Originally Posted by charity-crafter

My inlaws feel that way. Hand mde just means you're too cheap to get them a real present. A present has to be store bought and expensive in their minds.

I made them 2 hand made lap quilts when we were first married. MIL opened the package and sort of turned her nose up "what is this? why did you give me a blanket? " real snobby like. She threw it in the closet like it was a piece of junk. Hubby went out and bought them a refrigerator. That was a real present. Hubby later explained it was a cultural thing, not to take it personal. I then was angry with him for not telling me it wouldn't be appreciated.

They don't understand me when I would rather have something hand made for me because it means the person cares about me enough to spend all this time making it for me.

My sister cross stitched a really nice big picture for us and I had it framed. I was telling them about it when they visited and they could only ask why I had it framed, it's just a piece of cloth.