On Jul 14, 9:07=A0pm, "Stephanie" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
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> me. I do think it is me though, not a real problem.
I'd hate the brickabrack too, but when you've already got two full
suitcases, I'd rather not have the toys as well. Especially as she'll
likely forget all about them 5 minutes after we take off. She still
prefers cardboard boxes and silly games over toys.
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