And that someone is my mom. Her birthday is this Feb (I'm actually going to be there this year) and I'm clueless (as my sisters are) about what to give her, and here's why:
- she doesn't want any house-related gift (and with reason)
- she was given a gift certificate from Casa Mora but came back home complaining she didn't find anything to her liking. BUT if she's just window shopping then she finds 100 things she'd like to get (bad timing maybe?)
- when I gave her jewelry she didn't wear it at work (I'm not saying when she goes to work, but after she's come to her office and in the security of those 4 walls)
- when my sister gave her a set containing a body cream and a body splash, she rejected the gift and said they didn't smell like anything
- once a LONG time ago she said Avon perfumes and creams smelled like cockroach (how does a cockroach smell?)
- being that she's a very independent woman, she won't accept money from me (and to her that'd be a tacky gift)
- books, CD's, etc. are a no-no (don't ask)
- for some unknown reason to me and my sisters, she won't let us take her out to dinner or to a weekend in an AI.
I don't know what she likes when it comes to clothes and I don't know her size either, so I don't want to risk buying some pieces here that she'll reject. I made her a photo album with photos from my travels and will give it to her then, and I was thinking about a pair of shoes and a matching purse (my sister would have to find out her size and if her style has changed since I was last there) but I'd like alternatives, if possible. I'm a very practical person and my motto is "if I don't like it I don't give it away".
Let it be known that I'm not complaining about how she is, but how she makes the situation more difficult than it can be.
So, any ideas?
Moderator: feel free to move this thread to a better forum if by any chance I posted it on the wrong one.
PS: Is this read DR related? Yes, both me, my mother and my sisters are Dominican born and raised, but I live in Europe.
- she doesn't want any house-related gift (and with reason)
- she was given a gift certificate from Casa Mora but came back home complaining she didn't find anything to her liking. BUT if she's just window shopping then she finds 100 things she'd like to get (bad timing maybe?)
- when I gave her jewelry she didn't wear it at work (I'm not saying when she goes to work, but after she's come to her office and in the security of those 4 walls)
- when my sister gave her a set containing a body cream and a body splash, she rejected the gift and said they didn't smell like anything
- once a LONG time ago she said Avon perfumes and creams smelled like cockroach (how does a cockroach smell?)
- being that she's a very independent woman, she won't accept money from me (and to her that'd be a tacky gift)
- books, CD's, etc. are a no-no (don't ask)
- for some unknown reason to me and my sisters, she won't let us take her out to dinner or to a weekend in an AI.
I don't know what she likes when it comes to clothes and I don't know her size either, so I don't want to risk buying some pieces here that she'll reject. I made her a photo album with photos from my travels and will give it to her then, and I was thinking about a pair of shoes and a matching purse (my sister would have to find out her size and if her style has changed since I was last there) but I'd like alternatives, if possible. I'm a very practical person and my motto is "if I don't like it I don't give it away".
Let it be known that I'm not complaining about how she is, but how she makes the situation more difficult than it can be.
So, any ideas?
Moderator: feel free to move this thread to a better forum if by any chance I posted it on the wrong one.
PS: Is this read DR related? Yes, both me, my mother and my sisters are Dominican born and raised, but I live in Europe.
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