ext_2332 ([identity profile] cat-77.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] seperis 2009-12-26 06:41 pm (UTC)

Kids break toys. Hell, adults break toys. We all break things that aren't toys as well. People need to get over this fact. Did the person who received it enjoy it? Then move on, it's no longer yours (that that whole gifting part of it).

In our family, we do have holiday traditions of bringing up the past to tease, but only after it has been established that there are no hard feelings and things have had time to calm down. Case in point was my then 7 year old cousin who was being a brat and his mom threatened to return his gift. He didn't believe her so she unwrapped it in front of him and made him come with the return the cowboy boots he had begged for all winter long. To this day we threaten any family member who's being a dork or an ass or whatever that we are going to return their gift and it's cowboy boots. Even my cousin grins.

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