Useless/unwanted gifts?

catch_me_if_you_can

Not for Xmas but my ex gave me a book "101 uses for a dead cat" to cheer me up after my cat died... :eek:

LAM2011

My OHs mum is opposite to most of your MIL's. Every year (going on 8 yrs now) I get size 8 / 10 stuff and I am a 12/14 and every year we have the same conversation. She starts buying in the Jan sales so by December I cant take it back and it goes to another person in the family. Or she buys me a present for the house: pots, duvet etc. I dont mind but I would rather have nothing. From the others I always get red wine (which I dont drink), dark choc (cant eat) bath stuff (allergic). It makes me mad as its such a waste of money! This year I got a pair of boots size 7 (I am a 5?) - when I raised it with her she said cant I wear thick socks???

LAM2011

catch_me_if_you_can wrote: »

Not for Xmas but my ex gave me a book "101 uses for a dead cat" to cheer me up after my cat died... :eek:

That is awful! Is that why they are now 'ex' ?

heebie-jeebies

I once received a really nice diary for my birthday (Jan). On the front page was a message for my SIL with best wishes for the New Year etc.

My in laws once bought me wet wipes for Xmas too.

catch_me_if_you_can

LAM2011 wrote: »

That is awful! Is that why they are now 'ex' ?

it certainly helped me make that decision!

Cherry_Bomb

Last year my MIL bought this for xmas



To this day I still don't know what to say about it

marywooyeah

basscadette wrote: »

The worst present, and really, I would have rather had no present at all, was when my son was born two months ago. They brought round two bags of sick and poo stained, ancient, well worn baby clothes that they'd found at a car boot sale - nothing else. Each dirty item was individually wrapped. I refused to unwrap any but my poor OH was forced to unwrap each one and say 'ooh, lovely'. This was me - :silenced::mad::mad::mad: :silenced: That's the best they could do for his dad's first grandson.

that's not even a rubbish present that's just completely disgusting and unhygenic. I'm guessing you either chucked the lot or had to spend ages washing it I'm not suprised you're fuming.

Nicki

I read this thread on my phone this morning, and really empathised because my MIL had asked me before Christmas what I would like, and I had asked for a gym bag for my pilates gear, and even sent her the link to one I would like on Amazon. It wasn't all that expensive, around £20. Come Christmas Day I opened my present from the inlaws and found a scented candle. As we had been entertaining them for Christmas and I had done all the cooking and entertaining, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Just as they were leaving, I spotted something on the floor behind the sofa which I thought was a jumper they had dropped. It was the gym bag! My DD had sneaked into the room and opened it before we started opening the presents together and dropped it behind the sofa opened as it was boring to her. No one had noticed on the day that one present had gone adrift! So I now feel very uncharitable for my hard done by thoughts this morning, but have my lovely gym bag after all!

make_me_wise

Not sure what to do about this. A friend of mine has given me a set of jewellery for xmas that she no longer uses. It is a swarovski gold necklace and earings set in a starfish design. It is absolutely stunningly beautiful but it is so far from the type of thing I wear and I know it wouldn't suit me. What to do though? I dont want to offend her by handing it back, but we see each other quite regularly and she is the type who will wonder why I am not wearing it. Thankfully all my other gifts were just what I wanted and needed.

rachbc

we got given a recipe index card box - quite attractive, very useful- but an odd gift for my 5 yo daughter!!