I don’t want to sound ungrateful, although I’m not sure I
will succeed. The cold, hard truth is, I hate the present my parents got Love
Bug for Christmas. Oh, he loves it! It’s the only thing he played with all day
on Christmas. But, I despise the damn thing. It’s actually a lovely gift. They
really put a lot of thought into it, I could tell. But, it requires an adult to
set it up and it is HUGE. Even the box it came in was incredibly large. It is a
huge toy train set, with a very realistic looking engine and cars. The track is
hard to set up, meaning I need to do it for Love Bug. The engine makes all
kinds of loud clanging, “All aboard!” chugging noise. And, you have to be very
exact to get the engine and all the rail cars lined up perfectly in order for
it to work. It also requires 4 big C batteries and a 9 volt in the remote
control. I set it up three times before I finally got the engine and rail cars
to run together on the track without falling off or getting stuck. I recorded
the phenomenon on my phone and now Love Bug asks to watch the video of his
train because he knows I am loathe to dig it out, move all the furniture in the
kitchen (and sweep and mop the floor because let’s be honest, it always needs
it), and set it up. My mom gleefully told me on Christmas Eve how big this
train was and my first thought was, “but you know how small our house is!” I am
not kidding or exaggerating when I say I have to render our kitchen unusable,
our back door inaccessible, in order to set up this train. It would be lovely
if we had a toy room or finished basement where we can set the train up and let
it go, but we do not. We have 520 square feet that we all must share and the
train eats up too much space. Even trying to store it in the box was a hassle.
So, I reverted to stuffing it into an Ikea bag and shoving it under Chica Marie’s
bed. I know it was a thoughtful gift, I know Love Bug is totally infatuated
with it, but for the love of God, I cannot stand it! Have you ever had your
child receive a gift you hate? What did you do about it?
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My brother gave my daughter a talking tea set. She has never laid eyes on it. It was so squeaky I couldn't handle it. He then gave her something that sings with a crazy ass voice. She had that and the batteries went out and something must be wrong with it because the batteries never work. *innocent look*.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. It's sad that they put so much thought into it, but didn't actually think about how it might work in the family/house situation.
ReplyDeleteI will admit that I have given gifts that the parents might not have liked. I've bought cute clothes for nieces that might have been a nightmare to launder. And I've given noisy gifts too! I figure that's an aunt's prerogative. lol
I guess it was a nice idea but it sounds like there's just no room at your place for it! My mother in law always gives us knick knack type presents which I don't like! She's sweet and means well but I just hate all the clutter. And I don't know how to tell her.
ReplyDeleteDo you visit your parents much. Maybe they have a spot it can stay up and be used when you visit.
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