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PenguinOfDeath

bear77 wrote: »

One of the best has to be a toilet cleaning system that she had actually wrapped up and put in the Christmas Stocking! Along with some refill pads, also wrapped up!

She is very generous and thoughtful and all that is appreciated, I just look forward to the random stocking fillers & seeing how bizarre they get each year!

:rotfl:
This sounds like something my mum would do, at least half the presents she gives are 'useful', it's as if anything she see as vaguely appropriate since September gets wrapped up!

One of my best was from my OHs grandmother last year - a set of M&S talcs in a flowery box (y'know, the kinda thing you might give an elderly grandmother...), with the original price sticker still on, and the sale sticker half peeled off :-) I'm wondering if I can get away with regifting back to her this year ;-)

scottishminnie

I posted this on a similar thread a while back. My MIL (whom I no longer have any contact with thank god) was the queen of giving "worst ever" presents. The ones which stuck in my mind were:

Size 20-22 Camisole Top and Knickers - I was a size 10 at the time, her response was that "it was obvious that my weight would rocket at some point" and they would fit soon enough. I've never been bigger than a 14.
A pressed glass jar with chocolates inside - the best before date was 3 years earlier.
A pair of damart slipper/boot things in size 8 - I'm a 5.
A kitchen clock in the shape of a frying pan.
A calendar dishtowel from the year before
A pair of child's legwarmers and matching tights????

and the cream of them all - 100 cigarettes. I have never smoked in my life -I immediately handed them back - she seemed quite happy, possibly as she puffed like a chimney most of the time. That was obviously her plan.

I took comfort from the fact that her other daughter in law suffered in similar ways - I can still remember watching her opening up her gift one year - a babydoll nightdress and thong which was a size 8. My SIL is a shapely size 16 most of the time but at that particular time was about 8 months pregnant and about 4 stone heavier than usual. MIL's response to her bursting into tears was to say "it was an incentive for her to get rid of some of that fat as it couldn't possibly all be baby".


I don't miss presents from the old witch!

pinkcandyflossprincess

oh yes:eek: see when its my mom or oh buys me something awfull it makes me sad but dad is fondly known for sending "a box of crap" each year:rotfl:it is a collection of stuff he finds on the bootsale and from poundland:o
the year before last was quite spectatular as the best one was a singing pig that was dressed as madonna complete with a cone bra and hotpants:rotfl: unfortunately at the back of the pants it was all stained and worn away:eek: my 6 year old son took an immediate fondness to it as we were screaming..no dont touch the pig:eek::rotfl:

dads box of crap though is brill and my brother phones me up every xmas so we can !!!!!/cackle about who got the worst present:o

shegirl

Slinky wrote: »

Thank you for reminding me to tell my husband to stop buying me hardback books - the sort that are 'coffee table' books. I only ever read in bed and large books are impossible to handle, so they sit unread on the book case. I think he thinks if he keeps buying me books on gardening, he may get Kew gardens.......

Worst present ever was a birthday present from a then boyfriend who I was nuts about at the time. Took me away for a weekend, had a lovely romantic meal, at the end of it he shoves across a small tin with a picture of a cat on it. Heart starts pounding, could this possibly contain something shiny and ring shaped? No, it was a minature Swiss army knife.

I should have stabbed him with it........

Oh,I feel your pain on the birthday present!!!I was asking now ex what he was getting me for my 21st as he'd mentioned my birthday.He told me I'd love my present.Asked him for hints and all he would say is it's something I'll love and it's round.Cue major excitement from me as I'd also been hinting and talking with him about getting engaged.So,heart pounding when I'm about to get my present and what does he give me?Money rolled up:eek::rotfl:

Over the years after that I built up a nice collection of Mum cups and photo frames lol one photo frame was rather special though (still is) as he got a glass one (and spent ages searching for one-texting me while in the process) for a photo of me and our son and had Mummy and *our sons name* engraved on it!Was the sweetest present he ever bought...shame he left the price label on the back:rotfl:

Frogletina

Just remembered my last Christmas

My daughter bought me a couple of silly presents. A blow up 'date' - 12 inches high and carrying a bunch of plastic flowers and some soap - a 'hunk on a rope', a male torso.

Sorry, just not funny - she is very happily married, and soap and plastic men really don't do it for me when I want the real thing.

ammonite

pinkcandyflossprincess wrote: »

oh yes:eek: see when its my mom or oh buys me something awfull it makes me sad but dad is fondly known for sending "a box of crap" each year:rotfl:it is a collection of stuff he finds on the bootsale and from poundland:o
the year before last was quite spectatular as the best one was a singing pig that was dressed as madonna complete with a cone bra and hotpants:rotfl: unfortunately at the back of the pants it was all stained and worn away:eek: my 6 year old son took an immediate fondness to it as we were screaming..no dont touch the pig:eek::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: That's just had me in absolutely stitches, the tears are pouring down my face - it's completely tickled me! That's by far the worst present ever! :T:T:T it's the "don't touch the pig!!" bit that's got me creased!

I think the thing with these presents is you probably buy what you like yourself - even something generic like a bag, I'd love an animal print bag so might buy one for a gift thinking I'd bought a lovely present whilst unbeknown to me the receiver hates animal print so therefore hates the present. It is quite hard in general so I just ask what people would like!

I think compared to some of you I've been really lucky in what I've received.

thehappybutterfly

Birdie85 wrote: »

Things got so bad a few years ago we decided to do a secret santa so we only had to buy one gift and we'd be able to put a little more thought into it; sadly last year BIL picked OH to buy for, he surpassed all expectations and bought him a foot-tall 'Predator' model made out of nuts, bolts and and bike chains! Absolutely hideous and terrifying! :eek:

Now, you see I would quite like this! It sounds amazing!

Slinky

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Originally Posted by Slinky
Worst present ever was a birthday present from a then boyfriend who I was nuts about at the time. Took me away for a weekend, had a lovely romantic meal, at the end of it he shoves across a small tin with a picture of a cat on it. Heart starts pounding, could this possibly contain something shiny and ring shaped? No, it was a minature Swiss army knife.

I should have stabbed him with it........

Ambersuccubus wrote: »

Ah, I'd have loved that though. One of my best pressies (and the giver is now an ex anyway, for other resons) was a fabulous purple mini Maglite he'd saved coupons from Weetabix for. I approved of the present AND the moneysaving!

I'm sure he bought it because I once mentioned I used to look in the window of a shop (as a child) that had one of those mechanical display Swiss army knifes and showing all the 'bits', which used to move.

Maybe I'd have been a bit more appreciative if it hadn't been pushed across the table at the end of a romantic meal.... I made out I was really pleased, but spent the whole night lying in bed crying silent tears.......

jo1967

American tan tights from my MIL!!! Still married!!!

meritaten

lmao - my MIL gave me my pressie one christmas saying 'I know you want these' - slippers, (yes I did say I wanted new slippers - size 3 and pink would be nice), I got size 8-9 and obviously for men (I am female). I didnt know whether to laugh, slap her one or walk out! when she said 'they were only £2.99 in the market' I fell about laughing! SHE acted all offended and my OH had the cheek to tell me off - which made me laugh even more! (she was a real narcissist which I had realised by then).