“What Was The ‘Seriously?’ Gift You Opened This Christmas?” (50 Answers)

Oh dear. We had the reverse situation here - my mum bought my husband a nice bottle of whisky, wrapped and lovingly given. I got handed an unwrapped packet of cheese biscuits, which she said she was looking forward to eating over the holidays. She put them out when she fancied them. It was like they were never mine at all! My mum has never been very good at loving me, nor was my dad. Luckily, my husband is.

I hope the wife acted confused and said "What do you mean? You bought it for him. He thought it would be nice to wear it for you."

"Yeah, why AM I wearing a woman's sweater, lady?

I'm glad your wife went along with that!

What did your wife say about it? Try and feel sorry for the parents, they can't help what they are.

Why is a diamond ring a bad gift? She sounds like she's complaining.

ooh fancy! definitely not cruel or disappointing..

This is not WTH. This is why is it grandma instead of bf?

The real diamond here is grandma's heart!

Sounds as though Grandma thinks she should be a "keeper"

He sounds like a thoughtful guy, that's really sweet.

The gift of being heard.

He’s a keeper

Hang on to that one, having a hubby who listens is like finding a unicorn 🙂

You got a "Keeper"!!

What a nightmare, and how fücking much of an a$$hole do you have to be to do that??! And I don't want to be patronising, but congrats on how you handled it.

That's so arrogant, congrats for beating your addiction and staying strong

I'd cut them out of my life, they sound toxic

They sound like terrible people

I gave up Alcohol a year + days ago due to health issues that couldn’t be identified (and still isn’t fwiw, don’t want doctors deciding I’m falling because of alcohol. I need a real diagnosis) i made sure to tell my parents I’d given up Alcohol. My dad spent about 11 months of that still offering me alcoholic drinks every visit. I decided to not let it offend me and just chalk it up to aging brains. At thanksgiving I brought some alcohol free beer to enjoy while everyone else had alcohol. It was at that point my dad realized how serious I was about avoiding alcohol.

That's so sweet of your mom!

As a parent myself, we always try to help out our kids no matter what our own situation is or how old our kids are. I always tell mine that it came from the Bank of Dad!

What OP and millions of others need is for their government to give them the "gift" of reasonable maternity/paternity leave benefits for all. Having exhausted all of her resources after two months is insane and inhumane.

You have a most precious gift - a parent who listens & pays attention to what you say; who is thoughtful; and who loves you enough to gift you his cherished possessions. You are soooo lucky 🥰

My mom does stuff like that. If we say we're missing something or need something and it'll be like months before Christmas like 8-10 months she'll write it. We'll forget all about it and we get it for Christmas. Or if we move and she comes over she'll notice that we need a watering hose, or some sort of tool or something we don't even think of and she gets it for us. Usually pretty useful stuff too.

Those “pilers” should come in pretty handy when it’s time to construct a pile of something. Once piled, hammer that son of a biznatch home!🤪

When my parents moved my sister (the oldest) to college, they needed a hammer to hang something and she didn't have one. So dad gave her a beat up one he had in his truck, years later they help her move out from college and he sees she still has this old hammer. Dad proceeded to gift every high school graduate in the family (big extended family and friends) a basic toolkit as a graduation gift so they'd have what they need when they move out

Years ago my Dad gave me an adjustable wrench from his tools. I have always treasured that wrench.

That's sad. Use it for drinking fancy juice 🍹