superfrizbee
Love my princess & prince
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My SIL has a little girl 4 years older than my DD and a little boy who will be 3 years older than my baby no2, who I strongly suspect is also a boy.
We've been very lucky to receive various hand-me-downs from her, particularly clothes. However I'm now at the point where I'd like to give out grown stuff back (she sells it on) and say a very polite and grateful "thanks but no thanks" to more stuff. I have various reasons for this - space is one (we've got clothes years ahead and no shortage of them). Also the clothes I'm receiving are more "worn" - to be expected as kids wear them for longer and put them through more punishment. Lastly, they're just not too my taste and I can rarely coordinate anything. SIL loves a sale and I have lots of stuff like lime green and orange trousers etc that DD has never worn. Most of the stuff DD wears is her own and it'll be the same for baby no2 - I know we're lucky to have the money to do this and others aren't so fortunate. I'm so grateful for the stuff we've had, but considering the above, how do I now go about politely refusing any more?
We've been very lucky to receive various hand-me-downs from her, particularly clothes. However I'm now at the point where I'd like to give out grown stuff back (she sells it on) and say a very polite and grateful "thanks but no thanks" to more stuff. I have various reasons for this - space is one (we've got clothes years ahead and no shortage of them). Also the clothes I'm receiving are more "worn" - to be expected as kids wear them for longer and put them through more punishment. Lastly, they're just not too my taste and I can rarely coordinate anything. SIL loves a sale and I have lots of stuff like lime green and orange trousers etc that DD has never worn. Most of the stuff DD wears is her own and it'll be the same for baby no2 - I know we're lucky to have the money to do this and others aren't so fortunate. I'm so grateful for the stuff we've had, but considering the above, how do I now go about politely refusing any more?