PIOG.. What would you ladies do if??

[I-Love-My-Girls]

Your mother in law only bought for one of your children when their Birthdays rolled around? I never hear anything from her on my youngest two's Birthday but when my oldest has a Birthday she spend Hundreds and even buys her clothing and etc... It wouldn't bother me as much if I didn't see the hurt on my other kids.. What would you ladies do? Thanks =)

[ZoeCY]

I would return the gifts to her or not accept them in the first place.  What a crappy thing to do!

ETA: I would probably also cut off all contact with her to be honest, treating kids differently is NEVER even close to okay in my book!

[MistressMinerva]

I would say something to her. If she can't buy for all of them then you can't accept the gifts. That is just not right.

[JLC_mama]

I have that problem with mine. She never remembers my son but my SD gets something everytime they see her.

[misslady80013]

Agreed!

Quoting ZoeCY:

I would return the gifts to her or not accept them in the first place.  What a crappy thing to do!

ETA: I would probably also cut off all contact with her to be honest, treating kids differently is NEVER even close to okay in my book!

[bcbmami]

My mil does something similar at Christmas. She will by her granddaughters really awesome gifts-like 4 or 5, but she buys my ss's 1 one dollar toy. I would talk to her and say if she can't/won't buy evenly for ALL the kids then don't bother with any of them.

[goddess99]

Tell her if she can't buy for all then don't bother buying for any.

[snuggiewoogie]

 

Quoting goddess99:

Tell her if she can't buy for all then don't bother buying for any.

 This Exactly.......

[3brown1blue]

Agree

Quoting ZoeCY:

I would return the gifts to her or not accept them in the first place.  What a crappy thing to do!

ETA: I would probably also cut off all contact with her to be honest, treating kids differently is NEVER even close to okay in my book!

[jltplk25]

This. What a shitty way to treat your grandbabies!

Quoting goddess99:

Tell her if she can't buy for all then don't bother buying for any.

[justme91755]

Have you asked her why she does this? Does she doubt parentage? Not that it matters because even adopted or foster children should be included IMO I would ask the question first and tell her if she doesn't buy for all of them you will cash in the number one child's presents and buy for all of them. How does your older child feel about it? I would tel mil that it is causing family discord and sibling problems