I feel like I'm being petty

[Phoenix]

I started to get worried that mommy #2 hadn't received the package that I sent. The baby's great-grandma confirmed that the blanket did arrive. I think I'm starting to feel less petty. Maybe they like handmade gifts - maybe they don't. Maybe they use them, maybe they don't. They're just rude. Whether or not you like something, I think it is only polite to acknowledge that a gift has been received. Whatever.

 

I think you hit the nail on the head there. A polite thank you of a gift received is good manners even if you hate it. Like the thankyou my bf gave my grandma for the "christmas angel" she gave him (he's Jewish). Not that I think that mommy #2 hates it- just that she's ill mannered.

 

Save your energy- energy making unappreicated gifts, and energy spent being frustrated with them.