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How were they both meant as a gift for your daughter if they were given to your MIL? It’s not like they’re even something your daughter can use or play with.
She sounds incredibly generous! I would have sold them.
Your MIL is lovely because like Stacey said I would have 100% either kept them or sold them 😂 It’s a hard phase when you have an only child and expect people in the family to want them to be the centre of existence (I was like this once upon a time) but other babies deserve nice gifts too 🥹
@GMF Her manager gave it to her so she can give it to my daughter as a gift. How can we meet her boss?
@Olivia MIL is not a doll collector 😂 so probably she didn’t know the cost and because she doesn’t collect dolls she didn’t keep them.
😂 tbh if she knew their value she might have given both to her granddaughter so it stays in the family
If her boss gave them to your MIL to give to your daughter then that isn’t regifting. It’s more like stealing in a way. So it’s definitely odd behavior on her part.
Did her boss tell her that the dolls were specifically only for your child? Like were directions involved or was it just a gift the boss gave to MIL?
@Irene This is what I thought too. For example how would MIL feels if I ever said to her your gift from last year I regifted to my friend 🤣
Even If I would regift her gifts I would think twice before mentioning to her or to everyone related to her family lol
Your post is slightly confusing, as you've mentioned that your MILS manager gifted HER the dolls, and then in the comments, you said it was gifted to your MIL to gift to your daughter 😣 If the gift was for your MIL, then she has the choice to keep or re-gift. But, if the gift was for your daughter initially, then she had no right to re-gift it to her client.
@Tahmina Yea this is what I meant. Sorry my post was confusing. Thank you for your opinion.
Coming from the perspective of her boss, I'd be mad if I asked her to give a gift to somebody else and the middle man gave my gifts away. That's weird
It’s up to her what she does with the stuff she gets given it was nice of her to give your child one and another child I normally do this with my nieces/nephews other children my boys are friends with I normally buy them bits if it was intended for one and the others are here I share it all out? Also I normally give away things for free pretty often things what my nieces or nephews could use but I decide to give away to less fortunate people. It may what your mil did the person may be less fortunate than you and can’t get there kids any nice bits. Not sure if I’m wording that right or not
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In the nicest possible way - I think your being quite entitled
The dolls are hers, if she doesn't want to keep them, she can regift them to anyone or sell them on ebay if she wanted to. She gave you one despite the fact that those porcelain dolls are not something to be enjoyed by a baby. They are an adult thing. Most of them are ugly or kitsch and need to be stored and cared for properly until your daughter wants to do it and sees the value you see on it. I would pass or get it sold on ebay if it is actually that valuable. But I am not a fan of dolls.
@𝔾𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖 🤣 I think my post was not explaining good. Her boss gave both dolls to my MIL and told her “Give these dolls to your granddaughter, these are my gift for her” Instead she gave one to my daughter and the other one she regifted. 😕
@Stacey 🇵🇸 Yes, the boss said both dolls are for my child because we can’t meet him in person. Both dolls were a gift for my daughter. Everything was said with words.
In that case MIL is a bit of an opportunist.
Yeah I have a very different opinion if they were given to MIL to do what she wishes vs not carrying out the specific instruction with them
It honestly sounds like your MIL was trying to be sweet and gift two people items. You sound greedy. Like you want the dolls to sell.
@Shore I didn’t sell the doll. The doll is in her room. My daughter can do whatever she wants with the doll since it’s hers.
@Shore, the dolls were a gift for her daughter. Not greedy, if you read the comments 🙂
@Vicky, she is entitled. The dolls, both of them, were a gift for her daughter from her MIL's boss.
@Rose, the dolls weren't technically her MIL's to give away. They were a gift for her daughter.
OP, definitely rewrite this post so it explains that the dolls were a gift for your daughter. You'll absolutely get different responses. I'd find it upsetting that MIL did that and have a talk with my partner about it, Then either talk to MIL and ask why or just let it go. If it becomes a habit, then that's a problem. Question though, are these 2 dolls a set?
Maybe she tried to make more people happy then just her granddaughter? She could have kept them herself in the first place so i think its nice she gave her one 😊