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parsnipnose

Tropez wrote: »

My mother purchased me a pack of several pieces of underwear with tacky, sexually suggestive phrases on them. I could only hope my mum didn't get it (not that unlikely, she has asked me at various points what 69, cottaging and cowgirl meant) but it still made me wince.

LOL:rotfl::rotfl:

parsnipnose

MissKeith wrote: »

My nan has always been one for strange gifts. I always get a bag full of chocolate (despite the fact she knows I'm not the biggest chocolate fan) and money which is always nice but then she then tends to give a few "bonus" gifts.

This year on my birthday it was Oprah magazine, fabric softener and an envelope with the name of my unborn child's name with a huge question mark on it. Inside the envelope was a two pack of dummies and a handwritten notebook full of baby boy names such as Clarence, Eugene, Victor, Kevin and, my personal favourite, Claude. I'm assuming nan doesn't like the name we've picked out...

Actually can't wait until Christmas!

They are nice names! lol at the Oprah Magazine pmsl

SailorSam

I've got a relative who is a multi-millionaire, he started an Internet business that took off and he's won all sorts of awards. I unwrapped my present from him a couple of years ago on Christmas morning and it was ................. a packet of assorted vege seeds for the garden. To be fair they were in a very posh box but none of them grew.
And No, he wasn't joking.

mammyof7

When I was about 6/7, I got up on Christmas morning to a huge box. Nearly passing out with excitement I opened it to find..... a tarten guitar :eek::eek::eek:. Well dissapointment didn't even come close! I was actually utterly devastated. Due to the following ultimate tantrum that followed, that was the only christmas day that I spent looking at my bedroom walls.
What made it all the worse was that my younger sister received the most hyped up toy of the year. A cost a fortune doll called Cricket. You put a cassette tape in its back and its face moved while it "talked".
I nearly died off from jealousy!

Fast forward a few years and my mothers present buying has got worse.....much worse!

When my own daughter was about 4 years old, both her and my niece received the most cheapest, dangerous doll ever. It's head actually fell off on christmas day leaving a huge spike sticking out. It was like something off one of those consumer programmes.
My mother actually had the cheek to claim that she had forgot where she bought them from! Which just told me that they must have been from a very dodgy source!

parsnipnose

Lol thanks everyone these are all very funny

moreofthegoodstuff

A pasta cutting set for home made pasta (we don't have a pasta making machine)

I don't mind but we are always so nice with presents and try and buy something that the person will like so I feel sad that the same thought isn't gone into the gifts that people send us.

go_cat

101 uses for vinegar book:rotfl::rotfl:

I was laughing with my mum saying what a rubbish book it was and who on earth would buy it until she pulled an identical book off her bookshelf :rotfl:

Bluemeanie_2

moreofthegoodstuff wrote: »

I don't mind but we are always so nice with presents and try and buy something that the person will like so I feel sad that the same thought isn't gone into the gifts that people send us.

This is the bit that upsets me. I don't know if you read all the thread, but Merietan mentions her thread about the pearl necklace. She took a bit of a slating from several members calling her ungrateful etc and I stuck up for her saying more or less what you are saying above.

To be honest that's why I was upset with Hubby over the Blu-ray player. Yes it cost over £100 (at the time) but I didn't want it. He bought it because HE likes gadgets. Yes it wasn't an awful pressie but it was thoughtless. I like cheap sparkly, blingy jewellery and he could have got me a £5 ring off a market stall and I would have been happier.

I do all his Christmas shopping, for his family and his kids, all the wrapping, cards, getting the stuff to them etc. He only has me to think about!

bluenoseam

This is why my Mum makes a point of going & getting my Gran's Christmas presents a few days before Christmas, then that way when we get the bizzare (as I pointed out in my first post!) we can atleast figure out how we're gonna deal with it!

Another one which I was just reminded of today actually was 3 years ago, I'd just been diagnosed with cancer and wouldn't be able to use anything on my face for a while. Big sister that year not only got me aftershave (which I never use at the best of times) but also added insult to injury by getting me a Jack Daniels set complete with miniatures of JD! She came in on Christmas morning with a sheepish look on her face when BIL looked at her and went "you got him WHAT?!?" - needless to say it caused a laugh! I've still got I believe the miniatures AND the aftershave - not even like it was cheap stuff either, it was Diesel!

CallaLily

A wine rack that I gave to the giver the Christmas before, only without the wine it contained when I gave it .

And my mother buying me a bale of towels when I was 19 and living with my grandparents, I honestly thought it was clothes!