Redditor Intends On Returning A Baby Gift Bought By The SIL Because She Wants A More Expensive Version Of It

"It was like they didn’t put in the effort to order the one I wanted"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• November 22, 2022

Having a baby, especially if it's your first child, comes with a roller coaster of emotions. You tend to plan everything ahead of time.

You would likely sit down and write a list of every item you would require throughout the first year of your child's life even before the baby is born. If it is your first child, you probably took that list to your neighborhood baby store and made a gift registry there.

Who knows, a playpen was undoubtedly on that list. It was probably something you added without giving it much thought and it is one of the baby items the Redditor in today's story intended on buying for the arrival of the baby.

The OP sent a link to a playpen that she wanted to get for the baby to her in-laws, who asked to buy what was missing for the baby. The playpen had the wanted color, with music and vibration features.

It also has multiple pockets and a big space for pampers bottles and so on. Her SIL ended up getting her the one they got, which has a color she doesn't like, a smaller area to put baby things, and no outside pocket.

The OP felt awkward with these things and felt like saying thank you, as she truly didn't want them. But then, the OP didn't know how to go about it, so she decided to reach out to the AITA subreddit community.

And the OP writes:

It was like they didn’t put in the effort to order the one I wanted

Here are some of the most upvoted comments from Redditors below.

You can return it yourself

What you're proposing is extremely entitled

This Redditor would stop talking to them

It would be poor taste to demand it to be returned

Just give it back to them

You can go exchange it for the one you want

Just ask them to include a gift receipt

You don't have to like it

A baby shower isn't a chance to get everything you want

People don't normally add a receipt with a gift

You can return the gift yourself

If you're that pressed about it, return it

You made research and made choices for something you'll use

This is terrible manners

You can likely return it yourself even without a receipt

Cool down the ungrateful hormones

You have this awesome mental image of what you want

There are so many versions of baby products

You'll must likely end up getting what you want

Decision made

The OP added this edit later on

Another edit was added later on

Onesies! Child monitors! Swings and slings and so much more are what we tend to buy when a baby is arriving.

Everything has to be on the list, and when your baby shower rolled around, you see that you have done very well. The OP was just trying to get the best as this is their first child but then, Redditors declared him the A-Hole because she sounded like an entitled person amongst other things.

Maryjane