On 7/17/2017 5:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:



>
> But the worst part for me was the gifts. My dad loved to shop and he
> loved bargains. So every year I would be overwhelmed with hundreds of
> gifts and all of them hard to open.

>
> For instance, one year I wanted a Barbie House. What I got was a Skipper
> house. Neither of my parents could understand that Skipper was a smaller
> doll than Barbie so none of the stuff in the house would fit Barbie. She
> was just too big to fit into any of the rooms pr use the furniture. We
> couldn't return it to the store either because my dad insisted on
> putting it together. He was convinced that once I saw it, I'd love it.
> But I didn't and neither did my friends. None of us had a Skipper doll
> and one of us wanted one either. So somehow this was my fault and for
> years afterwards I was chastised because I didn't like the gift. Every
> Christmas they would bring it up. And I think to this day they never
> understood what the problem was.
>

I've seen that situation. Tough situation, really. The kid wants a
particular item but the parent thinks the bargain buy is just as good.
They would do better buying nothing in this situation.