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I’m already in the holiday mood, Pandas, and I hope you are, too. I’ve been listening to Christmas songs at work and I’ve been polishing my rusty cookie baking skills (so far, it’s all gone disastrously wrong). But! Most importantly, I’ve already started searching for gifts for all of my loved ones. It’s far from easy to be original every year and sometimes we simply mess up. And the internet has proof of this.
Internet users have taken to the r/AskReddit online community to share the very worst gifts they’ve ever gotten. There are more than a few twists and turns in their tales, however. Take a break from school or work, grab yourselves a big mug of tea and some snacks, and let’s dive deep into the world of horrendous gifts, dear Readers. As you’re scrolling down, don’t forget to upvote the stories that took you by surprise. And if you’re feeling up to it, why not open up about the very worst presents you’ve ever given or received in the comments?
I also reached out to author and child independence expert Lenore Skenazy for a few comments about gift-giving and the burden we face as the holiday season comes every year. Scroll down to read what she told Bored Panda. Spoiler warning: we shouldn’t focus so much on the gifts themselves, nor about trying to be ‘perfect’ but about the holiday spirit and being genuine!
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#1
When I was 8, I told my gran that I liked jeeps. So every year, for Christmas I got a crappier jeep. The first year was a model. Ok I like models I put it together it was fun. Next year was a remote. Then a matchbox. and so on. When I was 15 she gave me a jeep calendar. I love my gran so I hung the calendar and told her I loved it.
On my 16th Christmas, she gives me a key ring that says Jeep. UGH. Then asks me to go out and get some preserves from the barn. In the barn was a brand new 86 jeep! Gran plays the long game.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Aww, that's not crappy that's thoughtful. Even the other Jeep stuff too, she thought you liked them so got them for you. How would she know you don't like Jeeps anymore unless you say something.
Hermione 4 years ago
Where does it mention they don’t like Jeeps anymore?
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Ozymandias73 4 years ago (edited)
How is this on this list? Kid liked Jeeps so gran got him Jeeps (in some form or another) every birthday then an actual one on his 16th? I'd be happy af!
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Yeah, not crappy at all. Just a pranky little twist there at the end. What a sneaky granny.
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#2
Growing up I used to hate that my uncle would get all of us kids the same $1 pair of cheap one size fits all gloves. I clearly remember thinking how I'd really rather just have the dollar, and yet he never failed to get them for us. It was always the last gift my cousins and I would open... Thanks uncle Craig.
Craig was developmentally disabled, and although he was well into his 30's when we were kids he would come out into the street and play baseball with us, he'd ride bikes across town with us, buy us beer and nudey mags when we were older... And yet every year, these damn gloves even when we were grown adults and his health was fading, and we all moved away. This will be Christmas number 3 without Uncle Craig, and as I look back at it now it makes more sense. He was living in a shack that he was renting for $350 a month there were 15 nieces and nephews... We knew he couldn't afford to get us any toys or anything, but he wanted us to have something more meaningful than a dollar bill, and Christmas was his favorite holiday.
RIP Uncle Craig. I wish there was a poorly wrapped pair of gloves under my tree this year.
Davor Jelacic 4 years ago
Don't feel bad. Kids are very selfish and inconsiderate by nature. It's when we get older and realize this, that we truly grow up
Droopsnoot 4 years ago
If they realize it. Some people never learn things like this
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Ivana 4 years ago
I remember how I use to hate socks for Christmas. I really love new socks now and I never get any. Makes me sad.
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
I buy socks for my girls, who are two grownups now, and my granddaughter for Christmas, or birthday, etc. Target has some REALLY cute ones, cheap, all year round. I get a pair for myself too just for a quick cheer-up.
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#3
Ex boyfriend gave me a pack of cigarettes after I had quit for 3 months to "celebrate my progress".
Most memorable thing he gave me was clamydia though.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
He was sure full of surprises and of course not in a good way.
Brunettechameleon 4 years ago
Honestly he should have just not given you anything if that’s the best he could do
Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
Your boyfriend was broken. It's good you were able to replace him.
Lenore, the president of Let Grow, a nonprofit that promotes childhood independence and resilience, and the founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, told Bored Panda all about how we can ease the burden of the holiday season. In her view, all we have to do is turn on the power of our imagination.
“To ease the burden of the holiday season, think about two possible scenarios,” she said.
#4
I met my wife in january of 2010. For her birthday in July I bought her a crockpot. She was .....appreciative, but later had told me she was upset. Her sister told her to break up with me cause what kind of guy buys his new girlfriend kitchen appliances.
About 2 months later she finds a recipe she wants to try and busts out the crockpot. Inside it she finds a smaller gift. It was a brand new ipod touch.
She was pissed.
Ruby 4 years ago
Honestly don't see what's wrong with kitchen appliances, that's stuff is handy
MiriPanda 4 years ago (edited)
But maybe not as a first ever gift shortly after you started dating? I personally love appliances and absolutely loved my new headphones too, but that was later in the relationship :-)
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Whatshername 4 years ago (edited)
Pff how inconsiderate of him to buy her 2 amazing and expensive gifts 🙄
The Starsong Princess 4 years ago
Why didn’t you tell her about the other gift when she opened the crockpot but didn’t open the packaging? It’s a cute joke but only for five minutes. She could have easily returned the crockpot she didn’t use or sold it in a garage sale without opening it.
White Wolf 4 years ago
"what kind of guy buys his new girlfriend kitchen appliances." The kind of guy you marry.
#5
It was nothing. My in-laws bring gifts for my husband but not me because I'm not "real family".
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
My grandmother tried this crap with my sister in law and my mother told her if she said it again the whole family was not coming back.
Lady Snowfall 4 years ago
Sounds like my ex's family. And my current MIL. She sends lots of stuff for our kids and my husband, but I always feel like an afterthought. Not that I particularly want or need anything, just feels a little ouch.
Steve Wilson 4 years ago
A blessing in disguise. Make sure that they know you totally understand their view. As they get older they’ll need you more than you need them & they just gave you a free pass.
#6
My wife used to give me things that were intended for herself.
This was a win-win for her and a lose-lose for me. She could give me something, then get mad at me for being unappreciative. One time, she gave me a frilly picture frame, thinking I would never use it. I thanked her and took it to work.
Francesca Annoni 4 years ago
It remind me the simpsons episode when homer give to marge a bowling ball with "homer" engraved on it...
BigOrangeTractor 4 years ago
My ex did something similar. He'd said earlier in the year he loved the look of a good chess set on a table in the sitting room, liked to play chess with his friends etc. He spent the entire Christmas gift budget we'd agreed on to buy me an expensive lacquered board and pewter-looking chess pieces. He was well aware I had never played chess and had no interest in starting. Truly a prince among men.
Load More Replies... Chich 4 years ago
Had a friend who got a tractor attachment for her birthday from her hubby. Said it was OK as he was getting a new sewing machine for his.
Mazer 4 years ago
My mother and sister are the same, awful gift givers and receivers . One year for Christmas I had no idea what to get my sister. she is super picky, she is also gullible and petty. I took her to an upscale retail store told her that my friend has the exact same taste as you, money is no object, so dont hold back, get what you like, I think she will be fine with whatever you choose. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. She picked out some horrible looking pieces of clothing, on sale. I wrapped them up put her name on them and stuck them under the tree. She opened the packages and was crest fallen, then mad as hell. First words out of her mouth are “these were on sale and not returnable, what the hell”…I stared at her and said “I told you money was not object, that the sky was the limit, you could have chosen anything, I made certain you knew that” she mumbled, “yeah but I thought it was for your friend. I doubt the clothing even made it to a thrift store.
The expert then went into detail about the two scenarios we should think about and compare in our minds.
“In one, you are invited to a party at a very fancy home. Everything is perfect, clean, expensive. Everyone there is on their best behavior. No one shouts, runs, slips, yells, spills, eats too much, or bursts into song. They can’t wait to go home and take off their too-tight shoes,” she went into detail.
#7
About 10 years ago my uncle was giving out Christmas gifts to everyone in the family. He's mentally handicapped but he makes sure to go to the dollar store to buy everyone something, typically mugs. Now my uncle doesn't really put much thought into who gets what mug. He just wraps the mug and puts someone's name on it. Sometimes people get multiple mugs and other times you get none because he doesn't keep track of who has already been assigned a mug. Well my cousin was married to a Muslim (it's relevant, I promise) and her gift was a mug that said, "Jesus loves you." It was the only religious themed mug out of probably 50 and she got it. The entire family was laughing, including her. She thought it was great.
The Cute Cat 4 years ago
I am a muslim too... I think I gladly will take the mug. No problem, because Jesus is a great prophet in our religion
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
I have a Guatemalan friend named Jesus who would love that to give his wife.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Jesus is recognised as a prophet in Islam, I believe, although it would be a bit weird to be picked out by one specific prophet to be loved.
#8
I'm asian. My secret santa gave me a box of instant rice. I wasn't offended by the rice. I was offended that it was the instant kind.
Colt Seavers 4 years ago
If you give rice to an asian person, it better be in sacks of 30 kg or he'll just laught at you.
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Jarrod Nichols 4 years ago
My Asian wife buys rice for her family every holiday. It was just poor execution, but good intent.
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
So many nice things they could have bought. A little manicure set. A pair of really good scissors, a voucher for literally anywhere! But no. Instant rice.
Tristan J 4 years ago
Let's remember this is a secret Santa. Most people can find a use for instant rice. It actually works quite nicely straight into the wok for fried rice with some flavourings, just don't microwave it like it says on the pack.
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Humin Giskard 4 years ago
In S. Korea, CJ Hetbahn is considered as tasty as well cooked rice, though it is an instant kind.
