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Not giving a present when they've given us one?1

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Funkyslippers · 22/12/2019 16:58

OH's sister, who we have v little contact with due to OH falling out with her, has dropped round a present for my 2 DD's (10 and 16) while we were out today. We usually exchange gifts at Christmas for the kids (she has 2 boys - 18 and 21) and at birthdays but for the last couple of years she hasn't acknowledged the DD's birthdays at all. I bumped into her recently and she said "have a nice Christmas" so I assumed I wouldn't see her before Christmas and we weren't doing presents. Now I find she's bought my DDs something! I haven't got her boys anything and would struggle to get the presents to them now. Would I be really mean not giving them anything? Not sure why I'm worried mind you, it's OH's sister not mine!!! I don't think OH cares either way

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effypandora · 22/12/2019 17:00

At the ages they are I would give them money.

Bickles · 22/12/2019 17:18

If you have the boys personal email addresses I’d send them each an e- Amazon voucher

keepingbees · 22/12/2019 17:19

Can't your OH sort it out as it's his family and his falling out?

RandomMess · 22/12/2019 17:20

Your DN are adults perhaps consider 18 to be the cut off?

AwkwardSquad · 22/12/2019 17:22

At 18 and 21, are they not at the stage when you’d stop giving them Christmas gifts anyway? I’d just leave it.

hm246 · 22/12/2019 17:51

Maybe dropping gifts off was her way of extend an olive branch and to try and make amends?

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