I'm perfectly capable of purchasing clothes for my own kids, but I had come to depend on the ones she had insisted on giving me.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a whole bunch of her little girl’s clothes -- such a high volume of items that some still had the tags on.
I ended up having a girl, and since I had those clothes, I didn’t buy very much for her. But recently, my friend told me that her best friend was offended that she wasn’t given these hand-me-downs instead of me. Then she told me to give the clothes to her friend when we are done with them. The whole situation has made me very uncomfortable, as though I have no right to the clothes I have been dressing my child in since she was born.
I am perfectly capable of purchasing clothes for my own kids, but I had come to depend on the ones she had insisted on giving me. Now my daughter’s closet is empty, and I missed all of the seasonal sales, so I am having to order everything full-price.
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