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AIBU - don't want their old toys

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BaaMoon · 06/05/2022 08:28

I have a shared DC with DH and he has 2 children from previous relationship. We've done ok so far and I've been able to mostly enjoy the FTM experience. However the DSC keep bringing old toys from their Mum's house for DC and I am getting frustrated as they are really old and a lot of the time broken. I don't know where they have been stored. I do pick up 2nd hand stuff from the charity shop or other people who have kids but it feels like mum is using our house as a dumping ground. DH thinks it's sweet they think of DC but I'm losing my patience with it. AIBU? (Not posted there as frankly they slaughter you there just for being a stepmum).

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KangarooKenny · 07/05/2022 06:52

Put them in the bin.

howtomoveforwards · 07/05/2022 07:33

Sounds like you are looking for a reason to be pissed off at the ex, almost looking for a reason to disagree, rather than think about what the items might mean to the children, or their feelings and why they might want to pass things on. I would be careful not to start something, albeit inadvertently, if things are otherwise settled. It would be easy to take offence and see this as ‘our things are not good enough’.

VintageGibbon · 07/05/2022 07:41

Ask if there's anything they'd like back after your DC have finished with it, then pass that stuff back to them. Just chuck out anything that's broken and if asked say it broke.

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