Unappreciative gift recipient

2331clk
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:47:38 +0000

Even though this is no doing of your niece, I would not send her gifts. More fodder for Facebook insults from these awful relatives. A trip to the zoo, the mall and a lunch…that’s fine.

I do not think I would respond right now to the Facebook posting. Too predictable. I believe timing is everything. Somewhere down the line, when they least expect it, attack in a subtle but unmistakable way…when the subject of gifts, gift pricing, social media, etc comes up in conversation with these rubes, then make your move-- like in the case of social media, shoot in something like “yeah Facebook has some redeeming value…you can find out what your relatives really think about you” or whatever. If they have half a brain they’ll take in the added insult that you’ve known about this for some time but were too classy to respond right away (but too cool to ignore the whole thing!).