themoon66....I am not sure what to say.
I am sure that someting witty could be made out of said receiving of box, but for a child, an it containg something plastic that clearly meant to hold something, that is a pretty creppy pressie..............even if she could use it to store her treasures.
merry........my mum is actually mentally ill, so in some ways, we expect it (as opposed to many women with crap mums who still hope for them to change IYGWIM), but it doesn;t make it any easier.
and of course, if I complain to my aunt (who bought me up and therefore is the closest thing I actually have to a mum), she just shrugs and actually expects me to still think that she and my mother are wonderful.
and to give a teeny bit more insight.............my aunt helps to wrap the presents, so she in fact KNOWS what we get, and should, in theory, have some way of ensuring we do not get the crap.
seems tho that this year, I am deserving of NHS sanitary towels........
oh god, I am turning whiney.................NOT my intention,.....sorry