Raidra
11-30-2006, 05:53 PM
First off, let me say how grateful I am to have a mother-in-law that wants to spend money on us.
That said, starting in August, my mother-in-law has been telling my husband how the whole family has decided not to do Xmas presents for adults, that money is tight for everyone, and we should just focus on the kids. They talk on the phone every other week or so, and my husband said she brings it up every time. My family has decided to do the same thing, so my husband and I were relieved that we only had to buy for the kids in the family, since we have absolutely NO money.
A few weeks ago, boxes started arriving at the house with presents for the kids. She's spending Xmas with us for the first time this year, so she shipped everything she bought online directly to us. She spent quite a bit of money shopping online and got them some nice presents.
So, today we get three HUGE boxes. Like.. HUGE. I opened them up figuring they were unwrapped presents that I'd need to hide, but no, they were all wrapped presents. As I started taking them out of the boxes, I noticed that about half of them were addressed to me, my husband, my sister, and my parents (my parents and sister live with us).
What the hell? I mean, I appreciate that she spent money on us, but that really puts us in a tough spot. We feel obligated to buy things for her, but we have no money. I was already planning on making her a small scrapbook to go in her stocking (I already had enough supplies on hand), but now I have to spend money that I don't have. Ugh.
That said, starting in August, my mother-in-law has been telling my husband how the whole family has decided not to do Xmas presents for adults, that money is tight for everyone, and we should just focus on the kids. They talk on the phone every other week or so, and my husband said she brings it up every time. My family has decided to do the same thing, so my husband and I were relieved that we only had to buy for the kids in the family, since we have absolutely NO money.
A few weeks ago, boxes started arriving at the house with presents for the kids. She's spending Xmas with us for the first time this year, so she shipped everything she bought online directly to us. She spent quite a bit of money shopping online and got them some nice presents.
So, today we get three HUGE boxes. Like.. HUGE. I opened them up figuring they were unwrapped presents that I'd need to hide, but no, they were all wrapped presents. As I started taking them out of the boxes, I noticed that about half of them were addressed to me, my husband, my sister, and my parents (my parents and sister live with us).
What the hell? I mean, I appreciate that she spent money on us, but that really puts us in a tough spot. We feel obligated to buy things for her, but we have no money. I was already planning on making her a small scrapbook to go in her stocking (I already had enough supplies on hand), but now I have to spend money that I don't have. Ugh.