Who got the worst gift?

I got this stunning dress from my MIL

https://www.iconleva.com/collections/all-dresses/products/adel

I had a baby this year so I have moved from a size 8 to a size 14, she got it in a size 8.... To be fair the dress is stunning, its for our wedding anniversary next year so I guess she it telling me there is time...

Great to have a spare because it's as its one you love it's guaranteed to be the one scarf you will lose somewhere

I'm so sorry to say that this thread has caused me real tears of laughter. The ocado shopping bag made me cackle.
I feel soothed too as I am also a victim of Temu this year. There needs to be a support group.

My brother and SIL bought me a rituals car air freshener. It cost £20 😳 for an air freshener 😳
I drive a van, which could usually do with a government health warning sticker on it it's so grim. Which is presumably why they bought it, but I can't stand smelly stuff.
I never buy 'luxury' items for myself so I'd have been thrilled with a fancy shower gel or face wash and feel a bit sad that so much money got spent on something I won't use tbh :( but very much a first world problem I appreciate!

This thread has been useful as I'd normally donate towels or toiletry sets to a regular charity shop but I can see how much more helpful they would be to a women's refuge, so thankyou whoever shared that.

The trip to London in a self contained pod hotel, husband spending £450 on a weekend away with his mistress and the £15 just eats voucher would have me spitting feathers tbh. The rest are just funny 🤣

I had a 2021 Glossybox from Dmil ... that I gave her years ago :/ (I gave it as one of many gifts as she said she liked them)

A wild selection of Temu tat from my mum...elasticated foil dish covers, slipper socks (not great fabric but I do wear them a lot so fair play), cotton pads, a apron with a massive cat on made from fabric that's probably only marginally more durable than kitchen towel and the annual windscreen frost protector which never gets used!

Also cash...which will be put in my account to replace what I spent on pressies to myself...a new necklace and a cloth bound edition of Wuthering Heights.

My dad doesn't do gifts but he did get a hundred bags for life from eBay and let me have 50. I'm actually very happy! Bargain bags and lots of them. Bets are now being taken on what the level of depreciation will be.

I'm not sure if she's got it at John Lewis or some other shop - it's the kind of fancy brand you could get at multiple places.

But also, the dilemma about offending her would still apply next time she visits and sees I'm not using them!

Dh thinks I've brought this on myself for asking for plates and bowls when I'm so particular. I suppose so...!! However, it's so rare I see any plates and bowls I don't like! I didn't think I was fussy, it's unusual to get plates and bowls covered in pimples haha.

He says next year we must only ask for consumables

Dd (2) received 3 buggies. Everyone had the same idea it would appear. She's happy out, as am I, as she won't go anywhere without one so we can have one in both cars and one at home. All the givers felt disappointed but I reassured them it was actually a good thing. Having to construct all 3 wasn't as amazing!

I quite like that, it looks comfy and warm. I'd dye it a brighter colour. I had a white towelling robe which i dyed bright orange, much nicer and cheerier.

Your husband needs this. Very good quality, I've had mine 10 years.

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I have so many questions about this I don't even know where to start

I really wanted a luna moth necklace from Etsy for months, showed my husband what sorts I like, everything else was perfect but he forgot which I wanted and got me a cheap, gold coloured flat back moth with a bog standard charm that every cheap goth jewellery seller uses. I wa gutted and he did say I realised it wasnt very good when it arrived 🤭

I laughed out loud at this

They've great if you're by yourself, the ones that I've heard of are sex segregated, and they're cheap. But aside from that? I prefer a Premier Inn!

Surely that's a pretty standard occurrence for most households containing 16 year old boys up and down the country?

Always one.

I quite like this

My MIL gave me a tin of unbranded cheap looking cookies, with an expiry date of Feb 2022, a weathered £2.50 sticker on the bottom, wrapped in happy birthday paper 😳😱😂

Can you not just take them to the shop and see if they’ll exchange them? Even without the receipt they should do if still in the box.

I got a reusable ocado shopping bag from my mother. I think no gift at all would have been less of a statement.

I got a probe which gives the clit an electric shock, I wanted jewellery, still time will tell and I might end up never leaving the house.

I don't know, dh suggested this and MIL is so kind, she'd pretend not to be offended even if she was offended. I'll leave it to dh to finesse if he thinks he can manage it, he's way more tactful than me, I'd probably start out being tactful and then blurt out something about trails of ants.

I 100% know this is all a Me Problem lol! I don't want to be That DIL!!

"Aibu, my ungrateful DIL asked for some plates and bowls for Xmas and I splashed out on some lovely ones from a well known and popular designer and she's just demanded the receipt because they remind her of scabies?"

I saw your other post about your husbands aftershave, and think he definitely didn’t get a “bad” gift, he’s just very childish and ungrateful and doesn’t know that decanters exist!

Oh god. I just looked at that and thought it was quite nice!

I really am old now...