Originally Posted by quiltinghere
Perhaps your mom is of the AGE of the depression and they save everything...
It's not like she doesn't like it - she just doesn't want to use it and 'ruin it' - she wants to 'save it'.
I agree. Whenever my grandmother received a nice gift she put it in her trunk with all her prized possessions. I never felt she didn't appreciate the gifts but that they were something special she wanted to be safe.