Worst/Strangest Christmas Present!

ragz_2

Strangest presents this year - Breast Pads in my stocking from best mate.

Telescopic Wheel Brace from my BIL (I'm a 24 year old woman lol) but actually I loved it and will come in real handy (if DH doesn't steal it!)

RoxieW

tiff wrote: »

I think thats quite a snobby response, she may have bought the slippers from the supermarket as they fitted within her budget or that she buys them there for herself and she wouldnt have thought to go elsewhere.

To be fair you dont know me or the person involved - or the circumstances. She's a person that is always very happy to take but not to give and this year has been a wake up call for me with regards to this particular friendship. I'm regularly paying for things or doing things for this person, as are other people, and it doesnt get reciprocated. I am currently doing her a favour which really inconveniences me over the festive period but saves her about £100. And it's not about the money - although they have money when it suits -it's about the effort and thought. Sticking a pair of slippers in with the weekly shop shows neither in my opinion - same as when I didnt even get a birthday card for my bday - well i did but it was 4 days late and a card 'recycled' from a card given. If someone cant show appreciation of a friend at Christmas or on their birthdays then it kind of sticks in the throat and I'm keeping my money in my pocket in 2010 and scaling back what I now class as a bit of a toxic friendship.

*Louise*

^^I remember your other thread from earlier in the year Roxie


Just buy her slippers for her birthday

Starry_Skies

I received a 'bum bag' from a relative this year.... snazzy :rotfl::rotfl:

MushyPeas

My OH bought me a 'build your own internal combustion engine' as he thought it would help me learn how a car works!!!! Bless him...

Stephb1986_2

I think I can top you lot hands down.

This year I got a lurvly multi coloured scarf off my SIL2B from asda and my H2B got a pack of 3 boxer shorts from next so probably worth in total £15 when we had spent about £100 on her and 3 kids

I don't think I'll be doing it again next year lets put it that way.

We got engaged on christmas day and was thinking of having an engagement party in the next few weeks but I've scrapped the idea because why should I pay for a party for people I don't even like. When his nan found out she came up to me and said "oh your not getting married next year are you I haven't got over the last one" and then stormed off!! We aint even getting married next year !!!!!!!!

So I can't be doing with his family.

Steph xx

Morgan_Ree

My worst present was from my ex bf's sister
It was an inflatable football that had pockets for the tv remote

oh and a terrys chocolate orange

I was thrilled.........

Turia

My worst ever present was from my "lovely" MIL.. note the sarcasm please.

in our first christmas as a married couple we had only been in our first home for 2 months so obviously we were still in the process of making our house beautiful.

My Xmas present from my dear mother in law was... get this... a serrated Kitchen knife.
that was it! Her reasoning was that it was a new house and needed a knife.....

It wasnt even a sharp expensive one, it looked like a 99p one as there was no card holding it in place it was messily wrapped in prepopped bubble wrap and then wrapping paper! Im surprised i never cut myself opening it... (perhaps that was her intention?!) My husband was so embarrassed by them especially as he had just received a tie and cufflink set. AND we had spent approx £100 on hers and her husbands presents!!

Needless to say ive never forgotten it. In fact come to think of it I cant remember one decent present from his family this past 7 years we've been married! They still havent given us our xmas presents as they buy everything in the xmas sales and then give them to us in January!! lol

there's thrifty and MSE and then there's just plain old weird in laws


Turia

lol i just remembered... that same xmas , said inlaws gave my parents a box of Thorntons Chocolates..

... expect they had already expired 2 years earlier!!!

Who in the hell of it keeps sealed boxes of chocolates in cupboards for over 2 years lol!

Apricot

My bf and I decided to do each other stockings this year. Nothing was to cost more than £5. My presents included a pair of rubber gloves & a pack of tesco value dusters - needless to say I wasn't impressed!