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
I have, over the last couple of years, had to use my local (San Francisco) food bank. To be safe they haven't let people go through and select what they want, they just give out pre-picked bag of stuff. Many of the other clients are Asian, primarily Chinese, who have come several miles to use the food bank. After people have collected their bags there's a spontaneous exchange of rice for potatoes between them and the non-Asians. It's an interesting cultural insight.
Maggie Dinzler Shaw 3 years ago
I actually love this rice because you just stick it in the microwave at work nd you have lunch.
#9
I’m gonna speak on my husbands behalf here. We don’t speak to his family or see them at all, there’s a history of abuse and just a lot of toxicity so we cut them out of our lives. It’s been almost 3 years of radio silence, which is amazing and it was absolutely the right choice for us. Whelp, unfortunately my husbands parents live in the same city as us and they know where we go to church. So this year, on my husband’s birthday, my MIL dropped off a gift at our church for him because she doesn’t know where we live and can’t contact us any other way.
The gift was the DVD of the movie I Can Only Imagine. If you’re not familiar with the premise of the movie, let me fill you in. It’s about a man who was abused by his father as a boy. He leaves home and stops having a relationship with his dad. Years go by and the man decides to reconcile and rebuild a relationship with his dad, who was previously abusive but because he found God, he isn’t anymore.
It was really f**ked up to get that movie from someone who manipulated and abused my husband until his early twenties. So that gift absolutely takes the cake. And in the event MIL or the family finds this comment and reads it (though I doubt they use reddit), the only thing I’ll say directly to you in 3 years is “Shame on you.”
Dina Simoné 4 years ago
Its very common of abusive people to demand forgiveness from the victim without apologizing or even acknowledging the pain they caused. Gaslighting the victim and not taking any responsibilty for their past behaviour just shows that they are not capable of true change. Good for u that u cut them out.
Viviane 4 years ago
A born-again Christian prosecutor used to tell crooks who said they found God: "Congratulations, you're going to heaven. But first, you're going to jail."
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I'm wondering whether this may have been an attempt at an olive branch. Doesn't mean you have to accept it of course.
Billie Templeton 4 years ago
So.... The movie is a guilt trip to say, "we've changed.....get over it?" Come on back, like in this movie? Oh, and for added pressure, your friends at church might be curious and ask how things "worked out" worth your parents. Nah. That a massive side step on responsibility..... It's all still ON YOU! (Damn, I need to set better boundaries, myself!)
BusLady 4 years ago (edited)
Sounds like a good movie, but that seldom happens in real life. Were the parents trying to apologize for the past abuse and seeking forgiveness? I wonder what their motivation is?
Chancey 4 years ago
I Can Only Imagine is a really good movie starring Dennis Quaid. It's based on the true story of the lead singer of the Christian band Mercy Me and inspired him to write the song by the same name which is one of my favorites.
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Dorene Rowand-Schmidt 3 years ago
Personally, I would have LOVED that gift. It was a wonderful movie. I must have watched it a dozen times and will watch it again. Maybe it was their way of saying they know they were wrong. Church-going people should be more open-minded and opened heart
Lenore then painted us a word picture about a different sort of party. One that’s more genuine, heart-warming, full of good times with loved ones.
“Now imagine you’re invited to another party the next week. The house is kind of messy and some of the food looks like leftovers. Someone’s playing the piano and people are singing. Someone else is showing the little kids a magic trick. Someone in the kitchen is making hot cider and the dog is sniffing everyone in a slightly embarrassing way.”
#10
My sister received a brand new bike.....on MY birthday. My grandmother felt bad, so on her birthday she got me an Encyclopedia
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I probably would have preferred the encyclopaedia. Hours of quiet fun and education!
Monday 4 years ago
Hell yes, before widespread internet was a thing encyclopaedias were the coolest books in the library
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Ivana 4 years ago
My dad was kind of the adopted son of a judge. When my dad was 13 he went to work on his horse farm and lived with him off and on for a good portion of my father's life. Anyway, his daughter turns 16 and for her birthday the judge gave her a basketball and my father got a gold ring with a diamond and black onyx and a gold "Q" because my father's name was Quentin. She didn't speak to her father much once she moved out. When the judge died her and my dad hung out and laughed about it. What sucks even more was that when my sister and I were born, the judge probably spent more on us than he ever did his own daughter.
Dawn Birdsong Olmsted 3 years ago
When I graduated high school I got a watch. My brother got an aluminum canoe and use of a pickup truck for 3 months so he could travel the summer. As a kid I begged for a rabbit for Christmas, that year my brother got a Guinea pig. A stray dig followed me home, I loved, loved loved her. My mom made me drive her away and she was euthanized at the pound. 3 years later my brother was allowed to adopt a dog. I was told I could buy a motorcycle (with my own money) only after I was 18 and out if the house. When he was 15 and I was 17 my brother and I were allowed to buy a motorcycle “together”.
Maggie Dinzler Shaw 3 years ago
We sometimes give the sibling a gift but it is small and not at all the same size as what we give the child with the birthday.
#11
It wasn’t really the gift itself, but what my dad said after I opened it.
It was one of those ninja blenders that a lot of people starting using instead of juicers. I was 16 when my dad gave the blender to me, even though I had never expressed any interest in wanting or needing one.
After I opened it, he said he chose this gift because he wanted me to live a healthier lifestyle and hopefully lose a few pounds.
At the time, I was taking ballet classes 5 days a week, and I often performed with my dance troupe on the weekends, so I was pretty fit at the time.
It didn’t help that he said this in front of his entire side of the family.
Firstname Lastname 4 years ago
Could have lost a few hundred pounds and lived a mentally healthier lifestyle if you cut the weight of the dad, just saying...
I I 4 years ago
what father fat shames their or any kid ? kids are still growing until 21 , my mate was fat until he hit 19/20 , still the same weight now just 2 foot taller , things change
H Edwards 4 years ago
Lots of parents fat shame their kids. My mother was tiny (like she weighed 130lb/59kg when she was nine months pregnant). I took after my father's side and was a bit chubby growing up. She used to say things like 'you would have such a lovely figure if you just lost some weight'. I am still trying to love my body decades later, despite being at the lower end of 'healthy' on the BMI scale.
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Adira Bennett 4 years ago
There's something especially disturbing about this given that OP was already exercising a great deal and obviously fit. Don't get me wrong, it's probably just as damaging for the kid whether they're lean, fat, thin, chubby, curvy, somewhere in the middle, whatever. But what was this father's motivation? Was he truly so distorted in his own thinking that he believed his ballerina daughter NEEDED to lose weight for her health? Or was he intentionally targeting an insecurity he was aware she had while secretly not actually caring whether she lost weight or not, just to hurt her? Was he trying to cause an eating disorder, or to exacerbate an existing one, like a factitious disorder by proxy situation? Only OP could guess. In any case, there's a particularly insidious nature to this parent's actions. OP, I'm so sorry you grew up with this cruelty. No one deserves to be treated this way.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
Ugh. My mom does this all the time. Gives gifts to people that point out what she thinks are flaws to get them to change.
Jason Alexander 4 years ago
I'm so sorry this happened to you; that's very insensitive and rude of your dad.
#12
My extremely cheap uncle visited my family once for christmas and upon his arrival he gave me and my brother the chips that he had gotten on the airplane. This man is a Neurosurgeon.
laura edwards 4 years ago
Neurosurgeon to me ER nurse... Why are you calling me at 2 am. I don't come in unless someone has taken the top of their head off. Me...Good guess, sir. Drove his convertible right under a truck. Come on in.
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 4 years ago
There is this Swiss proverb, that saving money is best learned from rich people.... Definitely some truth to that...
Jason Alexander 4 years ago
There is a difference between saving and being a jerk to family. A gift doesn't have to be big, just meaningful. Free airplane chips when he probably lives in a million dollar home is just saying "I am worth it, but family is not".
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Dina Anastasakos 4 years ago
wow! My sister in law gave me dog poop bags as a christmas gift one year. My brother gave me a used flat iron! Stopped buying christmas gifts for them after that
Buren 4 years ago
I think it's more general. The very rich are usually cheapskates
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Kantami Blossom 3 years ago
Return the favour and get him some pet food for an animal he doesn't have.
She continued: “The teens are rolling their eyes in the corner, Grandma is repeating that joke she tells every year, and uncles are one-upping each other with stories about the times they had to sneak into the house after curfew. Which party is more fun for everyone? The one that gets people together with a chance to be themselves and feel unself-conscious.”
According to Lenore, it isn’t expensive and fancy things that we need. In fact, we can have an amazing holiday without them if we focus on our family and learn to relax instead of chasing the ‘perfect’ way to celebrate.
#13
Nothing. One year my very well off (we're talking millionaires) aunt and uncle got everyone in the family a gift except for me because suddenly, since I was 20, I was "too old" for gifts. But all the other aunts and uncles got gifts, so it wasn't just me being singled out among the many cousins, but among EVERYONE. If they were not absolutely loaded and they had also not given anything to the other 18+ people I might have understood. But they didn't.
As an already very stressed out, poor (parents were lower class) college student it really upset me. I spent most of the celebration crying in the bathroom and trying to hide it.
Whatshername 4 years ago (edited)
This is so painful! Had something similar happen to me when brother and sister in law were about to become parents. My boyfriend (of 10+ years then and we were living together) and parents in law all got a present because they would become uncle and grandparents. I got nothing. Because we weren't married. And whenever we visited them they would exclaim excitedly "hey there's uncle whatshisname!" I would add ".. and aunt whatshername" myself. Joke's on me though. My then boyfriend and I are happily married (+kids) and her side of the family (that got gifts too) fell apart in the years after.
