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To have said out loud that the doll was hideous

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Thornyrose7 · 27/09/2016 16:05

My in laws went to visit an elderly distant relative and since then, they have been hinting that they have a really special item to pass onto my DD, like some sort of heirloom, but they didn't say what it was.
We went to visit them and as I entered the living room, there was what I can only describe as a terrifying girl doll sat on the sofa next to my father in law.
It had blue lips and ash/ blonde grey hair and looked like a corpse doll. I was horrified and said the first thing that came out of my mouth ' how hideous'.
Well, as you can guess, this was supposed to be the special ' heirloom gift. My MIL acted as though I had insulted one of her friends and said ' oh poor little girl, well, I think she's lovely'. My Dd was a bit perplexed and didn't seem to know whether to side with me or her Gran. Apparently it is an expensive American Doll.But the colours have faded over time giving it its deathly pallor. In my opinion absolutely horrific. We left it there.
DH thinks that I was a bit mean and blunt.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 28/09/2016 08:35

I think lying to protect someone's feelings is a more awful thing to do

Anyone who truly believes that clearly has no idea of normal manners.

BertrandRussell · 28/09/2016 08:39

"I think lying to protect someone's feelings is a more awful thing to do"

Anyone who thinks this over the age of, say, 14, really doesn't understand how society works.

originalmavis · 28/09/2016 08:48

Why is it awful to tell a white lie so as not to really upset someone? I don't understand that.

2kids2dogsnosense · 28/09/2016 09:10

Liz70

How the hell did you get hold of one of Gollum's baby photos?

2kids2dogsnosense · 28/09/2016 09:14

Contessa

Er . . . . what has happened to her crotch?

Saracen · 28/09/2016 09:16

Haven't read the whole thread.

YWBU. You didn't have to praise the doll, just keep quiet and attempt to plaster a smile across your face, however fake that smile might have appeared. Tell them you are charmed, take the horror home in the boot of your car, and shove it in a well-labelled box in the loft so as to prevent unpleasant surprises until the in-laws die and it can be thrown away.

dowhatnow · 28/09/2016 09:30

I'd have blurted it out too. It would be physically impossible to pretend like, for things that are as hideous as those dolls.

Stuff hurting feelings.

ooonatoffolo · 28/09/2016 09:30

"Pediophobia is the fear of dolls. Use that, sound all medical and that

I'm not sure that's a good idea with the OP's track record. She could be trying to say 'I'm a pediophobe' and blurt out 'You're a paedophile!'"

TaterTots I am crying Grin

liz70 · 28/09/2016 09:32

"I am crying with laughter"

She says it's laughter.
She thinks it's laughter.

Thing is, she can't stop.

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To have said out loud that the doll was hideous
LaContessaDiPlump · 28/09/2016 09:35

2kids I think it's just an ill-fitting charity shop babygro!! Nothing untoward going on with my dolly Shock

WillyW8nker · 28/09/2016 09:46

You know it will come alive and kill you now for offending it Grin.

MissHooliesCardigan · 28/09/2016 09:52

This thread is truly terrifying.

MitzyLeFrouf · 28/09/2016 09:54

I think lying to protect someone's feelings is a more awful thing to do.

The typical excuse of someone who can't be arsed with good manners.

IJustLostTheGame · 28/09/2016 09:55

You've hurt dolly's feelings.
She will now stab you in your sleep.

Only1scoop · 28/09/2016 09:55

Bloody hell wish I'd never opened this.

LagunaBubbles · 28/09/2016 11:33

Ok so you were rude but at least you didn't let it in your house and suffer demonic possessions for the next 40 years. Pros and cons

Haha Grin

tunbridge92 · 28/09/2016 17:54

Wow. That was rude. And you didnt have to keep it. Accept graciously. And then you could have auctioned it and saved the proceeds for your daughter's future..... i think that was the idea anyway.

Craigie · 28/09/2016 18:15

Your husband is right, it's bloody rude to blurt out anything insulting to your MIL.

EveOnline2016 · 28/09/2016 18:26

Send it to doll island in Mexico

To have said out loud that the doll was hideous
Littledafty · 28/09/2016 18:56

Thanks to reading this thread before going to sleep last night, I woke up at 4am desperate for the toilet but too scared to go in case Robert was hanging around in my bathroom!

Marymoosmum14 · 28/09/2016 19:10

That was a bit harsh. They were obviously excited about handing it down to your DD and you have really hurt their feelings, and as you said your DD didn't know what to do, you should have been nice about it and let her make up her own mind about it. Even if you took it home and put it in a cupboard

Only1scoop · 28/09/2016 20:56

Some of these doll type creatures are truly terrifying

TheKnackeredChef · 29/09/2016 06:53

Reminds me of this:

PrivatePike · 29/09/2016 09:07

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GladysKravitz · 29/09/2016 11:44

You should have accepted it graciously and then sold it online. I saw a lovely one listed the other day actually.

To have said out loud that the doll was hideous