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difficult child has now sold (ebay) all the gifts he received from us last year...
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 487427" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Signorina--</p><p></p><p>JMHO, but I think the problem is *yours*, and not his. You are more emotionally invested in these gifts, these objects than your difficult child is...</p><p></p><p>Sadly, I can totally relate. I cannot tell you how many things I have purchased for my daughter, only to have her trade them away for something else...sometimes within the first day or two of receiving them! And it wasn't a matter of something being "not what she wanted"...she DID want them at the time I bought them for her - she just wasn't overly attached to any of the items. So when the opportunity came for her to cash them in - she took it.</p><p></p><p>I have found that the solution is to purchase gifts that will not bother me if she trades or sells them. Sometimes this means I buy things second hand at garage sales or thrift stores so that I can feel I didn't spend a lot. Sometimes this means I ask myself when shopping "Will I feel OK if she trades this?"...and if I realize it <em>would</em> bother me? I put it down and buy something else instead. I try to give what *I* can handle...and what will not bother *me*.</p><p></p><p>I think that's all you can do...</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 487427, member: 6546"] Signorina-- JMHO, but I think the problem is *yours*, and not his. You are more emotionally invested in these gifts, these objects than your difficult child is... Sadly, I can totally relate. I cannot tell you how many things I have purchased for my daughter, only to have her trade them away for something else...sometimes within the first day or two of receiving them! And it wasn't a matter of something being "not what she wanted"...she DID want them at the time I bought them for her - she just wasn't overly attached to any of the items. So when the opportunity came for her to cash them in - she took it. I have found that the solution is to purchase gifts that will not bother me if she trades or sells them. Sometimes this means I buy things second hand at garage sales or thrift stores so that I can feel I didn't spend a lot. Sometimes this means I ask myself when shopping "Will I feel OK if she trades this?"...and if I realize it [I]would[/I] bother me? I put it down and buy something else instead. I try to give what *I* can handle...and what will not bother *me*. I think that's all you can do... (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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