Bobbie Meyers 4 years ago
My hubby and I were never officially married,... what's the point? But we once got a card clearly designed for a lesbian couple. Hmmm, we are heterosexual, so...???
Load More Replies... Beth L 4 years ago
One year I was the only of my (all adults at this point) siblings to go to my parents' for Christmas. They told me all the thoughtful gifts they'd mailed to one sibling. I had to move a stack of gifts for my other sibling so I could sit down. They gave me... a Snuggie that someone had already stolen the "free reading light included!" from and cash in the amount of "this is how much we spent on your siblings." That was the last year I drove four hours to see my parents for Christmas.
River Webb 4 years ago
I'm really sorry to hear that, your aunt and uncle are absolute assholes
Poultry Geist 4 years ago
People can really suck sometimes! What sucks worse is when you really wouldn’t care but for whatever reason you feel the tears coming and your face turning white then red! You know they see it and it gives them satisfaction and that’s the part that hurts so bad! You probably deep down didn’t even want to be there!
Erin Mitchell 4 years ago
The year my sister and I turned 19 and left for college my mom said no more bday presents bc we were too old. Nevermind that we got her bday presents every year. Our bday is in September and I left for school several weeks before. She left a few weeks afterwards. A few months later I found out that my mom bought her a tablet since she was still home and didnt leave until after our bday. Which, especially considering the fact I was only an hr away, was some bs.
Carole Reid 4 years ago
Maybe you should rethink the " class" of your parents. At least they had some.
lightbulb 4 years ago (edited)
I feel the pain. On Christmas my grandma got my cousin new Barbie's and board games. I got a plastic bat from a flea market that cost 20 cents. On her birthday my cousin got 3 handmade jackets and 2 skirts from grandma. On my birthday I got a 2€ piggy bank from (you guessed it) a flea market. The only handmade clothes I ever received from my grandma were scarves and mittens she hadn't been able to sell.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
When I told a married “friend” of mine that I was getting married to someone I met online, she scoffed at the idea, and implied it wouldn’t last. Well, I married the guy, and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary. My “friend”? Divorced a couple years after telling me my marriage wouldn’t last.
#14
My mother in-law have my wife and I a book about surviving infidelity. Neither of us have ever cheated on the other in 20 years of marriage. Merry Christmas.
Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
HA! Yes! A very earnest, "Did it help you?" would have gone a long way.
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Whatshername 4 years ago (edited)
Or it was a warning because she knew more than he did. (Sorry for my dark ideas)
Monday 4 years ago
Plot-twist: The MIL wanted to have an affair with the husband and was dropping hints.
Load More Replies... More Thinking Needed 4 years ago
...that you know of. Infidelity isn't something one tends to tell a spouse.
Max Thompson 4 years ago
But in this context you really mean that they were a filthy animal when you say merry christmas
#15
An ashtray. I was 7 years old. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now.
Kris 4 years ago
I gave my dad an ashtray every christmas when I was a kid. We used to make them at school. Weird times.
Happiness is Hippo 4 years ago
Yes! I'd forgotten that but we did, we all made our parents in the eighties!
Load More Replies... Robert Thompson 4 years ago
No one smokes in my family, but as a kid, ashtrays were kind of a thing. Especially the glass ones. They were like fancy dishes. Kept my coins in one for years.
“People might think you need fancy food, gifts, clothes to have a truly wonderful holiday. But really all you need are people you love (and a few who drive you crazy), some food, and some time together. Don’t stress about spending money and time making things perfect. Use that time to connect with each other instead. That’s a holiday everyone will appreciate—including you!”
#16
When I was a little kid (going back about 25 years) I cut the legs off a pair of sweatpants and gave them to my dad for Christmas as "leg warmers." No clue where I came up with the idea. Found out a few years ago he still has them and it still cracks him up whenever he sees them.
Brunettechameleon 4 years ago
Aww that’s kind of cute. I don’t think that’s a bad present at all, considering you were young.
Alphabet Soupy 4 years ago
Ages ago, 30+yrs ago, I used to cut my dad’s handkerchiefs like paper mache squares (or those folded paper snowflakes), to make them “prettier” for him. He found out in the middle of a meeting when he went to wipe his brow lmao
Breezy 4 years ago
lol. reminds me of the time I got my Dad a block of wood for xmas...according to my 6 year old brain it was the best possible work out tool a guy could have. just run around it, make it your finishing line, do push ups on it...you name it, it does it! still cracks us both up to this day!
#17
As a small child I got a water bottle and a helmet for Christmas and nothing else. I was totally pissed because I thought my mom just thought I was extra special and needed a helmet to not hurt myself while running around and that I was especially underhydrated. Turns out I had actually gotten a bicycle for Christmas but all of my presents were stolen except for the helmet and water bottle. The worst gift I received wasn't those presents, it was the knowledge that the world is a cruel and uncaring place.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
It probably broke your poor mothers heart when you opened those presents knowing she bought you a bike that you would never see
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
It's absolutely heartbreaking. I've been a victim of burglary twice, once as a child when they had broken into my dad's house and took everything of value. He lived in a gated community but our house bordered a dense but small forest and they came in that way. Then again as a adult, while living with my mom, by one of her and my stepdad's friends. I lost all my jewelry that I wasn't wearing, so did my sister ,and he took a bunch of stepdad's tools. They never caught the ppl who broke in my dad's house but I found some of my jewelry in a local p**n shop and called the detective on our case, then he found some more of my sister's stuff in one in the next town. So as much as my stepdad didn't want to cause a stir with his friend's family, he didn't have a choice because I reported it and they found evidence. He still only got 2.5 years. Since he was only charged with what they recovered and stepdad refused to report his tools missing. It was better than nothing though.
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IguanaStampede 4 years ago
Had a great aunt that pulled that on her kids. The gifts weren't stolen. They blew the shopping money at bars and eating out when they said they were going gift shopping.
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
This is so sad this kids tryin’ have a X-mas and the real life grinch actually comes and steals your presents.
Big Chungus 4 years ago
Happened to my parents house too (we were adults living in other cities) a group a guys went around breaking into houses and stole all of the christmas gifts at my parents (luckily not too many were there) so we secretly rebought all of the stolen gifts
Dorene Rowand-Schmidt 3 years ago
How sad. Did they ever find the thieves? Hopefully, they had homeowners insurance and were about to replace what was stolen.
#18
My husband received his recently deceased grandfather's used disposable razor as a Christmas gift from his grandmother. Complete with hair and all.
Hermione 4 years ago
Good comment. Easy to make assumptions one way or another
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Maiun 4 years ago
Yeah, my first thought was: Alzheimer's? But then again maybe she was just an a**e.
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StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
We really didn't need to hear how you use your disposable razors.
Load More Replies... Chich 4 years ago
I dunno, if I had my grandfather's last razor (disposable or not) it would have an honoured place in my display cabinet.
StrawberryParfait 4 years ago
Not so odd. I still have a teacup with my aunt's lipstick print on it.
#19
A box of Hillshire Farms sausages from my wife's grandparents. I'm a vegetarian, they had known me for 10 years at this point.
Monday 4 years ago
I have to ask if they actually knew you were a vegetarian though. Like do you see them often or have them over for dinners? I didn't know one of my friends was lactose intolerant until I'd known her for 5 years because it simply never came up....and I still forget my aunt has Hashimoto's and can't eat gluten. This may not have been malicious.
deathrose 4 years ago
I've had the same friends for 10 years and for 9 of them they didn't know I was allergic to cashews. They just thought I didn't like nuts lol
Load More Replies... Dani Alexander 4 years ago
I’m a vegetarian too and have been for 4 years and all my family knows. But every single time I see my grandma she is always trying to make me eat meat! But she does it lovingly cause she thinks “I’m too skinny” haha I love her tho
Jaekry 4 years ago
My mom still buys me pie with whipped cream for my birthday. I've become lactose intolerant 15 years ago. I don't say anything anymore. I happily except the gift. The true gift is, she is still able to hand me a gift. In still blessed with both my parents (80; plus) and scared shitless for that inevitable day. So I except any gift with love.
#20
My uncle got me a taxidermied dove for my 9th birthday.
MellonCollie 4 years ago
I would have thought that was kinda cool. But maybe not for my 9th bday 🤣
Zedrapazia 4 years ago
I'd have loved such a dove, but i don't think many other kids would want one with 9.
Load More Replies... glowworm2 4 years ago
If that's the case, I'd strongly suggest avoid taking showers while your uncle is at the house.
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Melani Zimmerman 4 years ago
My ex husband gave me a taxidermied rat wearing a tutu holding a basket of flowers with 2 ladybugs on it for my birthday. When I asked why he would think that was a good gift, he said the ladybugs represented us and that I like ballet, and when we met, I had a pet rat named Noel. But also, I'm vegan. Same man bought me a bag full of hair brushes the previous year.
A_fangirling_Demigod_witch 3 years ago
Please don't tell me the taxidermied rat was noel..
Load More Replies... Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
Know your audience. I would have loved this for my cabinet of curiosities.
#21
When I was twelve my grandmother gave me a one-foot tall statue of a frog playing the flute for Christmas. She gave my brother bananas and a granola bar.
Brandon Marlowe 4 years ago
Back in the 70's my Grandmother gave me a hookah pipe as a gift when I was 15. I was delighted and it got a lot of use but, HOW DID SHE KNOW?
LadyDelynn 4 years ago
Sounds like granny may be in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Unless her gifts have always been squirely.
Georgia Hebert 4 years ago
I want to know if the brothers were mad because he got a present he could keep and they didn't.
#22
I got a spray that you use against foot-odour by my Sister last christmas, she had packed in a box for a power tool I wanted so I went from excited to dissapointed.
She got a quite expensive set of fancy soaps and body products + a gift card from me.
