Anyone else?

These are the steps to my kids birthdays with my mil: 1. A few weeks before my kids birthday my mil asks what to get the kids for their birthday. 2.I give her a list of 10-15 things that they said they would like. 3. My mil doesn’t like the list and asks for more things. 4. I ignore her 5. She gives me money closer to their birthday for me to go buy them something from her to them. 6. I buy the things, I wrap the things, I give her the present and she gives it to my kids. 7. The kids open it, they love it, but my mil is disappointed in what I got for them. Anyone…. Anyone at all? Please tell me I’m not alone.

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At that point why does she bother giving you the money and not just picking something out herself?

At least your mil bothers mine completely ingored my son on his first birthday no card no phone call nothing she has another grandson who is older and has a birthday a week before mine and she makes more of a fuss of him than my son he is almost 3 and she hardly bothers

Take the money, open a child’s investment account, buy a broad index fund with low fees

My mum told me that my daughter was too young for Barbie. She was 5. Have no idea what age she thinks is appropriate seeing as I stopped playing with them age ten. Doesn’t like any of the suggestions. Thinks I write the list with stuff we want as opposed to the kids. Wants to buy identical gifts for my son (15), nephew (11) and daughter (7) and then ends up being too young or not something they want. Or you give a list and they give money instead and I’m like I would have brought it if I’d known as a teenager is hard enough to buy for as it is.

@Cindy right?! It’s because she doesn’t like anything at the store either 😂 which actually makes me feel better knowing it’s her problem not mine. Lol

As long as the kids love them, I would honestly just ignore her 😂

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