What's the worse present you've ever received?

[MessyMummy15]

Was reading another thread and got me thinking about the time my mums (then) boyfriend brought her a frying pan for Christmas then asked if she could take it out the box now so she could make him a "proper breakfast"
have vague memories of it flying towards his head...
weird they didn't stay together...

What is the worst present you've ever got?

I unwrapped a lingerie set, bright pink thong and little triangle bra thing... I was 10 and it was from my nanna. My mum whipped it straight out of my hands 😂

A box of Green and Blacks, which contains mini bars of different flavoured chocolate. Sounds lovely, right!? SPOILER ALERT : it was not lovely. It was months out of date. The hygiene seal was split, the box was battered, and some of the bars appeared to have been unwrapped and wrapped again. I’m all for regifting nice items, but that was seriously grotty and in no fit state to be handed to someone as a present.

^^that was from my MIL btw.

My dad and step mother gave me an egg poaching pan for my 40th birthday.

A pack of freebies from a bumper issue of She magazine. Think She has been out of print for about a decade at that point too. Everything bright pink - crappy flip flops, notebook, biro, you know the kind of thing.
From my ILs. Cheeeeeeers.

I once got a pretty saucy nightie from my ex's mum. Being 17 my mum was not impressed

My daughter gave me a horrible painted ostrich egg in a frame. It languished in a cupboard for many years.

The fuuny part is that she recently helped me move some stuff and found the egg. 'OMG' she said 'Where the hell did you get that? it's vile!'

Not sure she believes she gave it to me

These are brilliant!

WTBE what was your nan thinking?!

Mine wasn't bad but for secret Santa I received a travel wallet (the type you'd use for your season ticket) which I guess was nice but I was about to leave for maternity for a year and wouldn't be needing a travel card!

Candles. Every Xmas & b’day my ex bought me candles - which he knows I don’t use. I’m the sort of person who falls asleep on the sofa while the curtains catch and the house burns down.
So every year I would say, “it smells lovely, thank you, but I’m really not comfortable using them, I’m so hopeless. “ and then I’d take it to his house.

Next birthday - another candle .....!

A box of broken biscuits, out of date. From my Nasty Nan!

oohayyye God knows!
Bless her she did say she just saw the colour and knew I would like it
And now she has gone the opposite and gets me ten sizes too big period pants!

A new number plate and a set of spark plugs from my then boyfriend.

A shower puff from my MIL. The smell of it sent me cross-eyed and it had probably been sitting on the side of her bath for years a while. It was badly wrapped as well, so I could see what it was as she handed it over but instead of throwing a hissy fit about it (as she would have done and what she's wanted me to do for 20+ years), I thanked her for it as I will never descend to her level.

A dress size 28, I was a 6 although pregnant.

My description could never do justice to the dress. It was-a crimpolene, burgundy, tent with an enormous cream collar that stuck out further than my shoulders. A large cream bow at the neck at least a foot wide.

Thank you MIL

Pyjamas covered on cartoon reindeer that even Pablo Picasso wouldn't have admitted to drawing.

I was 15, and my younger sister and all my similar aged cousins got very cool (for the mid 90s) rope light sets for their bedrooms. You can tel who the black sheep is in my family.

DH and I were having a rough year (his fault) so to make up for it he bought me an expensive watch. I don’t wear watches and it was really chunky and masculine. I said “is this a men’s watch?” and did the classic over the shoulder chuck away. I was MAD to be fair. I’m not usually so ungrateful and mean

Last year PIL’s gave me a hideous glass owl (I actually love owls), she’d bought it on a cruise, it weighed a tonne and cost a fortune! As part of the same gift bag I got a cauldron shaped candle holder and three used tea lights!

It all went in the bin as soon as we got home, yep I am that ungrateful.

DH has given her strict instructions this year.

Personalised pen with the wrong name on it.

From FIL & his wife. I'd been with DH for 10 years at that point.

SMIL always re-gifts toiletry sets to me, but they're always years old & always crusty and gross when you try to take the hygiene seals off, sometimes with battered boxes & often with old designs & logos! However, she always gets me a few presents; the others of which are lovely and thoughtful.

Sil got me & husband a joint gift of a teapot for 1 - but she'd lost the cup that was part of it

“Sexy” underwear from my then boyfriend’s parents and grandfather when I was 17. I thought it weird at the time and now find it horrifying.

Baby was six weeks old and I was living in a building site with no kitchen. Family members got me a joint present of two very expensive christmas themed china tea cups and saucers...ungrateful perhaps but there are so many other things I would have wanted or needed.

My sister gave me a biscuit tin, she had first thoughtfully eaten the contents, but refilled it with dirty paper napkins. Nice.

For my 30th birthday my then boyfriend gave me a baking tray.

I got a size XS shirt once.

I'm sadly not that thin

Oh and I got boxers which say "Hard times ahead" on the front which is fine now but I was 15!