Apparently she gave the power tool to some friend and gave me the box.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Reeeeally early-onset Alzheimer’s? Yeah, rub that one in next time you see her.
Jackie Nettleton 3 years ago
At least now you know that you don’t have to get her anything more than £20 in the future, I know it’s not about the gifts and all but sometimes it just annoys you when you go and get the other person a thoughtful gift and then they just get you something cheap or nothing you would want
#23
My grandmother got me a nightgown one year. I'm a guy.
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
I hate them. They always ride up and end up strangling me while the rest of me is naked
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Dirk Daring 4 years ago
I'm a 45 year old dude, and suddenly I kind of want a nightgown. I bet they are comfy af.
Aradia Sayner 4 years ago
They are. Go ahead and treat yourself, you won't regret it.
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Dan Buczynski 4 years ago
I've often thought of getting myself some old lady housecoats. The ones with pockets.
Maggie Dinzler Shaw 3 years ago
Exactly. That should be the first fake binary thing to go. Wear what you want whoever you are.
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LiamTheBot 4 years ago
Yeah I’ll probably be the guy that without embarrassment actually wears it a night
Lady Snowfall 4 years ago
There's a great episode of How I Met Your Mother where Barney and Marshall both start wearing nightshirts.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
I got lingerie once on my 30th birthday....intended for my fiance' to wear for me in the boudoir (I'm a guy). I never saw her in it, because I found out about a month later that she was cheating on me with someone at her work. She might have worn it for him. That relationship ended.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
I meant to say, our relationship ended. I don't know about her and her workmate.
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I was in 7th grade and dating my first ever boyfriend. He lived in the next town over (about 20 min to drive). His friends were dating my friends (there were several of us girls all dating these cooler out of town boys.)
We spent our Christmas gift giving night at the bowling alley and took turns making out in the alleyway behind the bowling alley. It was my first kiss and I was awful. Like open mouth shark breaching for a seal.
That's another story-we each received a gift. They had group picked out necklaces to match our personalities. Sarah got the one with a sports pendant, long chain to match her long hair. Elizabeth got the dainty chain and tiny heart with a jewel, because she was girly and dainty. Leah got the cross with a jewel, because she was religious and it was her favorite color. I got the fake gold biker chain with nothing on it, because it was "manly like you are." So my friends all got cute little dainty necklaces and I got the equivalent of a something you'd see around the neck of a man with a hairy chest that is trying to sell you stereos that his brother got at a cheap price.
Troux 4 years ago
Nothing here said the kids were driving. Cheap jewelry exists, though. Lots of sub-$20 options.
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#25
Had a friend that received a gift from another friend of ours. It was a McDonald’s gift card. When he went to use it there was nothing on it.
Brunettechameleon 4 years ago
I swear all these gifts sound like they were random things people found in a panic because they forgot to buy an actual present. That’s why I have a stash of random things to give to people in case I forget.
Lady Snowfall 4 years ago
I shop sales and clearance for cool toys and gifts, and store them in a tote for when my kids' classmates have birthday parties. It's especially handy for those last-minute party planners.
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Viviane 4 years ago
That's what I said when I was on "Wheel of Misfortune".
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
Someone didn't understand the concept of gift cards. they aren't pre-loaded off the rack.
Temma Tainow 4 years ago
Someone re gifted me a scarf. When the adults were wrapping presents, my friend's niece took out the ugliest scarf on the planet. We each prayed silently that it was not for one of us. Unfortunately it was for me. When my friend saw the spontaneous reaction of disappointment, she grabbed it and tied it around my dog's head like a babushka.He was all black so the colors really stood out. He seemed to like it and wore it all night.
#26
My sister got me a rat as a gift. I'm f**king terrified of rats but I decided to let it be and see if it helped curb my fear of them. It did not.
Instead, while I was sleeping it got out of it's cage, crawled up on my bed, and started chewing on my lip. Didn't sleep for a week after that. Thoughtful gift in the sense she was trying to help but dear God it made my fear so much worse.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
As a rat owner, this makes me so angry. For one thing rats should be kept in pairs at the very least because they're social animals and become depressed if they don't have a friend, and for another - don't give a pet rat to someone who hates rats! It's unfair and cruel to both of them! I hope this person re-homed the poor thing.
Kimberly Young 4 years ago
This! Plus, pets are generally not a good gift. People should be well-prepared to love and care for animals, not have them thrust upon them as an obligation.
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Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Yeah, and if you want to help someone get over their fear of something that is NOT how you go about it! Start off slowly by having them look at pictures and videos, then progress to having them look at a real rat from behind a pane of glass or something, etc. One step at a time. You don't just throw them in the deep end like that; it's a recipe for disaster. And what if the poor scared person freaked out and killed the rat in a fit of panic? Nice work - now you've gotten an innocent small animal killed, you moron.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
You wouldn't give someone with arachnophobia a tarantula for a gift would you? Wow...
Connie Wade 4 years ago
Sad, because actually rats make wonderful pets. They are extremely smart and loyal.
El muerto 4 years ago
rats are wonderful and loving pets, they clean and playful, and not monsters from sewers...
Poultry Geist 4 years ago
We had rats once! I put out a trap and trapped one. It’s rat friends came and ate half his body before I woke up the next morning! Rats are scary !
Fluffy Griffin 4 years ago
My brother got a tarantula for Christmas from his godmother... He is terrified of spiders. We had that thing like 15 years. (He had it in his room the first 5 or so, then left it with the parents when he moved out)
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Tell your sister that Exposure Therapy is supposed to be guided treatment to help people overcome their fears. That’s guided therapy. By a licensed professional therapist. For people who decide for themselves that it’s time to seek it. Not your sister giving you a rat as a present without telling you, and expecting you to be your own therapist. Tell you what, find out your sister’s fears and pay her back. If she’s scared of spiders, give her a tarantula. If she’s afraid of flying, give her a vacation at a place only accessible by air. It may be tit-for-tat, but sis f*****g deserves it.
#27
My aunt gifted me a snowscraper for my car. When I opened it she said "I bet you don't have one of those! "
I was 21, living in northern Midwest and driving everyday. Including that day, which had 4" of snow.
I gave it away to some fool clearing his widow with a credit card a few weeks later.
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
I live in South Central Texas and even I have a snow scraper!!! Nice of you to give away to the needy.
shar kahl 4 years ago
I can beat that. We were fresh out of college & dirt poor; our first Christmas as husband & wife we had a budget of $10 each (30 yrs ago). Hubby was super excited for me to open my gift and said he bet I’d never be able to guess what he got me. He was right- I never thought my gift would be windshield wiper blades & nothing else ( insert drama ). Thirty years later we still laugh at “what gift NOT to get for your wife”. * I got him windshield wiper fluid for our 2nd Christmas. ** never had to buy & change wiper blades or add windshield fluid on my car. I think I’ve gassed up my car 10-15 times at the most in the last 30 years.
Amaranthim Talon 4 years ago
I don't see why the OP thought it was a crappy gift- she lived in snow country. Gifting it to me in South Florida would be stupid.
H Edwards 4 years ago
I think it's pretty clear from the context that they definitely already had one.
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I got a half of a box of chocolates for my birthday one year. Yep - I opened it and half of them had been eaten already. It wasn't from a child - it was from adult family members. The reasoning was that they knew I would share them when I opened them, but I was away on a business trip on my actual birthday and they couldn't wait to eat some.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Haha, sorry to laugh but one year my middle brother and I gave my younger brother a completely empty box of chocolates with a note saying "here hold this". We did that coz my younger brother is a cheeky bugger. He would say "here hold this" and put something in our hand or arm, like a takeaway coffee cup, bag of lollies etc. And then he would walk away. He gave us his rubbish lol. We did get him a real present too.
Marika Miettinen 4 years ago
One year on Christmas I knew that my sister had bought me chocolates. We were kids, no idea how old. This was in the 90's. Well, Christmas comes, we open all the presents, and I didn't get those chocolates. I was told that no no no, she didn't get me such chocolates, I was mistaken. I must've had a dream about the chocolates. I just imagined it all. Well, some time after Christmas I found the empty chocolate box and the wrappers under the sofa. It was after eight chocolates, in case somebody was wondering.
Ann de Smidt 3 years ago
my godmother gave my newly wed hubby and me a box of chocs. we drove home at night and were hungry so started eating the chocs. tasted strange so put the lights on and saw they were stale and the spiders had made them Home. yuk
Sean Wickham 4 years ago
Sam Malone: Look, everyone, Norm brought a six-pack of beer for Thanksgiving. Norm:.... five-pack.
Fluffy Griffin 4 years ago
When I was maybe 6 or 7 I have my 2 year old sister a bunch of stickers in a "BubbleTape" container. She was so pissed. But in my defence I didn't have money 😬
#29
First Christmas with my husband of three months, my mother decides to make everyone underwear and boxers. Weird as is. The boxers showed total disregard for male anatomy (things didn’t line up) and the girls’ underwear were all way too big. She wanted to fix them, and asked us for a pair of underwear to fit correctly to go off of. It’s my favorite ‘my family is weird’ story.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Ewwwww. That's just creepy - why didn't she just ask you how "big" your husband was. And even then - ewww!
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Then you should probably get off this site.
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A bunch of random tools from my wife. Not tools I needed. Not tools I asked for. Not tools I could use for my hobbies. Just random tools she picked out from Lowes because "Guys like tools".
Donkey boi 4 years ago
About 2 years ago, my wife asked me to teach her how to use all my tools because she felt bad that she can't help out with much of the maintenance around the farm. She's now got her own toolbox and tools. Earlier this year I started showing her how to use the machine tools, buy the end of next year I'll have a master crafter for a wife.
