Sick of the Temu “gifts”.

That’s all. We have two registries. Originally we were just on Target, but that was too difficult to navigate and Target is “too expensive” for my elderly in-laws, so we made an Amazon one with items in their budget for them per their request. We have been bombarded with gifts like bottles, clothes, pacifiers, etc from them, but it’s all from Temu. Nothing from the registry. I feel like I’m being so ungrateful and spoiled, but seeing everyone open their Christmas gifts of AirPods and model cars and for my husband and I to get bags and boxes of what is basically trash really rubbed me the wrong way. I don’t have my family because they disowned me due to my husband being a different race, so my in-laws are all I have and it sucks that I have to shut up and be grateful for whatever they give me. Thankfully my husband is sweet and always in my corner and told his family that they need to quit with the Temu gifts and that it’s not “better than nothing” because it’s basically toxic waste made by slave labor. I’m glad that we have the financial means to get everything we need for our baby, but I hate feeling like my little family comes last to everyone, especially when my own family won’t even acknowledge its existence.

ETA: I’m sorry if I’m coming across as ungrateful, that’s really not my intention. I’m very grateful for my in-laws and didn’t expect anything, especially not anything expensive. The Amazon registry was specifically for items $25 or less, and when asked for specific items I said that we would be happy with thrifted books and baby clothes. I wasn’t trying to say that my in-laws should have spent more money on us, I was trying to express that the other members got exactly what they asked for, but we were pressured into sharing exactly what we wanted and still only received these Temu items. That’s all. Again, I’m sorry if I’m coming across as ungrateful and/or spoiled.