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to get sick of my friend using me as the local tip

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pud1 · 28/06/2008 09:47

my friend keeps bringing junk to my house. it started when i was pregnent and she would bring maternity clothes that were really naff and would not fit at all. ie trousers she wore (5"3) when i am 5"8. this progressed to half used tubes of nipple cream and lose breast pads that looked like they had been floating round her hand bag for months. she is addicted to buying things in the sale or at nct sales regardless of them been any god or not and i feel that she just gets rid of what she doesnt want by sending it roung to my house. this has ended up with her giving me a high chair that the strapping is broken on so i couldnt put my dd in it and it is filthy.
you probably think i am being ungreatful but i live in a small flat and have no room to store all this crap. i also feel shitty about telling her i dint want it as she really thinks she is helping me

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avenanap · 28/06/2008 09:50

Just tell her that she's being lovely helping you out but you don't have space/need/already have what she is bringing. Or you could pop it all in a big box and return them to her now you have finished with them.

DarthVader · 28/06/2008 09:56

Just tell her that you don't want it but that you think it is lovely of her to try to help you.

I would give loads of stuff to my best friend but she has made it clear that her house is small and she doesn't want it!

pud1 · 28/06/2008 09:58

i know i jus need to be honest. i do have another friend who gives me usefull things like an activity arch and bumbo so i am against second hand, i am just against useless,broken, dirty crap

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mrsruffallo · 28/06/2008 10:11

I have a friend who does this. I think you just need to be straightforward and say that you are trying to declutter and couldn't possibly accept anything else!
In a strange way it can be quite insulting.

pud1 · 28/06/2008 10:33

it is insulting you are right

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