So today we received a package from my sister with gifts for my kids. Son is gone this week but daughter, age 16, opened her 2 gifts. One was $20 cash and the other is a make your own radio kit for ages 8+, according to the package. It's a child's gift. My daughter will soon be 17. Both kids visited this sister and other relatives back in August, so it's not like she would forget her age.My theory is that this was a gift given to one of her kids (both younger than mine) and she decided to pass it off on my daughter. I don't mind re-gifting when there's actually some thoughtfulness there, but now I'm trying to stay calm and not get too **** off that this sister would actually give her niece a little kid's gift. The sister has loads of money but has done this sort of thing before several times.There's a slight chance the gift is for my son and the other wrapped gift is for my daughter -- name tags got switched, but even then, he's 14 and much too old for this. I haven't said anything to my daughter about this, but I'm fuming -- more out of hurt for her than anything else. No gift at all is better than something that is so thoughtless it actually communicates, "I don't give a damn whether or not you want or need this. I'm just giving it to you because I have to give you SOMETHING." The fact that this message was sent to my daughter is very hurtful to me.BTW, daughter just passed it off as, "Oh, well." I'm the one ticked off.Now I'm tempted to go open that other gift just in case I've jumped to conclusions and it really was mislabeled...  OK, just felt it. It feels like the exact same packaging. Good grief. I am so glad to be 2000 miles away from these people.Here's a link: http://www.target.com/p/wonderology-science-kit-snap-plug-play-radio/-/A-15330811Looks like she might have spent less than $3 on it. Â
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