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Michael Fernandez 4 years ago
I grew up “estranged by circumstance” from my entire extended family, and on a brief holiday visit one year, an aunt who has no idea what I’d like got me a measuring tape that was so tiny that I carry it everywhere and use it at least once a week.
Bonniebluebutler 4 years ago
Doesn't Lowe's accept returns and make exchanges, just go get what you want.
Vicki Thill 4 years ago
I think this one fits in the "It's the thought that counts" pile, because I think she thought you'd actually like them. I've received a lot of crappy gifts over the years, but if I can determine their thought process to be of good then I'll be grateful and find a use for it.
Patti Vance 4 years ago
one christmas my now ex got me the newest dremel tool. both my parents and his thought this was a horrible gift for a wife of over 20 yrs. me? i love it! i am one of those people who can go into lowes or home depot and dream of all the tools i would love to own.
H05 4 years ago
Yup! Our first year in our fixer-upper home, my husband and I decided to "go in together" on each other's Xmas gift, and buy ourselves a nice chainsaw. I think I was more excited than he was.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
My husband is British, and had to sell most of his possessions before moving here to marry me, as it would’ve been way too expensive to move everything except the stuff he brought with him, and a few things he sent ahead. The first few years we were married, we decided to exchange Christmas wish lists, so we could learn the kind of things we each like. The man asked for tools every single year. He had had a large assortment of tools in the UK, but had to sell them, so he wanted to rebuild his collection. He now has a garage full of tools—-each and every one something he get a lot of use out of. However, I always went by what he put on his list, and would be sure I knew exactly which kind/model/size/etc he wanted before buying it. I would never waste his time and mine by just picking up random tools and calling it a present.
Ivana 4 years ago
My father once said, "All you need to get for a man is a tool, any tool. You can buy him a hammer and even if he has 10 hammers already, he is still going to be thrilled to have another hammer." So obviously this is not my father, he would love any assortment of tools gifted to him. Easiest man to shop for ever. "What should we get Dad for Christmas? Is there any tool that man doesn't already own? Wait, I think his hammer is now 6 months old, time to get him a new one."
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
"Whoever dies with the most tools, wins." has long been my motto.
Bonniebluebutler 4 years ago
Reading all of these comments, I have to ask: hasn't anyone heard of gift cards?
#31
I got a Game Boy. The original. The year it came out. I was, as you could imagine, thrilled, especially as it came from my older brother, who wasn’t always particularly nice to me. I was absolutely horrified and instantly hysterical when I opened the sealed box and it was filled with D batteries, thinking it was another “prank.”
Turns out someone had bought it, stolen it, re-wrapped it, and returned it to Walmart for someone else to buy. Fortunately, they replaced it. I am still emotionally scarred.
Buren 4 years ago
I think the poster should remember that the older brother being nice instead
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
Yeah he was trying to get you something nice but some jerk ass dude ripped you off
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Pretty sure your brother was upset too. You’re not the only victim here.
Susan Egan 4 years ago
We bought our daughter a tablet for her art and the box arrived with a different much smaller off brand tablet. We did get the right one with minimal hassle but she was so upset.
Tanya Engesser 3 years ago
A friend of mine bought a box of Legos at Walmart for her grandson. When they opened it up, it was full of elbow macaroni.
#32
My ex gifted me tickets to a big country music concert for some goofy relationship milestone (like 5 months?). I reminded him that I don’t like country music and he said, “Well, I do and I already bought the tickets so we’re gonna go so the money isn’t wasted.”
That was a dumb relationship.
BusLady 4 years ago
He could have gone with a friend instead. It sounded like he was ordering her to go, not giving her a choice.
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago
They were probably expensive tickets so he bought them as an excuse for her birthday so he could go
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
I hate country music with all my soul oh my gosh of this happened I would walk out ASAP
Monday 4 years ago
Maybe he just really wanted to share something he liked with his partner though? It's a crappy way to do it, but it's not really a good fit for this list.
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago (edited)
But why would you get your partner tickets to a concert you know they wouldn't like? It is crappy since he already knew they didn't like country but got tickets to a country concert that only he would like.
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Country music blows, don't force that ear bleeding enduring crap on people with taste!!
#33
My husband gave me a $10 keychain on my birthday this week. It was in a box that definitely looked like jewelry. Nope, keychain.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Eek, I just bought keyrings for my family. A bit more personal though. I have ordered 2 dog tag style keyrings that have a photo of my mum and her partner, one for each of them. And I have ordered 2 one for my brother with a pic of his dog and one for my dad with a photo of his dog that passed away. I hope they are received well and don't end up on a list like this lol.
Maiun 4 years ago
You thought about the people you're giving them to and personalised them, rather than give them all the same generic one.
Load More Replies... Sally Horrocks 4 years ago
My husband sees gifts as a problem to be solved. Every problem can be solved by a gadget. I have lots of gadgets! Sounds as if your husband thinks along the same lines.
River Daski 4 years ago
My spouse and I always do "1 fun, 1 practical" gift. This year money was tight, and i found a keychain that is sprinkles set in resin in the shape of a letter. They just changed their name and LOVE sprinkes, so I knew they had to have it. They love it. :)
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Anders Magrioteli 4 years ago
You could have used it for the new door keys that came with the new lock you installed - the second after he left home for work.
Marilyn Ransberry 4 years ago
“what is good for the goose is good for the gander “ so the saying goes.
Unnamed Hooman 4 years ago
One time, my mom got scammed while trying to buy a playhouse from ebay. Instead of the 200$ huge playhouse, she got a small frying pan keychain. My dad kept it.
#34
A 1kg box of dried milk for babies from my uncle
We don't have any kids and they knew.........
Nadine Debard 4 years ago
At least there's always a charity somewhere that will know what to do with it.
Kantami Blossom 4 years ago
Should have packed it into clingfilm wrapped squares and stuffed it up into the body of his car then make an anonymous phone call to the police.
Suzanne Clark 4 years ago
Interesting how many families have dementia issues (I know ours does).
#35
Foundation (as in makeup) from my husband. Turns out he went to Sephora, pointed at a colour and said “that looks about right” (with his FEMALE friend who ALSO wears makeup AGREEING) and bought it for me!
I am a pasty white girl. Like I’m always the lightest shade, and sometimes the lightest shade is too dark.
The colour they picked was from the middle-to-end range. Like for a black person.
I laughed so hard I almost peed and we (and the female friend) still laugh about it years later!
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Well, it took my husband a while to learn that you just don’t second guess about extremely personal things like makeup, and it’s just better to give gift cards for them instead. If the OP is a relative newlywed, just give him time. If they’ve been married for years, she should give him a hard time instead.
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Dirk Daring 4 years ago
I'm basically completely clueless around women, but I know enough that a man should NEVER gift make-up. Not a gift card, not ANY of it. You're sending the completely wrong message. Imagine giving a guy a device to make his schmekel bigger.
Alphabet Soupy 4 years ago
It depends on the person. Some people enjoy wearing makeup, and do it for themselves, not to attract a partner. Ask if they like Sephora and get them a gift card. They carry skincare, hair care, perfumes, colognes, and beauty/skincare tools so it’s more than just “you’re ugly, get some makeup to cover up your face, you’re scaring the children!” At the very least, a gift card will buy them sunscreen to protect against sun damage. Start talking and LISTENING to women and you won’t be clueless for long. Cheers!
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Nightshade1972 3 years ago
Reminds me a little of the time my wife wanted some moisturizer from Sephora. She sent me a picture of what the bottle looked like. I went into Sephora, looked around, didn't see anything that looked like the bottle, and was about to leave empty-handed. Fortunately, a male employee asked if I needed help. I showed him a picture of the bottle. Turned out I'd missed seeing it because the bottle itself was inside a box, and the box looked nothing like the bottle, so if the employee hadn't known what I was looking for, I never would've found it. At least my wife was gracious enough to facepalm and say, "D'oh! I forgot that the box looked different from the bottle. Sorry about that!"
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
Oh I'm. Also very light skinned. And yes even the lightest can be too dark. My ex decided to pay for a makeover (uh thanks) for my birthday. Nothing the makeover lady came with was suitable for someone with incredibly light skin. She herself was black and she showed me the makeover ad, clearly stating that she specialises in darker skin tones. As you can guess my ex wasn't good at observation.
Droopsnoot 4 years ago
I meant to type, is there a foundation you can get which isn't makeup?
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#36
A girl I dated for two years got me a blue Powerade for my birthday because “you like blue Powerade”. I don’t even drink Powerade. Plus it wasn’t even a big bottle, it was one of the smaller ones that come in the packs. That was the end of that relationship
Lesley Shore 4 years ago
Maybe she had no money! People forget that not everyone has access to money when they're young
Salem 4 years ago
you cant base a persons entire relationship on a bad gift, she probably just got a last minute gift for their boyfriend
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Menacia Jones 4 years ago
This one just completely cracked me up for some reason...I don't even *drink* Powerade.
#37
My parents renovated my bathroom at their house. It was a “surprise”. Thing is, I didn’t live at home anymore - I had been living in a different state for 4 years. I was visiting for Christmas with my fiancé. Bathroom is connected to my room and everyday for the five days we were visiting we were woken up at 8am and had to leave so the construction guys could work. When I sort of complained about being woken up she called me ungrateful and screamed at me. We didn’t speak for four months.
Dina Anastasakos 4 years ago
And have an excuse not to buy her anything else...renos are costly.
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Kantami Blossom 4 years ago
As soon as it was finished I'd have pissed all over everything like I was marking territory just to annoy them.
#38
For Christmas, my aunt (Aunt 1) gave me and my sister liquid soap that had already solidified. She's known for being "thrifty" and re-giving old gifts.
Aunt 2 gave Aunt 1's son a shirt for his birthday. After a few years, Aunt 1 gifted the shirt to Aunt 2's son.
