Best worst present?

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Sorry if it's been done..

Thought it might be good to do a best worst presents thread!

Mine would be..

Bottle of cheap booze (i don't drink)
Men's perfume called Black (given during a Goth phase)
Old lady soap dish (with the price label still on)

Best was a dolls house as a dc.
Worst was a silver colour snake necklace off mil.
Priced @£3.75....
Not grabby but come on!!

Even £3.75 seems expensive for that Winter

Oh it was off ebay from China. All the dc -my dc - got nice gifts. Her biological dgc got nowt!!
Bonkers!!
Been nc for nearly 5 years.

A woman who I was working for last year bought me the most horrendous Christmas scarf. I can cope with idea of a Crimbo scarf, just, but it must be made of a material that is almost plastic and just feels very nasty, and I feel myself sweating just thinking about it. I've used it to decorate a pot head in our lounge, and gently poke fun at it. I don't work for the same woman now. This was not the reason, but indicated, along with many other examples, that she was tight as a budgies bum, as well as being chronically disorganised and flakey

My best friend of 20+ years bought me a novelty salt and pepper shaker set a few years ago...she's usually very thoughtful with gifts that have a meaning but that was a definite blip

Tight as a budgies bum had me laughing out loud Spongebob!

Hmmm perhaps that was a last min emergency buy Bear... >

Back in the early days of our marriage , I wanted a specific bath robe from M&S. DH left things too late and it wasn't available in my size.
He let himself be persuaded to buy a random other robe, in a very large size , on the basis that 'it was M&S & I could take it back to change it for one I liked '..
He doesn't deviate from the script these days 😂

A huge desk stapler - I've been retired for fifteen ish years and have never felt the need to stable anything during that time.

That sounds like my dad Dreamer.. he has to be given very specific instructions ideally a web link 😂

Just a stapler Silver? Nothing matching??!

A partially used packet of indoor fireworks was given to my toddler son for Christmas. The year before, the same person, gave him the children's activity bag from a pasta restaurant complete with crumpled activity sheet. No idea why they thought we'd like their random leftovers.

Can’t think of a bad present I’ve received but worst reaction to a present I’ve given was from my sister:
She asked for a pair of earrings from Next, described them to me, there was a jewellery fair at my work and I found a pair that seemed similar but were silver and from an independent jeweller, more expensive etc... so I thought they’d be even nicer for her to have. After we exchanged presents (I don’t even remember what I got but she would by my other sister and me the same thing so not massively thoughtful, usually part of the 3 for 2 from boots) she said “did you like your present?” And I politely and enthusiastically said yes absolutely lovely, thank you, and asked if she liked hers... she responded with a very flat “No.”

I felt so hurt, it was such a weird way to behave. It really sticks in my mind,

An out of date packet of dark chocolate biscuits from our corner shop, from Dh. I don’t even like dark chocolate.

He has improved his gift giving since that momentous low point.

I don’t mean ‘our corner shop’ as in our own shop. I mean the one in our village.

My HUSBAND bought me a bread bin with a dent in it for my birthday one year and then kitchen scales for Valentine's Day
Thankfully that was the worst year for presents and he has improved a lot since then.
Worst Xmas present - well my parents were a bit shit at presents but the worst year was when I came down to find a huge box under the tree (wrapped in a blanket - my mum can't wrap) with my name on it. I wasn't allowed to open it until after Xmas lunch and I was so excited - well it didn't last! my mum had found an entire set of themed encyclopaedias in a charity shop and bought them for me. I was 8 and it was the late 80's, I only tell you this as they were more than a little out of date as the space one didn't even have the moon landings in it

A personalised pen from FIL & his wife. With the wrong name on.

I’m sure I’ve posted this on here before, mine is the time my grandmother accidentally gave me a vibrator.

It was shaped like a large, yellow bath duck and my grandma bought it because when I was little I had a yellow bath duck I was very fond of. However it was definitely a vibrator, it was described as a “vibrating bath toy” it was called “I rub my duckie”, and it had a lascivious look in its eye.

Everyone in the room, other than my grandparents, knew what it was. There was a lot of avoiding looking at one another for a few minutes after I’d opened it .

Venus my ex husband once bought me a galaxy bar for my birthday. It wasn't even the gift size one- just the small 5 piece once...

Wonky I can see a man thinking ooh practical and cheap when looking at a bread bin once in full present panic mode

Bark you win this thread

It was my birthday this week. Mil gave me a 2019 diary...

Oh my god the duck vibrator?!

It was my birthday this week. Mil gave me a 2019 diary...

Keep it and use it in 2030 because the dates will be the same.

One year I gave a whole load of out of date calendars out. They were the sort you personalise with photos - I always bought things to personalise in the sale in January and kept it for the next Xmas. I just hadn't thought. .. . I was a little embarrassed to say the least when my aunt pointed it out!! (Hello to anyone who knows me as that is a very outing story!!)

My MIL is frankly awful with gifts.

I can't even explain my gift to give the full impact, I wish I still had to for a photo.

She got me a bumble bee onesie. Only the bottom was like a hot pants style short. I can only imagine it was meant to be a sexy bee dress up outfit?! It was hideous

Best: a £100 note when I was a kid.
Worst: Lord of the Rings Risk when I was an adult.

Oh, I've just realised it's a best worst present, not best and worst presents. Lord of the Rings Risk is just the worst.

My best worst would probably be a hideous, diamond-encrusted, HUGE men's watch bought from a shopping channel. It gave us such a laugh and was given with good intentions. DH wore it once to a fancy dress party, then I sold it to a jeweller who actually laughed when I opened the box, but he thought he had a potential buyer for it

Pepsi
Was it close to Halloween or something? Or did she think your hubs had a thing for bees

Beef
Saying that - some of the things seized from criminals on the police auction sound very similar!!