@mr-expresso wrote:
This post sounds like you wanted to be praised .. and be the number one fav Aunty for buying your neice something her Mum couldn't afford....
And what is wrong with wanting to be appreciated, especially when you spend a fortune, and lavish a gift.
Or is ingratitude, to be expected.
If I recieve a gift, I thank the giver profusely for thinking of me. A gift is not mandatory it should never be recieved in such an offhand manner.
As for sounding like she wanted to be praised, well to me it sounded only that a nice smile, a look of appreciation, and a thank-you was what was wanted, and definitely should have been proffered, at the very least..