Brunettechameleon 4 years ago (edited)
That’s not being thrifty. That’s just disgusting. Might as well not have given them anything
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I have no issues with people regifting unwanted presents. But not if it's damaged, soiled or used (unless in excellent condition). Although it's best not to regift an unwanted present to someone in the same side of the family.
H Edwards 4 years ago
I was once regifted the same gift by the person I had originally regifted it to. The whole cycle took place over three Christmases. Quite amusing really.
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Ziiiiiing 4 years ago
We used to get the gifts we gave my dad's sister's family back every year, except for the year my cousin worked at Parker pens when we all got (I assume stolen) pens. Thank god they all moved to Canada.
Alexia 4 years ago (edited)
Same as my late aunt. She would gift us with all her old, used, torn things that she would otherwise throw in the garbage - such as old bags, scarves, clothes (torn and with several spots), outdated travel books and all the info leaflets she had received in her vacations abroad.
Allan Breum 4 years ago
...Liquid soap can solidify? How long does THAT take? I've had bottles for several years that only got slightly thicker, never solid.
Ann de Smidt 3 years ago
my mom used to send gifts to her sisters hubby and sons, then we realised they were being gifted back to my brother and father, so we sent it back as a gift the following year, was 4 years of same stuff traveling back and forth. we had a good laugh, never confessed we knew
#39
My mother and her friend came to stay with me last year for Christmas and I got them both standard stuff like scarves and bath bombs and stuff.
My mom’s friend got me one gift, which I opened on Christmas morning - it was a package of ground espresso, which I don’t like. I was nice about it and said thank you and then put it in my cabinet and went about celebrating the holiday.
The next day I woke up late and went to go make coffee - she had opened the espresso and made it for herself! I remain deeply offended.
Matthew Squadrito 4 years ago
When I first read this I thought it said "I got them both standard stuff like scarves and bombs"
Alex Klebenow 4 years ago
lol ... after the espresso fiasco, she may have wished that she HAD.
Load More Replies... Alex Klebenow 4 years ago
So she bought something for HER... and gave it to you so she could use it? OH HELL NO!
Kantami Blossom 4 years ago
Exactly the sort of thing my older brother used to do, he would buy me snacks that I didn't like but he did or buy me movies he liked.
Ziiiiiing 4 years ago
My wife and my mum both bought me a bottle of Jura for Christmas, about 6 months later I decided to crack one open. Except my wife had drunk them both.
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Sounds like your wife has alcohol related issues. And is an ásshole.
Load More Replies... Nightshade1972 3 years ago
As I pointed out elsewhere on this thread, my father used to love to do that to me. Buy me something *he* wanted, deliberately "forget" to do a return/exchange within the allowed time, then "apologize" to me and ask if he could keep whatever it was for himself. So *he'd* get a present for *my* birthday. Okay then...
Amaranthim Talon 4 years ago
Did it include an espresso machine? Because if she attempted it in a regular coffee maker it would have sucked and the machine would never be the same...
#40
Worst gift I ever got was last year from a friend from school. I was 3 weeks post partum with my first kid and in a motel alone for Christmas and she came by with a bunch of JuicePlus tablets and an ItWorks wraps. Then she told me since I’m “doing nothing” I could help her sell it. I was cordial at the time but afterwards I thought it was pretty s**tty thing to do
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
According to MLMs, everyone is free to work at any time, including going to the washroom, birthing a baby, on the verge of dying, attending a funeral, etc. This is actually tame.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
I would have asked her to leave and never to speak of their mlm business in my presence.
#41
One year for Christmas I go to open an unusually large present from my grandma. Inside there was a slightly smaller but also large wrapped present and after about 10 more unwrapped presents later I get down to hopefully the last one which is the size of a shoebox. Unwrap it and yep it's a shoebox but what's inside I wonder? It's got to be something good right? .... It was one woman's shoe. I looked at her confused and then looked down at her feet, she was wearing the other matching shoe with one bare foot I had not noticed before. She kind of giggled, and put the shoe on lol I was like 12 at the time so I kind of laughed it off but was very surprised when she did not have another present to give me. That was it :( However it is a good story now and the look on my families faces at the time was priceless, no one knew how to react
Donna Leske 4 years ago
yup, even just something small and cheap, just anything besides being the butt of everyone's laughter. grandma must have skipped ALL of the grandma lessons
Load More Replies... BigOrangeTractor 4 years ago
Grandma was a sadist. The purpose of the multiple layers of boxes was to heighten the anticipation to make the disappointment and hurt as great as possible. What a deeply twisted woman.
Matthew Squadrito 4 years ago
I did something similar once, it was a wrapped box inside a wrapped box inside a wrapped box with several layers of wrapping paper on it.
#42
It was my 16th birthday and my family is strapped for cash. Eating potatoes, cabbage, and eggs for most meals because it's what we can afford. Mom says they'll have to get me a birthday gift later. Cool, I get it, not going to make a fuss. A week later my stepdad gets paid and goes out and buys himself a longboard, even though we still are struggling for money (before people chime in saying it was his money, both paychecks were used for everyone to live off of, my mom made a lot more than him and he certainly lived off of more than his share of the money she made). So to answer your question, my stepdad got a longboard for my birthday, I never did get a present.
BusLady 4 years ago
Sounds like my dad. Always had money for his hobbies and toys, but wouldn't buy us a pair of shoes.
Cold Contagious 4 years ago
I hear you. On my 16th birthday no one that lived in my mother's house with me got me anything or even wished me a happy birthday. My boyfriend picked me up and took me by where she was working and a lady she worked (that I babysat for occasionally) had a plain white paper free oil funnel from the gas station (from when you buy oil for your car) and she stapled a few rubber bands to it and wrote Happy Sweet 16 and gave it to me. Only person beside my boyfriend and my dad that wished me a happy birthday.
Load More Replies... Dina Anastasakos 4 years ago
Wow...what a jerk. Your mom should have kicked his selfish ass to the curb!
#43
My grandparents got me a flight of mini bottles of flavored vodka for Christmas one year. I was 17. Let's just say, my parents were less than thrilled lol
#44
This is kind of a s**tty/hilarious gift. Around Christmas in college, my fraternity would do a Secret Santa exchange (draw a name out of a hat and buy that person a gift). We had a $20 limit on the gifts, and we would exchange them at our annual Christmas party. The first year, my fraternity brother got me a framed picture of him sitting on Santa's lap at the mall. Not one from his childhood, but one he went to the mall to get earlier that week. It was a terrible gift, but it was hilarious.
#45
My older sister got me a Veggie Tales coloring book for my 19th birthday, and it wasn't meant to be a joke gift.
ChariotLee 4 years ago
I once got a Dora the Explorer coloring book from my great-grandparents one year for Christmas. I was 15.
Load More Replies... Brunettechameleon 4 years ago
It sounds like passive-aggressiveness to me lol. I could be wrong though.
Unnamed Hooman 4 years ago
Don’t you want to color Jimmy and Jerry Gourd? Or Larry the Cucumber?
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
Assuming you're still in your 20's or maybe 30's, she must have got you it during the height of the 'adult colouring book' craze a while ago, but getting you a kids one she was covering fun, kitsch, irony and the - then - current craze . . . all at once, I think that took a lot of thought, but you ddn't see it?
MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
God they force us to watch that crap during Children’s Time at church sometimes and wow it’s so cringy
#46
A gun rack... I don’t even own A gun let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack
#47
My parents, for whatever reason, got me and my sister school supplies for Christmas one year when I was young. Every. Single. Gift. Notebooks, pencils, erasers, protractor, calculator, etc. And I wasn’t even mad. I truly thought my parents believed those gifts are what we wanted for Christmas and I couldn’t bear letting them see my disappointment. So I faked excitement with each gift unwrapped and thanked my parents. To this day, I don’t know if those gifts were some kind of punishment for something we did or if they truly were trying to make us happy. Either way, I just showed them I appreciated whatever they got me.
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Maybe it could be because they couldn't afford presents as well as the school supplies many people need to get themselves.
oddkiddo 4 years ago
Maybe they were strapped for cash and couldn't afford both school supplies and gifts?
Monday 4 years ago
I'm leaning towards that too. Use the Christmas sales to get the stationary before the prices get jacked up for the "Back to School" rush.
Load More Replies... Kanuli 4 years ago
Been there. One birthday though, like the last years (and festivals like Christmas) I again expected to not get anything, though his then-girlfriend bought me a game. And boy yes it was cheap and “just buy something real quick”, but it was made really interesting, and I was still young enough to have alot of fun with this game. So yea, it’s the little things.
Anna Tribe 3 years ago
If she isn't in the picture anymore maybe try and find her online to say thanks for being so kind. It can mean a lot to her that you remember
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#48
a bottle of gatorade for my 11th birthday. and on that day my mom dragged me to the store and went ALL out for my cousin in front of me, who was born the next day.
#49
My grandfather would give as Christmas gifts free junky stuff he got from his bank or some other such place. Like, a cheesy plastic ornament with the name of some bank or insurance company on it. Then he'd be angry and offended if we did not treat this as the greatest and most generous gift ever.
BusLady 4 years ago
I've heard of businesses giving out this type of stuff to their employees as gifts.
Zoe's Mom 4 years ago
Yup. Wells Fargo has a 'store' called Wells Ware and yes, EVERYTHING F*CKING THING has their logo. I always gave those gifts away to people that wanted them.
