cjra wrote:
> On Jul 14, 5:45 pm, "Stephanie" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I am a struggling flybaby. The one tenet that I adhere to is ... I
>> don't do clutter. I don't do knick knacks.
>>
>> My MIL (lovely lady) keeps sending crap home with my daughter. She
>> finds the crap that has been hanging around her house for 40 years
>> and give it to DD to "play with." Examples; 4 jewelwery boxes, 2 ...
>> wooden horses (not toys), costume jelewery up the ying yang, picture
>> frames. Can someone tell me what a 2yo needs with a picture frame?
>> In 4 weeks, we have had 4 jewelery boxes. 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 giving DD this crap and let it linger around long enough for
>> MIL to see it and DD 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."
>
I don't mind the toys. She PLAYS with them. It is the brickabrack that
bugs
me. I do think it is me though, not a real problem.
> 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.
Yep.
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