Dear Queenie,
My mother-in-law gave my son some nice gifts for his birthday. Now she wants one of them back because she wants to give it to the child of a friend of hers. She says she will give my son something else to replace it.
My son loves the gift she wants back and plays with it all the time, but my mother-in-law will be angry if I don’t give it back to her.
Queenie, what should I do?—Disgusted dad
Dear Dad,
Tell your mother-in-law she can offer your son the idea of trading the gift she wants for something he likes better. If he accepts the offer, okay.
However, if he does not accept the idea, tell your mother-in-law the answer to her request is “NO.”
And, I do not understand why m-i-l does not just go out and buy an identical gift for her friend’s child.
