Who got the worst gift?

I’ve never been given a Baylis and Harding gift set but am almost tempted to buy one to find out what all the fuss is about. Seems to be the most hated gift on MN! Having recently finished a Molton Brown shower gel, I actually think there’s sod all difference between the cheap stuff and expensive stuff. Detergent is detergent. The scent doesn’t even last any longer than the stuff you buy in the supermarket.

This was last year but a Boots gift set in a battered box so old it had the old 90's Boots logo on and the moisturising cream had evaporated to a quarter an inch at the bottom of the pot

3 Baylis & Harding gift sets…

Knowing how much mumsnet hates them I’d say I’m in the running to win.

One was off a neighbour, one from my friends daughter which was really sweet but the 3rd one was (amongst other lovely gifts) from my DP.
He was so proud of himself saying he’d got the brand I always use and got it at a really good price as I don’t normally let him use it and say it’s too expensive.
I use Molton Brown and can’t bear to tell him and hurt him so I’ll be using the B&H stuff as quickly as possible so I can replace it!

Could you not see if you can get the money back?

No because it’s better for the animals if less meat is used/consumed. It really shouldn’t be an issue. My point was about the inappropriateness of the gift and the malice behind it on a thread about worst gifts.

Announcing that you're doing something painfully illogical was bound to warrant a response! The butchers have now had money for nothing, which is better for them than if you'd given the voucher away!

Good grief, how is this such an issue to anyone? There were 5 boxes of chocolates in one gift bag for the 5 of us (all containing milk). My partner and 2 of our children are vegetarian, so they’ll just eat the 5 boxes between the 3 of them, probably mostly eaten by the kids as my partner is fairly health conscious. Although 2 of the boxes were given knowing 2 of us are vegan, they were addressed to all of us, so no, I don’t have an issue letting the vegetarians have them. I was vegetarian when all of my children were born and they were brought up vegetarian. One chose to be vegan as a teen. They can choose what they eat.

None of us have any use for a steak vouchers but poignantly it was addressed only to me, a vegan. In previous years she has given me and my partner vouchers to a steak restaurant, me some local honey, our vegan child wool and knitting needles. It’s deliberate, she thinks it’s funny. I refuse to engage with it.

Sorry OP, your thread is being derailed because people seem to have an issue with me binning a steak voucher. People can eat what they like, but I don’t have a responsibility to feed other families as has been suggested and I don’t wish to get into a debate on my principles.

And people moan about preachy vegans, of which I’m not one, but please leave me alone. I answered the thread and it’s being turned into something else. Voucher has been binned earlier so that’s the end of the matter. 😅

Does it not go against your principles giving the chocolate to your children?

I got some old lady slippers and a super warm blanket from my DP and a few generic bits from my Amazon wish list which I mostly keep updated for the dcs to choose gifts from.
Overall he spent less than £100 on me - I'm not bothered about the amount of money he spent. However I know he's spent £450 on the other woman which I've recently discovered. He's booked a weekend away in a beautiful cottage for them both. They are going this weekend. He doesn't know that I know but he will when he gets back!!

A manky looking pair of oven gloves with the £5 price tag still on them.....from my snotty cow SIL

Because I’m vegan and it goes against my principles. It’s not my responsibility to feed other people’s families, least of all something I don’t agree with.

A romantic weekend away in London with partner, lovely I thought, because I usually have to take charge of booking everything when we go away.

Turns out he's booked us in a 'capsule hotel'. So separate rooms, in separate areas of the building. The room itself is actually just a bed you crawl into and a shutter you pull down. Like sleeping in a self storage facility. Don't worry though, apparently he'll buy me a combination lock so I can lock myself in and feel safe...... FML

Not actually a gift he got but on new years eve while out shopping my DH phoned to ask 'Have I got DS any smellies?' because he had spotted an 'Old Spice' gift set in the sale.

Thankfully I had got DS a car themed aftershave set so could answer yes but DH claims he genuinely though a 17 year old would be excited to open Old Spice on Christmas morning.

Maybe as a middle aged woman Im out of touch but I think even Lynx is better than Old Spice. The only person I have even known that used Old Spice was my 90 year old grandad who used it after he had shaved with his old animal hair lather up shaving brush. The man looked the spit of Jim Bowen, obviously the epitome of teenage cool lol.

He got Fifa for the PS5 instead which while we will never know for definite but I'm pretty certain was the preferred choice.

I got a 2 ft inflatable velociraptor… with a slow puncture 😐😂

No it isn't !!