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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 209887" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">My mother in law has never had a soft spot for me in her heart. It is what it is. I tried a lot in the beginning to get this woman to like me...I believe I am tolerated, as are my two daughters. I have enough evidence (but not enough space to list here) to prove this to be true.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">One year she gave me a pair of sized 5 Dearfoam slippers (I wear a size 8). Along the outer rim of the slippers was a thick layer of gray dust (from sitting in her closer). I am sure someone gave them to her, because there was a sticker attached. When I toyed with pulling it off, it was all gummed up and ick. I donated those to goodwill. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">On our 1st wedding anniversary she gave us a crystal bowl that H had given her a few years earlier. It had a dead moth in the bottom and was dusty and there was H's small notecard on the bottom of the box. Nice.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">And the girls too. One year she gave them WalMart Holiday Pins. The boxes were dusty along with the pins. One of them was broken. And that was the ONLY thing she gave the girls. Ugh. Bad memories. And of course, H was oblivious as he was too busy opening up the 8 million NEW items he got from his mom. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Oh yeah, and H's dad sends H shirts and jackets that H has bought him over the years! </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I re-gift occasionally, only if the item is in perfect condition. I save those gifts in our storeroom. I just have to remember who gave what to me so I don't regift it back!! I have one friend who buys me an obligatory (in her opinion) gift each year - and it's always so obviously something she received as it doesn't apply to me at all. At least I try and fit the [re]gift to the recipient! Haha.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 209887, member: 2211"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]My mother in law has never had a soft spot for me in her heart. It is what it is. I tried a lot in the beginning to get this woman to like me...I believe I am tolerated, as are my two daughters. I have enough evidence (but not enough space to list here) to prove this to be true.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]One year she gave me a pair of sized 5 Dearfoam slippers (I wear a size 8). Along the outer rim of the slippers was a thick layer of gray dust (from sitting in her closer). I am sure someone gave them to her, because there was a sticker attached. When I toyed with pulling it off, it was all gummed up and ick. I donated those to goodwill. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]On our 1st wedding anniversary she gave us a crystal bowl that H had given her a few years earlier. It had a dead moth in the bottom and was dusty and there was H's small notecard on the bottom of the box. Nice.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]And the girls too. One year she gave them WalMart Holiday Pins. The boxes were dusty along with the pins. One of them was broken. And that was the ONLY thing she gave the girls. Ugh. Bad memories. And of course, H was oblivious as he was too busy opening up the 8 million NEW items he got from his mom. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Oh yeah, and H's dad sends H shirts and jackets that H has bought him over the years! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I re-gift occasionally, only if the item is in perfect condition. I save those gifts in our storeroom. I just have to remember who gave what to me so I don't regift it back!! I have one friend who buys me an obligatory (in her opinion) gift each year - and it's always so obviously something she received as it doesn't apply to me at all. At least I try and fit the [re]gift to the recipient! Haha.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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