Ok soo my in-laws have gone and brought us a 400l fridge - freezer as an early christmas present so obviously it was a suprise and its to small for our family of 5 prior to this new fridge we've
got a 450l full fridge and a 500l chest freezer i dont know what to do i am extremley appreciative of the gift but its to small and i dont know if i approach them and if i do how do i say something without sounding ungrateful or do i just leave it and not use it or do i sell it and get the fridge that would better suit our family
What do i do...
What do i do...
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Don't approach them. Any approach needs to come from there child and it needs to be face to face.
Sell it, buy yourself what you need but there son should explain.
Yes or if you dont eant to face it wait a few months then claim it had some issues and they took great care of you to get a replacement and upgrade.
I’d speak to them. Thank them generously but ask if we can return it and upgrade? You’d of course pay the difference but “your worried it’s not big enough, our last one was 450l and it fits the spot perfectly”
Or something similar.
They’re family, family should udnerstand :)
Def speak to them, well, get their son to speak to them, they’re his parents after all.
Yes it’s a lovely gesture, but a gift is only as good as it’s usefulness. I had a narcissistic ex MIL who bought all sorts of ‘gifts’ that were not practical useful or very well thought out. But we get hung up on not appearing ungrateful if we tell the person that the gift doesn’t fit.
Your gift doesn’t fit! How the hell could you cope with such a small fridge for 5? And what about when you have guests, or try to squeeze in a ham, turkey, prawns, trifle, pavlova on Xmas day?
Be honest, be upfront. If they’re offended then that’s on them. Common sense should’ve guided them to investigate your current fridge/freezer situation.
You can never have enough fridge space. This is a case of big is always best! 😂