Load More Replies... #50
Do intentionally terrible gifts count? We did a white elephant gift exchange and I ended up with a broken Legolas figurine in a bag of seeds.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
I gave my mum a horrible taxidermied cane toad as a gag gift one year, thinking she'd hate it (I had a real gift ready). Instead she loved it and still has it on display! Next year I gave her the ugliest clay jug ever created. She used it to serve the orange sauce for the ham at lunch. :p
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
Omg my family did a white elephant a couple of years ago. Someone had something I wanted (or so I thought) and traded with them at the end. I thought it was one of those cake in a mug things. It's hard to describe but the box made it seem like that's what it was, everyone else agreed. Well I open the damn box and it's just a mug with an actual recipe written on it. Like damn, where is the sachet you pour in and just add milk. I felt like I got ripped off lol. Never had a mug cake before and was excited to try it.
Vivian Orr 4 years ago
Your Mom is a great woman. One that everyone should strive to be like. Wow.
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
My friend and his father give each other intentionally s88t presents every year, one thing they kept giving each other was a half-used bottle of unknown-brand (think Turkish river-ferry gift shop) aftershave in a turquoise blue which stank like a hospital morgue. One year I went to stay with them after Christmas and his dad gave it to me - all wrapped-up in my place at breakfast! I gave it to Darran the following year and as far as I know it's still passing between them!
#51
A friend gave me a toilet roll with "Emergency Toilet Paper" written on it
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Yeah, did you see those people saying "My friends got me this giant toilet roll as a gag gift last year - well who's laughing now?!"
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
You, too? The family's christmas stalkings were stuffed with toilet paper rolls one year, thanks to my mom. She said she thought we could use it. I have a feeling she wasn't meaning literally.
Whatshername 4 years ago (edited)
Though not the best gift, this would actually be very helpful on more than one occasion in my household 😅
#52
After buying a very expensive watch in front of my ex as his Christmas present, he gives me a pack of stickers and a book on making crude origami as my gift.
whodunnitfan2013 4 years ago
Because I'm the picture of maturity and adulting, I would have been very happy with the stickers.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
My brain wandered into strange places when I read the words "crude origami"
LiamTheBot 4 years ago (edited)
Same this took me a second to figure out what “crude origami” was
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#53
Mom got me a Widows Mite when she visited Israel. For those of you who don't know, the Widows Mite is from a story about Jesus. We're Jewish. Bonus: she took it away later because I didn't appear appreciative enough.
Nudge 4 years ago
I mean the story is that some rich guys were giving all this money to the church and showing off and stuff and this widow gave one mite which was a tiny amount but it was all she had and because she was humble God liked her better than the rich guys
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Lynn Morello 4 years ago
The lesson of the widow's mite or the widow's offering is presented in the Synoptic Gospels ( Mark 12:41–44, Luke 21:1–4 ), in which Jesus is teaching at the Temple in Jerusalem. The Gospel of Mark specifies that two mites (Greek lepta) are together worth a quadrans, the smallest Roman coin.
mamadeflorencia 4 years ago
I had to research what was a Widow's Mite. I didn't have a clue. This is what I found (I was Catholic. I am a non denominational Christian): The story is often called the story of the widow’s mite or the story of the widow’s offering. One day, Jesus was sitting with His disciples near the temple treasury watching people depositing money into the offering receptacles. The court of women held thirteen such receptacles, and people could cast their money in as they walked by. Jesus watched as the rich were contributing large sums of money, but then along came a widow with two small coins in her hand. The ESV calls them “two small copper coins, which make a penny” (Mark 12:41). The KJV calls the coins “mites.” These were the smallest denomination of coins. The widow put her coins into the box, and Jesus called His disciples to Him and pointed out her action: “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out
mamadeflorencia 4 years ago
They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on” (Mark 12:43–44; cf. Luke 21:1–4).
Load More Replies... #54
This is going to sound bad because it was all super expensive but I figured out my parents were planning to get me the PS4 when it came out, and I asked them not to get it because my husband (boyfriend at the time) had just gotten one and we really didn’t need 2 especially since I play maybe once a year. They just play coy and say they don’t know what they’re getting me. So I end up getting the PlayStation and not only that, every single family member gave accessories to go with it. Special remotes, special headphones, all different games. Every present I opened I got sadder and sadder because everything was PlayStation related.
I feel bad and it sounds so unappreciative but I just really don’t play and I’m sure for a gamer it was a dream...but my husband had a good Christmas that year at least!
Ruby 4 years ago
It's always so weird to me when people literally tell someone "don't get me this and here is the reason why" and then people STILL give it
DuchessDegu 4 years ago
"I thought you were just being polite when you said you didn't want it!" - that's how I was (gave it to charity shop later) the proud owner of three different themed Monopoly games. I never, ever played, or have any interest in, board games of any type.
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Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Omg, I alllllwayyyyyysss feel guilty on Christmas, because I'm the youngest, and therefore everyone feels that they should get me the most presents. Nobody I'm related to (that we still talk to) is very financially stable, so that makes the guilt feelings even worse. And for some/a very good portion of the gifts I receive, I can't even use them for a long time, because they require time and attention and/or skills and talents that I just won't have for a long time. D:
KittyMommy 4 years ago
And why not? I'm in my 40s and bloody well bought myself a Nintendo switch. There's nothing wrong with doing something you enjoy
Load More Replies... LiamTheBot 4 years ago
Just give me just do I need it please I need all that stuff I have a ps4 and I have one cool accessori and just GIMME GIMME GIMME
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
The trouble here was they knew all the additional gifts were pilling-up in the background and would justify continuing with the plan on the logic that you would sell yours on, and keep the 'gift' one as it had added 'love', it's sad, but it's human.
#55
My dad got me a "Bota Bag" (special canteen that traditionally holds wine) for christmas one year. I was 11.
Otter 4 years ago
Well, they also hold water, some hikers like them because they supposedly keep water cooler than a canteen or bottle.
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
I like this post because your right it doesn’t have to hold wine if it does then cool keep it.
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Csaba Hegedűs 4 years ago
When I was 8, me and my brother acted in a school play. Our grandfather lent us two such bota bags to complement our costumes (I was some old man, my brother was the innkeeper). I found both of them super cool and would've appreciated not having to give them back :)
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
My brother got one when he was about 12, he loved it - I think he asked for it, brilliant for playing in the woods all day, just fill it with squash!
#56
On my birthday when I was around 10 my parents got me this adorable pink and yellow bird. At some point during my birthday party all my friends were standing around the table and I’m taking the bird out to show him to everyone and he just dies. Right then.
He was acting a little weird. He must have been stressed with all the people? I don’t know. But he just collapsed and hit the bottom of the cage with a tiny thud. Of course I cried like a little baby. Anyway, my parents went out and got me a new bird that day because it’s safe to say that ruined the party lol
Dina Simoné 4 years ago
Birds can get very stressed when they are new in an environment and hold tightly by people they dont know. Wish parents would teach their kids to take proper care of the animals before buying them one. Pets are not toys.
Mii 4 years ago (edited)
Also, it depends on the species, but birds can get lonely easily. So if it was a canary or something, the lack of a friend and comfort in a new environment with many people may also have contributed to his sudden death. Please inform yourself (not you Dina secifically) about any pet you may get!
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J. Normal 4 years ago
PLEASE do not give animals as presents. The event is too stressful for them, and the receiver is usually not prepared. If you MUST - give a toy animal - the day of the party... and go get the animal later, when everything is prepared.
Shine Caramia 4 years ago
I gave my daughter a puppy for her birthday last year. She opened a package with a blanket, collar and leash, and cake squeaky toy. Then she and I picked out the dog together. That cake is still the dog's favorite toy.
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Linda van A. 4 years ago
This story really pisses me off. Calling this poor little animal your worst gift because it dies from stress of YOUR stupid actions.
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 4 years ago (edited)
Only idiots get kids pets as a present. It's a responsibility they need to be ready for.
Robert Bailey 4 years ago
Did you bring it back to the store like this? https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqnp
Hugh Walter 4 years ago
From the fact that we don't get a breed/species name for either bird, I'm guessing the replacement didn't last that long either and neither you nor your parents should have been indulging in wild animals as pets?
#57
Last year my grandfather got me a blanket for Christmas except that he realized he'd forgotten to get my older sister a present so gave the blanket to her instead. How do I know this? Because he told us while he was giving out his presents.
#58
A card from my grandparents that said “Happy Birthday Evan!” with a picture of my older brother on it
Lawrence Thatcher 4 years ago
I like to imagine neither the poster nor their brother are named Evan.
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#59
In my family, we have a competition to see who gets the fewest presents. That person gets to whine and complain all day about how no one likes them.
Usually this is my dad, but one year it was my brother. He got almost nothing.
Except a garden hose.
After all the unwrapping my Dad looks right at him and says "Well, you really got hosed this year."
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
The dad joke is so cruel I mean not only getting a garden hose for Christmas he comes up to you and says “ well, you really got hosed this year” that’s just mean as hell.
#60
I was living in Korea and we did a gift exchange at work. A female co-worker got me shoe lifts (kkalchang). It is, or was, rather common for shorter men to wear them. I'm only 5'8" and, naturally, some people assumed I was shorter and was just wearing kkalchang. I opened the box and the look on my face said it all. Her expression went from joy to terror thinking she had insulted me. I threw on a nice face and slid them on, I was almost 5'11". It was at that moment that I realized a good deal of people assumed I was 5'5" / 5'6" pretending to be 5'8". I was not super happy.
Monday 4 years ago
This seems more like culture difference than a crappy gift. Clearly the coworker bought something that's an acceptable and perhaps even appreciated gift for where OP was at the time.
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
No, it’s a crappy gift. Never gift personal improvement things to a coworker
Load More Replies... #61
James Corden's autobiography, written when he wasnt even particularly famous
Jayne Kyra 4 years ago
He is also a trash person, as presented here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bqy5zf/i_am_james_corden_alongside_ben_winston_and_five/
#62
My mom had a rule about making sure my sister and I had the same number of gifts, regardless of cost per child. To make sure that the number was equal, she gave me a 12 pack of Irish Spring Soap on Christmas. It counted as one, for those of you who are wondering.
