How to deal with Nan sending clothes to me

System

It gives her a great amount of pleasure to send them and you've tried to be tactful so just accept them with the love that they obviously were sent. Thank her and charity shop them.

One day the parcels will stop and you will miss them, batty as they seem to you now.

DigForVictory

I'm hearing there's noone who can speak to nan & be heard?
Plus she's getting a real buzz from this, if only as you phone her or otherwise communicate?

Set up on ebay or gumtree or facebook and move them along.Or if the admin feels too much, have a word with your local medics about where to drop off stuff for a refuge? Or a charity you feel warmly towards?

Keep saying thankyou for the stuff you like - lay it on with a trowel - & Judi's right. Your postman man not miss these parcels, but the reliable "Oh My, what this time?" will becomes something you'll miss, eventually.

LannieDuck

Would you wear the clothes if they fitted? If so, it might be worth getting your Mum/Dad (your Nan's child) to have a word with her and see if you can't get her to send the right sizes.

(If no, I agree with the others - politely thank her, and quietly pass them back to the charity shops (as long as it's not having too great of a financial impact on her).)

hazyjo

Could always start buying her clothes several sizes too big and see if the penny drops.


Sad really...


Jx

Primrose

Think yourself lucky. I had a grandmother who gave me a doll for my 18th birthday!

Nothing you can do except charity shop them and send a sweet thank you letter..

dianetheartist

just say--it was lovely but I'm only a size 12--size 20/22 is far to big and had to donate it to the charity shop...
or ask her for the receipt and say you need to change the size....