What do you do when....
#51
Unless your kids are purchasing your fabric, sorry ain't none of their business. Whoever said that just because we have children we are not entitled to have anything that pleases us or makes us happy? I worked hard for my family for 35 years, giving them things that they would not have had if I hadn't worked. Now it is my time. Not like I am jetting around the world or buying big expensive cars or fur coats. I enjoy a very humble hobby that gives me pleasure and when I give a quilted project to someone, hopefully, I have made another person happy. I have a sister that feels if she spends a dollar on herself she must in turn spend a hundred dollars on the kids. Just don't understand. I don't tell my kids how to spend their money and if they don't like my hobby, they keep it to themselves. Enjoy your stash, you deserve it and much more!!!
#54
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 724
When they move out they wont have to look at it, in fact, take their room for a sewing room. LOL My guess is they are teenagers and just need something to be grumpy about, and moms are a target most of the time. You don't need to explain, but I have found that telling them that "when your mature, you will understand" that usually quiets them down. don't feel bad about a wonderful craft. Dee
#55
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Posts: 645
Originally Posted by KSue
your kids complain about all of the fabric I have. I honestly don't have that much fabric. I mean compared to some of the stashes I have seen here. It makes me want to just get rid of all of it and say ---okay it's all gone, now you don't have to keep preaching about it. I just don't know why my kids can't let me happy in my own little world. Just a thought!
#58
QuiltnCowgirl said it all. When my DH or recently my BIL and SIL asked when the store opened for business I told them I plan on using every inch of it if I have to live to be 150 years old. I do not understand why people feel they have to say unkind things about my stash. It makes me happy and they sure are happy when they are the recipients of things I make for them.
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