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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 349628" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>The problem lies in that she'll notice easy child 2/difficult child never wears what she bought, and somehow, then, this becomes my fault. </p><p> </p><p>Oh, well. You are right. Smile, nod, and move on. </p><p> </p><p>That's about the only way to deal with her, anyway.</p><p> </p><p>She insists on buying the kids a birthday cake on their birthdays. That's her "tradition". In my family, the tradition was the kid got to pick out a cake from the Wilton cake book and we'd make it together. Not only was it fun, I just can't stomache the icing from grocery store cakes, so it was cake we'd actually eat.</p><p> </p><p>Guess who's tradition went by the wayside?</p><p> </p><p>Even when the kids picked a homemade cake over hers, she still insisted. Her new tactic is to just call me the day before we get together for the birthday and inform me she's got the cake. Wee didn't even want a cake this year. He wanted fruit salad in a watermelon bowl, so that's what we had. And she showed up with a half sheet cake.</p><p> </p><p>I brought it in to work today. Minus 2 small pieces.</p><p> </p><p>I know its the thought that counts, but I've met cinder block walls more teachable than this woman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 349628, member: 1848"] The problem lies in that she'll notice easy child 2/difficult child never wears what she bought, and somehow, then, this becomes my fault. Oh, well. You are right. Smile, nod, and move on. That's about the only way to deal with her, anyway. She insists on buying the kids a birthday cake on their birthdays. That's her "tradition". In my family, the tradition was the kid got to pick out a cake from the Wilton cake book and we'd make it together. Not only was it fun, I just can't stomache the icing from grocery store cakes, so it was cake we'd actually eat. Guess who's tradition went by the wayside? Even when the kids picked a homemade cake over hers, she still insisted. Her new tactic is to just call me the day before we get together for the birthday and inform me she's got the cake. Wee didn't even want a cake this year. He wanted fruit salad in a watermelon bowl, so that's what we had. And she showed up with a half sheet cake. I brought it in to work today. Minus 2 small pieces. I know its the thought that counts, but I've met cinder block walls more teachable than this woman. [/QUOTE]
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