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Money Moral Dilemma: My daughter's selling clothes I got her - should she have offered them to me?
Surely a gift is a gift? Perhaps you should have bought the clothes for yourself and given/lent her money if she was hard up? If she is selling the clothes as brand new having not worn them to try and make herself some money, that's a different matter, as she will never make the same amount as you paid, so that's disrespectful to your generosity. Next time you give someone clothes that you would like yourself, add a caveat that when they don't want them anymore, to give you first refusal.
Why would you think it's appropriate for you to wear your daughter's clothes? However, instead of buying her clothes why not talk to her about her financial situation and see if you can help her sort out her difficulties with a cash injection?
Money Moral Dilemma: My daughter's selling clothes I got her - should she have offered them to me? Is this a money dilemma, a moral dilemma, or perhaps a dilemma about communication and relationships between a mother and daughter? Why not ask your daughter the question you've asked everyone else?
