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to return these baby clothes? (someone "gave" them to me)

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Mammanat222 · 29/12/2014 13:18

So an old friend gave me a massive amount of baby clothes (all the way from birth to 1 year) and was very OTT when she gifted them. She made a big song and dance about how she's washed them / put them in order and how happy she was to help us out etc..

She has now discovered that another friend [not someone I know] is also having a girl a few months after me so has messaged to ask that I send the clothes back after so she can "give" them to her friend.

AIBU to just send the whole lot back now? I will need to get her to come and collect them as we don't have a car at the moment.

I will of course be tactful and don't want to seem ungrateful in any way but keeping these clothes separate from my own will be a huge hassle (I have a relative expecting a girl and want to give her my baby clothes!)

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toomuchtooold · 30/12/2014 18:53

woolyjumpers, the key on ebay is to go for bundles because the postage works out much cheaper than for individual items. I got my2yo twin girls a spring/summer bundle for £25 that pretty much did them for the whole summer. Expensive winter gear is good on there too - got them snow trousers and jackets for a couple of quid each. Sleeping bags are good too - I think some of ours have been sold across ebay more than once though TBH as they are falling apart! But you're talking about £12 for a winter Grobag, less if you are clever and buy them in advance in spring when everyone else is clearing out :-)

sockmatcher · 30/12/2014 19:02

She's really go too far. Knock this friendship on the head now

NowBringUsSomeFuzzpiggyPudding · 30/12/2014 19:32

Which she flatly refused, said she doesn't have the space to store

So it wasn't about her being generous at all in the first place really - she just wanted rid

pludolphTheRedNosedReindeer · 30/12/2014 20:22

She's like one of those husbands who "volunteer" their SAHM wives to do all sorts of things in the husband's burnished "name". Mammanat, you didn't marry this woman (who, in any case, is very mean indeed).

CheerfulYank · 30/12/2014 20:23

She's being a bitch now.

As I said a friend of mine and I have done this, but it was agreed upon beforehand.

dustarr73 · 30/12/2014 20:27

Just make sure that she doesnt say you didnt give all the clothes to teh other woman.

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