Hey, y’all! Lately I’ve been having problems with my daughters grandma buying her too much stuff and it’s causing my daughter to become ungrateful towards her father and I. I have been going over in my head how I should address it. I want to get my point across but I want to do it respectfully. I have typed up a message in my notes that I want to send to her but I would love opinions and even ideas on how to say it in the best way possible. Here is what I wrote:

* The (_) parts are names I took out for privacy here on Glow.

“Hi, (_)! First off I want to tell you how much (_) and I appreciate everything you do for (_) but we have had some concerns over her behavior lately. (_) and I have slowly been integrating minimalism into our lives for the past few years because we believe that materialistic items shouldn’t be as important as the world has made them out to be. We have been working on teaching (_) more about gratitude and appreciation for the things that she has and receives but she has voiced that it is unfair (_) and I won’t buy her as many things as you do. Again, we greatly appreciate everything you do for (_) but I was hoping that you would help us out with this. If need be we can start packing her a bag for when she comes to your house. I don’t mind at all. I also don’t mind if the clothes are dirty, just as long as I get them back. 😉 Of course it is none of my business how you spend your money but it’s always great when we can all be on the same page.”

Would love your honest feedback on whether or not this is rude and any changes I can make to this before I send it to her!