Disappointing/weird/inappropriate christmas gifts

sexylulubelle

noelphobic wrote: »

I wouldn't appreciate being 'told' what to buy someone!

Why...???? so they can buy me some gawdaful tat that I dont want, dont need and wont appreciate:eek:.. we are all different... but if people are going to insist on buying me something... it is never an expectation!!! but if I've given them ideas... and they still get me something totally unrelated or different from what I asked I'm not going to sit there and say how lovely it is when clearly I dont like or want it......

cattie

Fridge magnets! I hate the things with a vengence. Nobody has ever seen a magnet on my fridge, so why do people keep buying them for me??

Not a birthday or Christmas goes by without one popping up it's horrible head. :eek:

Mind, as a cat owner & with many people thinking I must adore everything cat related, I'm so relieved I didn't receive the holographic picture mentioned by one poster in this thread. :rotfl:

HPoirot

Now, granted I am known to be a bit fussy about the stuff I want, but still, why did OH get me just a bloody gift card this xmas? :mad:

I might have mentioned I preferred gift cards to boring stuff, it might have been my birthday 2 weeks before xmas when I received a lovely present from him, but still???

And this is the same OH who was all over me with fabulous gifts last xmas and the one before that, this is our third as a married couple and I am guessing he is growing into an old and complacent Victor Meldrew before his time :mad:. Time to snap him right out of it methinks :mad:.

meritaten

celyn90 wrote: »

I end up buying a lot of Lush stuff for other people - my dad really loves it. Over the past few years I've bought a lot of the goody bags to send bits to other people, but rarely use it myself. I have a hand cream I like, but it's virtually unperfumed.

I had a bad experience with a "ruby red slippers" bubble bar a few years ago - my bathroom ended up looking like psycho meets disney and the amount of glitter in my hair made it look like I'd been clubbing with a bunch of fourteen year olds.

The votives were a Christmas set of twelve, the combined scents were ever so sickly. I work in a laboratory so I'm used to strong chemical smells, but that lot was pretty evil together

Yes - that was the set of twelve out of the sixteen I received - who thought that set smelled nice put all together? They are currently in the spare room - until I figure out where to actually put little 'sets' of them and in what. I don't want to freecycle them as I do like Yankee candles - just not six different fragrances all at once!

This_Year

When I was an Avon Lady, I was regularly given Avon products by relatives for birthdays and Christmas. If I had wanted them, I would have bought them for myself at discount.

:wall:

My mother would often phone before Christmas and ask what we would like for a present. I would read out the list of suggestions and she would immediately then say "Oh but I've already bought all yours"

Another trick she did would ask what I was buying for people and then buy it herself - and then take offence when it was pointed out saying "but you TOLD me you wouldn't get that" er do I have to record our conversations now? I soon learned to say I hadn't decided.

celyn90

This_Year wrote: »

Another trick she did would ask what I was buying for people and then buy it herself - and then take offence when it was pointed out saying "but you TOLD me you wouldn't get that" er do I have to record our conversations now? I soon learned to say I hadn't decided.

You could have had so much fun with this...

"Oh, but I'm going to buy Aunty Mabel this amazing kitten pitcure, it's eyes follow you around the room and it's adooorbblleee"

"And I saw this fantastic low maintenance flower arrangement that would be just perfect for...."

fairy_lights

Fairly early on in our relationship I made the mistake of telling my boyfriends parents that I like cats, since then I've received cat related gifts from his family every christmas. As much as I like cats I don't really want multiple 'cute kittens' calenders and mugs every year!
My boyfriend is a whisky drinker so got Jack Daniels gift sets from nearly all of his family members, which would be fine except it's the one whisky he doesn't like and has repeatedly told them this!


Oh well, I can always drink his many whisky miniatures from one of my cat mugs I suppose...

roses

MIL said she will pay for a massage. I found a place, booked an appointment and she dropped me off.

I'm still waiting for her to remember she said she'd pay for it....

meritaten

celyn90 wrote: »

You could have had so much fun with this...

"Oh, but I'm going to buy Aunty Mabel this amazing kitten pitcure, it's eyes follow you around the room and it's adooorbblleee"

"And I saw this fantastic low maintenance flower arrangement that would be just perfect for...."

heh heh heh - how perfectly evil!!!!!!!!!!!!! :T:T:T

rosalie-lavender

I said to my DH before Christmas not to buy me a bottle of Tia Maria because I have two bottles already. Needless to say I got a litre bottle of Tia Maria.

He also gave me a hideous seat cover that looks like a cross eyed lunatic wolf in a mauve colour. Mauve is one of his Mum's favourite colours and definitely is not a colour I like, especially not dreary dusky mauve. 23 years of marriage and I still get things in his Mum's favourite colours, tastes etc.

I got a torch with spikes on the end which is totally unsuitable for me. I gave that back to him, as did my daughter.

We had a discussion some time before Christmas over covers for clothes in the wardrobe. I said I didn't need any and didn't want to buy any more-he was keen to order some from a catalogue. Guess what I got for Christmas, suit covers that I won't use as I don't have suits and some dress covers that are really poor quality and one has a big rip in already.

One quite nice present was a garden ornament made from plant pots. Unfortunately it was cracked as it was a second. It is nice and is in the garden but I am wondering how long it will last.

I did get some cooking moulds I asked for and some chocolate but I am starting a new tradition from next year. I am going to buy my own presents when I see bits through the year and put them away myself.