Monday 4 years ago
Kind of makes sense? My parents always went the route of "same cost per child" [and still do even though I'm nearly 30 and my siblings are in their teens]. That would usually mean 1 present for me and 4 or 5 for each of my siblings. This was great since that 1 thing was usually something I wanted like a new PC monitor or a games console, but my siblings would be so upset that they got many presents and I only got one because they thought I was being punished or something.
Pumpkin Spice 4 years ago
Those are good siblings. My sister would gloat and laugh.
Load More Replies... #63
My demented grandma got me a package of disposable plastic forks for my birthday
Firstname Lastname 4 years ago
Not having to wash a fork for a while tho, that's kinda nice. Doing dishes sucks.
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
At least she remembers your birthday and if your calling her demented because she got you plastic forks for your birth day I mean come on!
What do you think ?
Patti Vance 4 years ago
mom was a single mom with three kids, no child support, and working two jobs. so, needless to say, money was always tight. no allowances but she would try to do little things for each of us once a month. come mother's day i found an old tarnished copper tray in a dumpster. i took it, polished it and gave it to her. (i was about 8) she oohed & aahed over it. then, when i was in my 30s i saw it in her china cupboard & asked her why she still had that. it was then she told me that she had seen me take it from the dumpster & didn't know why until i gave it to her. said it was something very precious to her because i wanted to give her something on that day. mom was great. miss you.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
My parents used to guilt me into doing things with presents. Growing up, I was a happily introverted homebody. They gifted me a gym membership because they thought I didn't exercise enough and required me to go. Another year, they signed me up in a weekly class as a gift because they thought I didn't have enough friends. (I was perfectly happy. They were just extroverts, and I wasn't.) They meant well but just didn't understand me, and of course, I was polite and wouldn't disrespect their gifts. I flipped the script recently though. My mom has been teetering on retirement for years and keeps finding excuses not to retire. For her birthday this year, I gifted her a retirement countdown calendar. It is 100% peer pressure in the form of a present -- and it's working. She's agreed to retire in December.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
My brother once stole something from me, wrapped it, and gave it back to me. He was roughly 13 at the time. Old enough to know better, imo.
Bobbie Meyers 4 years ago
Yeah, one time, a sister stole one of my prized books, left it by the pool to get all oogie, then gives me a new one, same title, for my BDay...!!!
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 4 years ago
I'm the bad gift giver. I have no empathy, so I can't 'put myself in their shoes' and think what they would like to receive, so I have to rely on information given to me. If I hear you say you want something, that's what you'll probably get. Back when I had been dating my now wife for about 5 months, she was complaining about the lights being too bright in her bedroom and said that she wanted a dimmer switch, so that's what she got for xmas. That same year she got me a PS3 on the day it came out (some time in November) just because she knew I'd want one AND still got me a xmas present the following month. Needless to say, she's in charge for gift buying.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
You have my vote - just listening is the best way!
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Carol Emory 4 years ago
My father used to give everyone Logical gifts. Mom was a Stay at home Housewife, she must like kitchen appliances and cleaning things. Me and my sister were girls...we must want dolls and pretty things. My brothers were boys, they must've wanted race tracks and power tools. Then one Christmas, my mother opened a hand vac from my Dad, got up, stormed out and slammed the bedroom door shut. He was confused until I had him take me and my sister for a drive so we could explain. Next year, I got a Tyco race-track, my sister got a dremel, my mother got perfume, soft comfy robe and a slippers to match. My brothers got power tools...(they never complained.) Everyone was happy and my Dad learned to ask what we liked instead of giving in to gender stereo-types after that. He also learned my sister was a whiz at fixing cars. Proud papa moment when he realized that.
Bisexual Tiger 4 years ago
It’s a good thing he realized and worked on that :D
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R F. 4 years ago
Just turned 50 last week and once again my wife got me nothing. I was buying myself a cake when my nephew saw me. He said “You can’t buy your own cake Tio!”, grabbed it off the conveyor and bought it. So some really bad…and some really good this year.
Winx 4 years ago
My mother in law gave me religious erotic novels for Christmas one year. I gave them away at a "rewrap your crap" party where you compete for the worst gift. I won lol and it still makes me laugh thinking about them!
Dina Simoné 4 years ago
Is that really a thing? Novels that are religious AND erotic? Is it like fanfiction?
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Ritchat 4 years ago
My granny used to give us gift bags every year for Christmas with chocolate, walnuts and mandarins inside. And every year, she got it wrong. My brother hated nougat and loved marzipan. He got nougat every single year although I always reminded her that he hates it. One year, she packed the bags a little early and the mandarins had mould on them on Christmas eve. But the year she packed cheap small kitchen knives without any wrapping takes the cake. She died 8 years ago and I'd kill for one of her gift bags now.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
One year, an uncle visited. He gave the nephew roughly 25 hand-me-down action movies. It was awesome. Because "boys like that stuff." He gave the niece an empty hat box. That was not awesome.
Rebecca Finken 4 years ago
So my hubs and I we're engaged at the time, his truck had been having issues, so my mother decided a great birthday present would to be to have it fixed. She made sure to tell everyone about her thoughtful gift.... And it would have been if she didn't decide a few months later that we needed to repay her :/
Patti Vance 4 years ago
mom was a single mom with three kids, no child support, and working two jobs. so, needless to say, money was always tight. no allowances but she would try to do little things for each of us once a month. come mother's day i found an old tarnished copper tray in a dumpster. i took it, polished it and gave it to her. (i was about 8) she oohed & aahed over it. then, when i was in my 30s i saw it in her china cupboard & asked her why she still had that. it was then she told me that she had seen me take it from the dumpster & didn't know why until i gave it to her. said it was something very precious to her because i wanted to give her something on that day. mom was great. miss you.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
My parents used to guilt me into doing things with presents. Growing up, I was a happily introverted homebody. They gifted me a gym membership because they thought I didn't exercise enough and required me to go. Another year, they signed me up in a weekly class as a gift because they thought I didn't have enough friends. (I was perfectly happy. They were just extroverts, and I wasn't.) They meant well but just didn't understand me, and of course, I was polite and wouldn't disrespect their gifts. I flipped the script recently though. My mom has been teetering on retirement for years and keeps finding excuses not to retire. For her birthday this year, I gifted her a retirement countdown calendar. It is 100% peer pressure in the form of a present -- and it's working. She's agreed to retire in December.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
My brother once stole something from me, wrapped it, and gave it back to me. He was roughly 13 at the time. Old enough to know better, imo.
Bobbie Meyers 4 years ago
Yeah, one time, a sister stole one of my prized books, left it by the pool to get all oogie, then gives me a new one, same title, for my BDay...!!!
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 4 years ago
I'm the bad gift giver. I have no empathy, so I can't 'put myself in their shoes' and think what they would like to receive, so I have to rely on information given to me. If I hear you say you want something, that's what you'll probably get. Back when I had been dating my now wife for about 5 months, she was complaining about the lights being too bright in her bedroom and said that she wanted a dimmer switch, so that's what she got for xmas. That same year she got me a PS3 on the day it came out (some time in November) just because she knew I'd want one AND still got me a xmas present the following month. Needless to say, she's in charge for gift buying.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
You have my vote - just listening is the best way!
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago
My father used to give everyone Logical gifts. Mom was a Stay at home Housewife, she must like kitchen appliances and cleaning things. Me and my sister were girls...we must want dolls and pretty things. My brothers were boys, they must've wanted race tracks and power tools. Then one Christmas, my mother opened a hand vac from my Dad, got up, stormed out and slammed the bedroom door shut. He was confused until I had him take me and my sister for a drive so we could explain. Next year, I got a Tyco race-track, my sister got a dremel, my mother got perfume, soft comfy robe and a slippers to match. My brothers got power tools...(they never complained.) Everyone was happy and my Dad learned to ask what we liked instead of giving in to gender stereo-types after that. He also learned my sister was a whiz at fixing cars. Proud papa moment when he realized that.
Bisexual Tiger 4 years ago
It’s a good thing he realized and worked on that :D
Load More Replies... R F. 4 years ago
Just turned 50 last week and once again my wife got me nothing. I was buying myself a cake when my nephew saw me. He said “You can’t buy your own cake Tio!”, grabbed it off the conveyor and bought it. So some really bad…and some really good this year.
Winx 4 years ago
My mother in law gave me religious erotic novels for Christmas one year. I gave them away at a "rewrap your crap" party where you compete for the worst gift. I won lol and it still makes me laugh thinking about them!
Dina Simoné 4 years ago
Is that really a thing? Novels that are religious AND erotic? Is it like fanfiction?
Load More Replies... Ritchat 4 years ago
My granny used to give us gift bags every year for Christmas with chocolate, walnuts and mandarins inside. And every year, she got it wrong. My brother hated nougat and loved marzipan. He got nougat every single year although I always reminded her that he hates it. One year, she packed the bags a little early and the mandarins had mould on them on Christmas eve. But the year she packed cheap small kitchen knives without any wrapping takes the cake. She died 8 years ago and I'd kill for one of her gift bags now.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
One year, an uncle visited. He gave the nephew roughly 25 hand-me-down action movies. It was awesome. Because "boys like that stuff." He gave the niece an empty hat box. That was not awesome.
Rebecca Finken 4 years ago
So my hubs and I we're engaged at the time, his truck had been having issues, so my mother decided a great birthday present would to be to have it fixed. She made sure to tell everyone about her thoughtful gift.... And it would have been if she didn't decide a few months later that we needed to repay her :/
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