This is the most random, possibly passive-aggressive birthday gift I’ve ever received…

[MonicaFaloolaGeller]

It was my birthday yesterday. I’m 36 and not particularly hairy of face.

This arrived in the post today from my Mother.

I mean I hate to sound ungrateful, I know it’s the thought that counts and all but… WTF?!

Oh I had a very passive aggressive present off my sister years ago.

I went to Bath on a day trip and she asked me to pick up a lipstain for her. They didn't have the right colour and I was worried she'd have a strop with me if I returned empty handed so I bought a different colour.

My birthday followed shortly and she gave me the RIGHT lipstain colour and the one I bought for her.

What a bitch!

@Rubytoos

My mum got a packet of supermarket smoked salmon from her friend on her birthday. All wrapped up nicely like it was a treat.

I’d have preferred that to be honest, love a bit of smoked salmon!

I think we've all probably given and received gifts that have raised eyebrows over the years. No one is perfect eh.

@Rubytoos

My mum got a packet of supermarket smoked salmon from her friend on her birthday. All wrapped up nicely like it was a treat.

That is a treat!

I'd prefer gravad lax but it would be well received nonetheless.

@CoastalMum101

My ex husband and I have been doing PA presents for a couple of years now. He keeps buying me fucking Willow Tree figurines and has told all his family that I collect them. I’ve now got what looks like a Terracotta Army of the faceless fuckers up in my loft. I buy him vouchers for activities for him to do with dc when he’s absolutely terrified of heights. Most recently I got him a zip lining voucher which said on the cover “someone wants you to jump off a cliff”. It’s good fun and I’d thoroughly recommend it to anyone who hates their ex but has to keep things civil for the dc

You get Willow Tree figurines too I've got three relating to a baby (from PiL because I'm preg) two relating to love (because DP loves me) two for family (both bought by DP) and a grandad one... with a boy child supposed to be me It's out of control now. This is not my family tree. I cannot be all of these. And there's no fucking room for them

Just googled Willow Tree Figurines. 😝

Why don’t they have faces?

My sister once "gifted" me a subscription to an online weight loss program (which also signed me up for a ton of email spam) 🙃

tatianabis I have no idea, if just adds to the horror of them. My dc put googly eyes on them when I only had a couple on display to appease the IL’s. Now I’ve got about 30 of them and the creepy bastards stay in the loft at all times.

Could she possibly have thought it was makeup? My Dm does stuff like that all the time as she's a bit short sighted and loves a bargain.

My worst pa gift was a Kerry katona autobiography with the 99p bargain bin sticker still on it - received from my (evil) SIL! I actually found it really funny as it was such a pathetic, spiteful dig that I actually felt a bit sorry for her!

@CoastalMum101

"I’ve now got what looks like a Terracotta Army of the faceless fuckers up in my loft."

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Oh dear. I always thought birthdays were very special. My inlaws sent me 5 pairs of extra large tights,I'm medium, in American tan ( ugh!) In a shoe box wrapped in Donald duck Christmas paper . I'm still smarting 10 years later .

Ahh my mum all over. We apparently become completely insensitive as we age.

I think she saw Just read + saw the name of this product. And didn't have any idea of what the item was.

I would actually like this myself! As you get older you do develop facial hair...will try it!

The fact the box had been opened and her previous presents to you suggest the same present buying technique as my mother. "Impulsively buy something because it's cheap/you think you want it. Realise you don't want it. Give it to someone else as a present."

She gives me things I wouldn't send to a charity shop.

Sounds like a gift from my mother.

A hand cream which said on the package " For hands that show visible signs of age".
Last year she bought me a toilet seat she noticed my last one was getting a bit wobbly. She wrapped it in christmas paper.

I'm tempted to order one of these 🤣

My MIL gave my husband a slendertone.

You may not need it yet, but you will... (disclaimer - I can grow a beard like a rhododendron bush)

Are you hairy of face?

@santabetterwashhishands

My mil bought me a bath duck with a huge penis for Christmas one year 😩 I just thought wtf possessed her to think I'd actually want that 😳

@santabetterwashhishands........ Well, send it to me - I'll have it 😉

I just want to know if it’s worth it. If you start using it can you stop? Do you get hairier
Is it good for the nether stuff.

@santabetterwashhishands

My mil bought me a bath duck with a huge penis for Christmas one year 😩 I just thought wtf possessed her to think I'd actually want that 😳

I nearly simultaneously wet myself and spat my coffee!! 😂 😂 That's priceless!!! 😂

Maybe she got one for herself - bogof offer? !

Is it possible that she didn't have her reading glasses and they were on a 3 for 2 at Boots? (Not saying this ever happened to me. cough at least I checked the gift once I got home before making the grave mistake of gifting it.)