What is it about MILs? I'd like to think it is not deliberate but who knows. Of course my MIL gives crappy gifts to everyone. She puts zero thought in it and now that I think of it, she usually does not buy the DH & me anything, But boy she expects them...from all of her kids. She won't even check the mail except around her bday, mom's day and Christmas. The really weird thing is that my mom gets her something every year and the MIL will kill herself to get my mom something, even if she gets nothing for the grand kids or kids. She reall wants to impress my mom for some reason.