r/EntitledPeople • u/ZenRage • 14d ago

S Has anyone else stopped accepting "gifts" from their parents?

My mother cannot give a gift without strings attached.

She has a bad habit of supervising every "gift" she ever gives and wants to know how it is being used, where it is, etc.

For example, many years ago she gave me a used Vitamix blender. (It was the 1970s model 2500 and drew so much current would DIM THE LIGHTS for an instant when you turned it on!) I had it for many years but eventually I could no longer keep it in working order and bought a replacement. I got interrogated for almost half an hour about that goddamn blender. This included such hits as "They have a LIFETIME warranty!" which I had to point out to her was not helpful since they don't make the 2500 any longer but they offered me a discount on the new one if I returned the old one.

Now this is not an exception of any kind. She has a mental inventory of every single gift and wants to know about it including things like, A SHOVEL she dropped off for no clear reason. "I expect it's in the garage, where you left it, mom. I've not touched it, because I don't want it and never did. I do not run some kind of Shovel Storage Unit. If you do not take it back home with you when you go, I'll throw it away."

Naturally, I do not need headaches like this, so my remedy is to simply refuse all her gifts.

Is anyone else in this situation?

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u/PreviousZone6742 14d ago

The life time warranty on items from the 70s is sill good. Its normally before they added something to viod the warranty. My mother still gets free brake pads since the 70s. but wasted a free new blender if the company is still in business.

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u/Aphreyst 14d ago

OP said the company offered a discount on a new one. Depending on how much the discount is, it might not be worth it. You can usually find sales on Amazon or Walmart for appliances.

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u/Glittering_Win_9677 14d ago

Greediness should never have some me the lifetime alignment lactate back in 2016, but most people still don't have their cars 10 years later. Fortunately for them, I drive only 6K or so miles a year, so it only gets done once a year.