My parents don't see my children that much; they don't live too far from us, so no excuse there really. However, when they do visit, they insist on having to give my children a big bag of new toys, clothes and sweets. Now, I may sound ungrateful but it annoys me. I feel they are trying to buy their love with things they don't need.
The last couple of times they've seen them they've bought my 2.5 son chocolate and Haribo, which I hate my son having. He is too young. I don't mind him having the odd treat but taking it upon themselves to open a big bag of Haribo at 10.30 in the morning and giving them to him really pisses my off especially when I've asked them not to buy them. At first I thought well, when they leave I'll just put them away and DS won't have them, however, they now know I do this so open the packet and give him them. In the past I have been known to get into disputes with them about similar issues as they just won't listen to my views re my own children. Am I being unreasonable or should I just lighten up?