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Probably my worst presents were from my late mother in law. She always got me things like tea towels, whereas my husband got great presents!Early retired - 18th December 2014
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This thread is wonderful! Today I've endured the yearly rubbish gift orgy my MIL enjoys every year - it's a joke within the family that as soon as she has gone we put all the jumpers, scarves etc in a bin bag and I drive them to a far far away charity shop which is out of her regular hunting area.
Tbh, she knows we don't really want lots of stuff as the de-cluttering is going on in serious and comes in apologising for the bags she is carrying and we take it in good spirit but I was very upset by one of my presents.
I play recorders and she obviously knows this and wants to support my passion but was taken for a ride by some vendor of plastic crap. As I opened the box and this shoddy piece of recorder shaped plastic fell out she reassured me that it is a real one, not a toy. As I obligingly played some carols it was instantly obvious that no-one could ever get a good sound out of it. These things get sold to unsuspecting parents and the poor children who are learning will not do as well as they could and the poor teachers who have to suffer them! Grrrrrr. It's gone onto my local freecycle as a plastic recorder shaped object with a warning. And so far, no takers
My poor MIL was terrible when the childen were small, it got so bad I said she could only visit if she didn't bring anything with her. The worst was a big floor jigsaw with a bit missing. My daughter was told 'your clever mummy will fix it'. Like hell clever mummy wanted to make a replacement part as she struggled with young child, pregnancy and a sick husband!
One of my best presents ever was a wheelbarrow too, and my daughter enjoyed riding home in it
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One of my `presents' was a Care Bear' double duvet set from my nan. I was 22 at the time.Current debt and mortgage: £25, 820.35 Debt/Mortgage at start: £92,598 (27/09/2010)
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This thread is wonderful! Today I've endured the yearly rubbish gift orgy my MIL enjoys every year - it's a joke within the family that as soon as she has gone we put all the jumpers, scarves etc in a bin bag and I drive them to a far far away charity shop which is out of her regular hunting area.
Tbh, she knows we don't really want lots of stuff as the de-cluttering is going on in serious and comes in apologising for the bags she is carrying and we take it in good spirit but I was very upset by one of my presents.
I play recorders and she obviously knows this and wants to support my passion but was taken for a ride by some vendor of plastic crap. As I opened the box and this shoddy piece of recorder shaped plastic fell out she reassured me that it is a real one, not a toy. As I obligingly played some carols it was instantly obvious that no-one could ever get a good sound out of it. These things get sold to unsuspecting parents and the poor children who are learning will not do as well as they could and the poor teachers who have to suffer them! Grrrrrr. It's gone onto my local freecycle as a plastic recorder shaped object with a warning. And so far, no takers
My poor MIL was terrible when the childen were small, it got so bad I said she could only visit if she didn't bring anything with her. The worst was a big floor jigsaw with a bit missing. My daughter was told 'your clever mummy will fix it'. Like hell clever mummy wanted to make a replacement part as she struggled with young child, pregnancy and a sick husband!
One of my best presents ever was a wheelbarrow too, and my daughter enjoyed riding home in it
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I am pleased to report that OH gave me money this year!!!!!!!!! no fake pearl necklace!
and my oldest granddaughter has started to make jewellery.......I am sure I will have a bag of these white pearly beads for her next time she comes over - and a couple of necklace clasps! oh and a couple of boxes to put 'her' creations in!
I didnt have any strange gifts this year - unless you count the bunch of er, fake blooms my granddaughters gave me........they are nearly as tall as me and I dont have anything big enough to put them in! besides which, if I stand them on the table they brush the ceiling!
oh dear - I sound ungrateful! I am not, the blooms are really pretty, and the colour goes perfectly with my decor, so I know the girls took a lot of care choosing them for me!!!! its just that the vase I think they were thinking of, is way too small and I have absolutely no idea what to put them in!0 -
A polka dot bow tie and a book on lesbian sex. I'm a girl. And straight. Ta, mum.0
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a free gift bag from a catalogue that was popular at the time, so I already had it, as I had purchased things from the catalouge. OH at the time was horrified his sister could do such a thing, very CHEAP family they wereBlackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool0
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This year from my brother i got a bottle of hand cream....i'm pretty sure it was the same one that i gave my mum 2 years ago (mum always gets my brothers presents for him).0
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