Now, I am all for getting second hand stuff from family, will save us a fortune. Some people have been saving stuff for me for when I have a baby which we didn't even know about (I feel so special). AND lots of ppl when I rang them to tell them we were having a baby said 'oh I know what I want to buy you, can I get you this??'. I didn't expect that!! Everyone is so cute, i was so excited that they were excited for me.

However, I thought I'd share this about DH's grandma, i can't believe her, it annoys me and makes me laugh at the same time, So, firstly she is notorious for giving away her old stuff she doesn't want, you can't say no, she'll just post it anyway and she'll remember everything she's ever given you and if someone else needs it she'll ring up and ask if you still have it and if you're not using it can you send it back!!!! Unbelieveable!! So you can't just get rid of the stuff she gives you.

Anyways, so we ring her to tell her we're expecting a baby, she said congrats and then is straight away onto what we can have. She has the bassinet she used for all her kids (she's in her 80s) then gave to her sisters family and they used it, someone in there family has it now but she will ring them especially to get it back so we can have it!! OMG, we've seen a photo and we don't want it plus I doubt it passes safety standards these days.

Then she's going on about everything, the way it sounds we wouldn't have to buy a thing (literally) except clothes. Now I don't really want this stuff, it's all really old and nothing matches and I'm having my first baby I kinda want my own stuff and I want it all nice and matching so i tell DH to just tell her we've bought some stuff and some stuff other people have already given us. DH tells her that and she actually says 'well it's probably best you just take all that stuff back to the shops because I've got everything here'. WTF???? hahaha, you just can't say no, DH had to be firm in the end and we're not having it thank god I can just imagine we'd have to store it and keep it forever coz she'd ask for it back to give to someone else one day.
She actually said during the conversation 'Oh this is great, I will be able to get rid of so much stuff' !!!! I'm not sure why she thinks we'd want all her extremely old stuff. I wouldn't mind just one thing maybe, bit of sentimental value but now I'm too scared to ask, knowing her if she sent it up it would come with a whole heap of other stuff.

Anyone else got any similar stories to share??