Dear Queenie,
My husband and I are quite well off and have everything we need or even want. All the same, our children – all grown up – keep giving us all sorts of presents on special occasions like birthdays and holidays, and most of the stuff they give us just ends up cluttering our cupboards and closets.
Queenie, how can we make them understand that we would rather just get a nice card and maybe a recent picture of them and/or our grandchildren?—Fed-up Mom
Dear Mom,
Tell them – gently, sweetly – what you have told me. And if they continue to shower you with unwanted “stuff”, you can always thank them for it and then donate it to a charitable organisation that will pass it on to someone who really needs it.
