She has admitted to only buying them a few pairs of clothes so they can dress themselves and to limit laundry. She also neglected to buy Calvin a pair of shoes all last summer, and just let him wear his gum boots to run around in. The winter before that Jackson wore shoes and puddle boots part of the winter because she couldn’t (wouldn’t) buy him winter boots. We’ve already seen the boys out plenty of times without coats when it’s cold enough to have them on.Ohnonotme wrote:I never mentioned the shitty Yeti cups as gifts for her in-laws and other people she chose to give out as a job lot. But it is completely wrong to say she denies them “good toys”, and particularly “good clothes”. Doesn’t matter if they don’t meet your approval, or mine, but it is completely wrong to make it sound like they get around in crap clothing and are denied decent toys. Jackson seemed delighted with the basketball game.HelloSweetie wrote:That’s not at all what she said and you know it. She said Ellie doesn’t give much thought into the gifts she gives. Not everyone wants or needs a Yeti cup. Using it as a gift for a woman in her twenties, and a woman in her 60s is quite lazy and impersonal.Ohnonotme wrote: You make it sound like the boys got lumps of coal for Christmas, and get around dressed like street urchins.
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While the boys did get gifts, they arguably got things she wanted them to have and more what would suit her or make her life easier.... like an outside basketball hoop (weird gift for a 5 year old) so the boys can play outside, or a marble run that doesn’t come apart so there is less mess and clutter than say LEGO. I’ve said it before and stand by it, Ellie’s gifts always seem impersonal and like they were purchased for a distant relative, rather than someone she actually knows well.
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But they are denied decent toys. We don’t say they have NO toys. While I’m sure Jackson will love his basketball hoop, it isn’t a toy he’s going to be able to use all the time. It’s just a fact that Ellie limits their messy toys. By all means, prove me wrong. I’ve been watching a long time, and Ellie’s minimalist style goes all the way back to when Calvin was a baby. We noticed it back then, and most of us were fans! They absolutely live minimalist lives compared to most kids, and even their own parents. This is definitely influenced by how they were raised, and all the Griffiths are guilty of carrying it on into the next generation.
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