my sister in law is driving me nuts

I don't celebrate the holidays so I don't have to worry about exchanging gifts etc. etc. BUT that being said I think what your sister in law said re/ your daughter's girl was not only cruel but hurtful as well. My little niece(with the help of her Mother) made me a refrigerator magnet as a gift a couple of years ago & to me that was the best gift I could ever receive. The fact that she took the time to make it for me with her own little hands warmed my heart like no other gift could. To me handmade gifts that are made with love have way more value. It sounds like your sister in law is very materialistic & hasn't a clue as to what real love is about. My advice to you is get her a gift card & let her buy her own diaper genie. Her child isn't even born yet & I already feel sorry for the poor thing.

That is really mean of her to do that to your daughter, and your daughter is only 3 years old! How thoughtful of your little girl to do something so sweet for her aunts! Your daughter is learning the true meaning of giving, and that is of giving from the heart, no matter what it is she gives! It is better to give than to receive... and you are teaching your little girl about this from an early age. So she is going to grow up to always be a loving and giving person! As for your sister-in-law, she sounds like a very selfish, ungrateful, self-centered person! How rude of her to specify what she wants you to buy for her! I agree with the person's comment above, send her a gift card for $25 with a note telling her to use it towards the diaper genie! The nerve she has to make a request like this expecting you to spend $50 on a gift when she didn't even spend $2-$3 on a card for your little girl! Wait till her baby is born and someone doesn't send him/her a B-Day card as they get older! Or when her child is old enough and wants to draw a picture for her or make her something! what is she going to feel then? Maybe that will make her wake up to her callous heart ways! If that doesn't then she is one of those miserable people who will go through life making other people miserable, including her children, and she will end up old, alone, bitter, and unhappy! She will also have the most wrinkles from all her years of frowning! :)

hmmmm people like this make me mad, not seeing what presents are all about, and this business of registering for gifts, I don't agree with it and don't go along with it, I am sorry but people get what I give them, if they are not happy then that is their problem...

There is nothing more beautiful than a gift from a child.....I love the little things my granddaughter makes for me and I cherish them.....save them and someday she will go into the closet and find all those little treasures....your sister in law is missing one of the best gifts in life....the love of a little child.

I hope you are not insulted by a little grammatical criticism before I respond to your rant. Your quote, (not from my husband and I). "From" is a preposition and takes the objective pronoun. "I" is the nominative pronoun. It should be, Not from my husband and me. Now to your rant, consider what she gave you when your daughter was born and give equally. As far as your daughter's Christmas gift to her aunt goes, why don't you suggest to your sister-in-law she tell her niece how much she disliked the gift?

People like that annoy me. I'd be flattered to receive homemade treats! I know that some people shop for gifts with a lot of thought, but there's something about homemade things that just says that a lot of effort and thought was put into them for the recipient. "Be grateful for what you get" is what I say - at least, as long as it's obviously not a prank gift or one sent in spite.

hi asyria I always feel like I am being held up when someone registers at an expensive place then expects me to go there to buy an expensive gift for them especially on my small social security check. lol this is not fair as everyone is not as well' off as they are. Your sister-in-law is really tacky complaining about a homemade gift from a three year old. I think its really sweet myself,. one of a kind. wheres her family feeling anyway? oh thats'really convenient a boutique 2000 miles away? wow. some gall.

I don't like people like this. The most important thing is that it was something that came from your daughter's heart and she thought of her. People like this are greedy and selfish and all they think about is themselves. And she doesn't think of other people's reason for doing it in the first place. I say pay her no mind and I wouldn't buy her the stupid $50 dollar thing lol. But that is just me.

What a self-centred, selfish, entitled brat your sister in law is. Seriously, who expects a three year old to buy them a gift? Is she on something? She is totally disrespectful and lacking in the most basic of manners. I'd be tempted to buy her a book on etiquette, underline a few (or a lot) of paragraphs and ignore her until she takes her head from out of her behind!