from Australia to keep DS2 entertained for a short while. I'm still not convinced I needed it but hey, I've got it now and it has its uses.

How nice of your aunt to give it to you though. :)

OP, I'm happy to accept it as a charitable gift?

I would try get used to it, you may find it makes a big difference. If not, is she the sort of relative you could have an open and frank discussion with who wouldn't get offended?