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?

A bikini trimmer from my XH.

It was a tenner. That was literally all I got.

I can think of two contenders:

1. A pound coin holder from my Great Aunty Louisa when the new pound coins came in.

1. A toilet seat. Least said the better.

@Sal1977 I hope you used it to shave a choice phrase in that expressed your feelings!

Shatners it is a doll that is a gimp. A rubber gimp doll.

One year my MIL brought me one plastic pair of earrings from Primark.

My last birthday, DM gave me a rotating plastic spice rack. As my main present. As I opened it I thought 'hmm, I don't really need one of these... but I guess having more spices will be useful'. Opened the box - no spices, just the rack.

A single packet of pocket tissues from my mil (she’d wrapped them as well).

Bathroom scales from my ex, when I was 26 and extremely slim. I asked if he thought I needed to lose/gain weight and he looked shocked and said "no, of course not - I just thought they'd be useful".

He was annoyed at my lack of gratitude.

1st Christmas together huge box under the tree. It was a dyson...

I had mentioned my vacum had packed up hence the dyson

My ex bought me call of duty for his Xbox. Apparently it was so we could do something together. The mother of his children and been together 7 years and never had any interest in shooting things on a bloody games console. We’re divorced now.

Dish cloths - MIL

Ironing board - ex bf ( he soon was following that!)

Coat hangers - the free ones from dry cleaners from a neighbour. All beautifully wrapped too

@flowerpot1000000 I'm re evaluating my life as a hoover (Pet hair specific one tbf) is the only thing I've asked my OH for this year.... and as a couple we've asked the parents for a tumble dryer. What even is adulthood? Furthermore - what does "the magic of Christmas" mean?

White musk from a charity shop from sis in law when i was a teenager, went straight in bin. She also buys my partner choc brazils every year but he cant eat nuts, which she knows.

A necklace from charity shop from my in laws, they are the worst at buying presents and normally end up straight in bin, not even good enough to give to charity shops. People know i love nice skincare etc and buy me cheap ass crap, dont bother, its going in the bin! I know i sound ungrateful but i spend all year looking for things to buy people and listen to what they like

I got an empty cardboard box from my brother one year.

To be fair he’d forgotten to put the actual present in it.

Just remembered another which was a box of chocolates that were about a year out of date from my SIL. I noticed the chocolate had a funny taste. I wouldn’t have checked the BBE date otherwise.

I'm vegan-my sis bought me leather gloves 😳

From ExH, 12 month non- refundable gym membership. I had 2 month old twins. Date of purchase? 24th December. I went once, he complained about having to watch babies on his own and I never went again. The most expensive gym trip ever.

Also, ExH, £20 amazon voucher, downloaded on our home PC at 00.05 on the day of my birthday. We shared finances, he might as well have taken £20 out of my purse and given it to me.

Thing is, I always gave him a list of things I might like, which he ignored because he couldn’t be arsed/ knew better.

Oh and about 25 years ago, I took a friend and her cousin to the airport, I had to get up at 4am and use up my flex time at work. Another friend picked them up, early evening arrival time, she worked close to airport, so no big deal. Friend gave me a half used bottle of nail varnish. Gave other friend a bottle of duty free grey goose vodka.

A Best of the Two Ronnies DVD. From my SIL for my 40th 😬

I got size 22 pyjamas from my Auntie when I was about 16 and a size 8. I was mortified! I can only think she didn't realise she got the wrong size, they were so huge for me

One Xmas MIL got DP a big box of condoms - I was pregnant with our second child at the time

... we threw them in the bin and had 2 more DC

I know someone who gave his partner a vacuum cleaner for Christmas (that didn't go down well) also know someone who bought their sister a spice rack (that didn't go down well either) my ex bought me a radio last Xmas (lol that didn't go down well either)

A fleecy underblanket from the in laws. Knightingales went bankrupt 13 years previous, and the packaging had clearly been opened numerous times. The blanket was also slightly yellowing ugh!!!

2 tumble dryer balls (to speed up? drying). From my then boyfriend.

An address book that my aunty had already started writing addresses in!

an ex colleague of mine was a bit whiney and annoying. The kind who gets drunk, screeches and cries in a heap on the floor on nights out. As such she was a bit like marmite and wasnt a well liked person in the office.

She had fertility problems so HATED her SIL (who got pregnant at the drop of a hat and carried healthy sons). Ex Colleague would frequently get pregnant but could not carry past 14ish weeks. She was extremely jealous of SIL and bought her a weight watchers scale and recipe book for her birthday...when SIL was 6 months pregnant . However SIL went one better and, next time ex colleague was pregnant and it fell on her birthday, SIL bought her an experience day "bump and me" photoshoot....for the woman who couldnt carry past 14 weeks and get a bump!

horrific family situation. always felt sorry for SIL (the way ex colleague used to speak about her was awful) until the photoshoot gift.

An American Playstation game. The thought was there, but it didn't work in an English Playstation, d'oh!