On Jul 14, 5:45=A0pm, "Stephanie" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I am a struggling flybaby. The one tenet that I adhere to is ... I don't
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do
> clutter. I don't do knick knacks.
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> My MIL (lovely lady) keeps sending crap home with my daughter. She finds
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> crap that has been hanging around her house for 40 years and give it to
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D
> to "play with." Examples; 4 jewelwery boxes, 2 ... wooden horses (not
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s),
> costume jelewery up the ying yang, picture frames. Can someone tell me
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> a 2yo needs with a picture frame? In 4 weeks, we have had 4 jewelery
boxe=
s.
> How many jewelery boxes can one woman fail to throw away in a
lifetime?!?
>
> Anyway, I am pretty sure that the only thing to do is to let her keep
giv=
ing
> DD this crap and let it linger around long enough for MIL to see it and
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D
> to forget about it before pitching it. Yes or no?
Haha! We've never had that problem from ILs exactly - helps to live
far away, but DD's cousins give her tons of their toys if she takes
even a tiny liking to it. WE've had to say "stop." Actually we say
"Maybe you can keep it here for her so next time she comes to visit,
she'll have it to play with."
Maybe some variation on that is what you can say to your MIL?
Probably your DD played with it, and MIL decided she can keep it.
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