Anyone else have a bad year for presents?

[IsItJustMeOrIsIt]

Or is it just me?

DH was fine - a book, a DVD, a CD, and pretty bracelet of the kids. MIL is always good - alcohol, chocs and cash.
However parents presents are just not me. Maybe a decade ago. Also is stuff for the house / shared present and DSIS got the same from one parent so Def not a specific of Sleeping would love this as DSIS and I aren't that similar. So it's just a bit sad and pointless really.

Really bad although not entirely DP's fault, he hasn't got my present yet as he wants to choose it in person (it'll be jewellery) and the shops are closed. I got a box of chocolates and a book I'd bought as a present to myself. First world problems I suppose.

I got two pairs of running leggings from the kids.

Two pairs of pjs, a hoody, 3 pairs of bridgedale socks and some chocolates from DH.

Some malteasers, socks, a metal fly curtain and £20 for my parents. I’ve been babying on about the fly curtain for years and my dad actually ordered and paid for it, after leaving Christmas 100% to my mum for years. So that was a nice surprise.

A tshirt, more socks and some lindor from PIL. Plus £50 from secret Santa on that side of the family.

I’m quite pleased.

I got loads of lovely things from dh but he really isn't good at buying me clothes. I feel like he thinks I am still the svelte 18 year old I was when we met rather than a 37 yo overweight mother of two and he buys me things for that person rather than who I am now. He seems obsessed with buying me black leather/wet look jeans/leggings - I literally just have 10 pairs off him and I NEVER wear them and he doesn't seemed to have cottoned onto that. Same for the tops- polyester and too short. But I feel like if I say something he'll think I am being ungrateful 🙈

I'm slightly at the posters coming on this thread to say that all their gifts were truly wonderful and thoughtful!

Anyway, I had a pretty crap year too OP. Some slightly bizarre novelty items and a bracelet I don't really like but it's not returnable so I can't admit it. I did get a good book though so at least that's something.

Anyone else not really get presents? Just me?
My siblings and I don’t do gifts anymore as we just buy for the kids
Parents have had stuff going on so just said they’d transfer some money - normally it’s a voucher
Dh and I don’t really do presents

I don’t really mind (until I see a thread like this 😂)

Mine wasn't awful but the presents I gave were significantly better than presents I received.

Think giving M&S pj's, receiving market stall ones, giving full sized LUSH items and receiving samples.

But there was no drama and no fights so I'm honestly not all that bothered.

This isn't me being ungrateful because my parents haven't been able to get out and about shopping, but mine were a bit more 'generic' this year. I don't mind because theirs from me were too! Big Christmas next year I think :).

I think this is a really insensitive thread. Be grateful someone even thought to buy you a present.

I’m not sure whether to be flattered or offended for being given a size 12-14 item of clothing when I am in fact, 2 or 3 sizes larger !

Be grateful someone even thought to buy you a present.

Quite , every woman should know their place. They should be in absolute raptures about any gift anyone gives them, always. If it doesn't fit , brings them out in hives or isn't anything they would ever need, they should always be 'grateful' to the gift buyer for eternity, for their 5 minutes of thoughtfulness.

Haven't had a present this year. No money spare due to covid affecting our income. Supposed to be going up to mother in laws to see her and family but they are in tier 4 so that didn't happen either. Pretty crap all round really.

I got a very nice butter dish, a personalised number plate and some gin glasses.

@CannotShakeIt

I think this is a really insensitive thread. Be grateful someone even thought to buy you a present.

To be fair, all the people who gave me presents I also bought presents for too.. So I'm not just randomly receiving presents you know. Some people consistently buy me (and I mean every year) anything they can lay their hands on because it's cheap.. Other people buy me things they know I don't like (again, every year) because they have decided they know better than I do and what they think counts more than what I think. It's an ongoing situation, usually mitigated by the lovely presents my nearest and dearest buy me.. But this year there weren't even those, so yes, it was bad, it does get me down (because it's not a one off!), and I am not going to apologise for that.

@frumpety I made no reference to any gender. I was merely stating that at a time where some people have no one and nothing around them that this can come across as insensitive.

Moat of mine were fine but MIL got DD a crying baby Annabelle doll. It eats and burs and cries. I have a 5 month old that doesn't shut up (or sleep) Indon't need my 3 year old adding to it with an artificially screaming doll.

@IsItJustMeOrIsIt I’m not saying you’re feelings about the gifts you have received cannot and should not be validated, or that you should apologise. I guess I would give anything to have someone next to me right now or a present I have received in the past or blatantly do not like, instead of being alone without anybody.

• burps

She obviously hates me.

Worse is the people who come on saying how very thoughtful their presents were and how cherished they feel. Now thats's insensitive.

@RenegadeMrs

* burps

She obviously hates me.

She does.

Did you say "gosh Mil, I got Emily one of those 5 months ago but we named him Oliver" and point to the baby??

We weren't with her so I was extremely mature and just muttered something unapprecuative on the lines of 'Just what we need' in the background of the video of DD opening the present. Not one of my finest moments, I know.

Did you kill her cat? Eat her prize marrow? Fart on her new sofa??

Im with you OP it’s disheartening. I try my best to put alot of thought into presents every year i end up vowing to care less but don’t i think 2021 I’ll start scaling back abit xx

DH got me mascara (it was on my amazon wishlist, along with many other things!) and wrapped it at around 11am! He kept saying he was going to buy other presents but never did. I was expecting this... Still a bit annoyed but he was apologetic and made breakfast.
I bought and wrapped myself a hair straightening brush which I'm looking forward to trying out. It will probably be disappointing, but currently it has potential to change my life, so I'm loathe to try it out in case it's shit.

SIL got me hand cream from The BODY shop, which I am not keen on (I did body shop at home years ago, on her encouragement, and can't stand the brand now!). But nice thought, she knows I have to wash my hands all day at work. She also got us rum to share, unfortunately the same brand I bought DH.
FIL got us a bottle of wine. MIL died this year and she always did the presents, he doesn't really want to think about Xmas this year so fair enough.
BIL gave us all a £10 argos voucher each. First time we've had anything from him in years, so actually that was sweet of him.

Work gave me a £50 voucher that can be spent at many different places, that's probably my favourite present as I can actually choose something I like, when shops finally reopen. We don't usually get a gift from work, but no big Christmas meal this year so I expect this was then making up for that.

So, only two things to actually open that I hadn't wrapped myself and nothing exciting, but I've had worse years!

I got a lovely stocking from DH. My in laws didn’t get me anything despite the fact that I got all their gifts and wrapped them and also sent flowers.