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Ungrateful daughter tweeted her "crap" christmas presents

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Fatcontroller1 · 26/12/2012 21:31

Anyone else had an ungrateful outburst from dd?

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hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman · 26/12/2012 21:33

Ebay her 'crap' presents for her?

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CheckpointCharlie · 26/12/2012 21:36

Wow. How rude. I would be doing as hungrywoman suggested.

Poor you OP!

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wigglybeezer · 26/12/2012 21:39

Not mine, but one of my friend's daughters has complained about getting five pairs of pyjamas in the middle of a biglongmoan about how Xmas is rubbish when you are no longer a little kid ( she is 14). I felt a bit sorry for her ( and my friend) as I can remember feeling the same thing.

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WTFwasthat · 26/12/2012 22:29

how bloody ungrateful snd rude. i would be livid. little mare. They would all be returned to shops by tomorrow!

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VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry · 26/12/2012 22:34

my DS friend got nothing for xmas, he is 18. send her presents to him.....tell her how bloody lucky she is. i ended up doing xmas for my ds friend. Ive also lectured my two on how blooming lucky they are....my 2 are 15 and 21.

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Kitsilano · 26/12/2012 22:34

That is SO rude! My DD - only 7, so I know it's different - came into my bedroom on Christmas morning, carrying her stocking and said " I feel too lucky with all this, I am spoiled, I want to give some of my toys to charity."

I dont know where it came from, but I hope she continues to feel that way.

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Tortington · 26/12/2012 22:37

i probably would have got a black bin bag and chucked the lot out of temper tbh.

or worse tweeted back some highly imapropriate parent comment

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AnyFuckerForAMincePie · 26/12/2012 22:44

Take them all off her

take a photograph of them as you bin them

tweet it #job done

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whistlestopcafe · 26/12/2012 22:47

What did she get?

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bringbacksideburns · 26/12/2012 22:48

Don't put up with it!!

She thinks they are crap, do the above. Take them to a Charity or Social Services.

Tough.

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Moominsarehippos · 26/12/2012 22:48

Does she know that you've seen it?

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YourHandInMyHand · 26/12/2012 22:52

I'd be fuming! Take presents away from her.

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GlitterySparklyBaublesOfDoom · 26/12/2012 22:55

I'd reply to her tweet and say you're going to flog them on Ebay for charity seeing as she doesn't want them. All her mates/followers will see it. Would serve her right methinks!

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VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry · 26/12/2012 23:50

what did she get?

had she asked for any of it?

my dd is 15 and gave us a list.....she didnt get it all but she got a lot of it.

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SecretSantaFix · 26/12/2012 23:54

then she gets them removed.

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MNPdoesYULETIDE · 27/12/2012 00:00

Give them to someone who would cherish them

Or

Was she trying to act Big!!

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sashh · 27/12/2012 09:16

Are they crap?


Still rude to tweet, but I'd like to know what she got.

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MaryBS · 27/12/2012 09:27

DD is 13 and loves her presents (nice camera and several pairs of PJs Blush and a few other bits, but not the DVD player and other things she wanted). We do get the odd outburst from her, some of which can be hurtful, but not about her presents.

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Astelia · 27/12/2012 09:36

Another one wondering what she got and had she asked for anything specifically?

Teens are self-absorbed and they want to fit in with their friends. If their presents are not similar to what friends got or what they asked for it is more cool to slag them off IYSWIM.

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Moominsarehippos · 27/12/2012 09:43

Still - it would be good to learn now that you can't shit on someone else and not expect fallout.

Better an earbashing from mum than a punch in the face from some crazy schoolmate you've made a rude tweet about!

I do wonder what she got. Maybe it was a roll of dog-poo-picky-up bags? That would be a crap gift!

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HECTheHallsWithRowsAndFolly · 27/12/2012 09:52

And she still has them?

Please tell me her 'crap' gifts are now removed from the ungrateful baggage's bedroom, awaiting ebay listings.

Don't reward such behaviour by allowing her to keep these things.

Or at least a short sharp shock of removing them and telling her they're going on ebay, but they could possibly be earned back with good behaviour/chores/etc.

What you cannot do is just sit back and take that!

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TaggieCrimbleBlack · 27/12/2012 09:55

If they are 'crap' she won't want or miss them. Gather up the crap and give to someone else.

Mine both put on FB they had a lovely Chtistmas and great presents.

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Sparklingbrook · 27/12/2012 10:03

Shock How ungrateful. Also highlights another reason I hate FB and Twitter, and the oversharing teenagers do on social networking sites. They see what everyone else has. Angry

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ZenNudist · 27/12/2012 10:07

Teens expect too much. What did she get? Another one who thinks they should be taken back until she says sorry or charity shopped. Best to nip this kind of attitude in the bud.

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BerthaTheMangerBurglar · 27/12/2012 10:12

Hmm. Well there's the usual load of threads on here from adults complaining about the crap presents they received from their adult mums/mils/relatives. Is that different then?

Or is it different cos it is twitter? Would it be ok if your dd started a MN thread? Or are you only allowed to start complaining about presents when you reach 18?

Don't take the presents back, you gave them to her, they're not yours any more. Give her the receipts, so she can exchange them for things she does want.

There isn't anything wrong with thinking that the presents you received were crap, is there? Or chatting to your friends about that?

The only thing she has done wrong is complain using a media where the gift-giver can see the complaint. That part you might want to chat to her about.

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