Can anyone top my shit presents this year?

[MaybeAMoaner]

I’m a mother of 2, late 30s.
My kids and DH don’t get me anything but this truly doesn’t bother me.

My DM & DS do but they are notoriously bad at buying gifts (no thought, utter tat, occasional regift)
This is what I got:

Size 14 peaky blinders pyjamas (I’m a size 10 and I have never seen the show)

A matalan black pleather hand bag (I have never used a hand bag in my life)

A gigantic woolly itchy looking tartan scarf

Tesco 5 pack of knickers in various ugly patterns

A bottle of Prosecco (I famously hate Prosecco, I call it pisseco and I don’t even drink and form of wine)

I know some may say I’m ungrateful but the level of thought and effort I put into searching for and buying gifts for everyone and I get shit every year.

Bah humbug

Shampoo and conditioner with a brush that's definitely not for my hair (super curly, it's already broken).
And a make your own bath bomb kit for my 3 year old who hates anything girly and crafty, the best thing is I'm allergic to it so can't help her with it. The box absolutely stinks!

I got a 2022 diary from the kids via DH. They had no idea he had got it from them and if he paid one ounce of interest in me he would realise I ought myself one back in September and have been using it ever since. And don’t get me started on the hideous jewellery he got me that I will never wear. Even the online reviews I found said it was suitable as an 80th birthday present.

I only got a few basic bits, e.g. Xmas pjs and a candle. However, I like these little bits and I’m happy with this kind of stuff. Nevertheless, I would rather have nothing than be given underwear and alcohol that I don’t like! I don’t think you’re being ungrateful, it sounds like your family don’t know you at all. Why on earth would you get something for someone on the theme of a tv program that they’ve never watched?

On the basis that you are not bothered by your DH and DC not getting you presents, I'm guessing you're not really a present person, so why not just suggest that no one buys you anything? Or just accept that whatever your mum and sister gives you will be rubbish and just pass on the charity shop/sell, after you've had a private laugh about its ridiculousness (this is what I do with my parents' gifts - they won't buy me nothing despite repeated requests that they don't bother).

(I'm not a present person either. I am totally ok with no gift, but my nearest and dearest getting a gift that shows they have no clue what I like used to be really upsetting, until I made my plan as above).

@Sammilouwho

Shampoo and conditioner with a brush that's definitely not for my hair (super curly, it's already broken). And a make your own bath bomb kit for my 3 year old who hates anything girly and crafty, the best thing is I'm allergic to it so can't help her with it. The box absolutely stinks!

That’s ridiculous for a three year old, but at least if you put it away you can be confident it will come in handy once she starts school and you find you are always needing emergency birthday presents, tombola prizes etc.

One year my MiL bought me a really nasty brown sweatshirt with Watermelons printed right across the bust....
she has form for buying unsuitable clothes for everyone in the family.

I got some nice presents, and some bits/toiletries that will probably go to the charity shop, but my bessie, who has never sent me anything edible before, knowing I have been attending Fat Class since September this year, has sent me an enormous box of sweets like jellysnakes/flying saucers etc. I have worked out the syns on them as being about 135. I think she must like having a fat friend, so otherwise I'm a little baffled as to why she thought it was a good idea

I got two charms for a bracelet I don't have and thought I was unlucky but yours tops that

And this is why me and my dh link exactly what we want. I’ve got a new grown up purse instead of the child’s filthy old canvas one I’ve been carting round for ages, booze I like, bath products I wanted, he’s got booze he likes, a Triumph manual. Make life easier and tell them or do an Amazon wish list.

Also, yes, did you buy for your dh? I don’t understand people getting each other nothing, not even a token gift?

I got a pack of mini paddle balls. As in those cheap plastic tat you can pick up from the supermarket for kids' party bags. My other siblings got a well thought gift 🙄

@Hairyfriend we can beat you on the balaclava front.

Said balaclava given out to the men of the family by the Aunt including BIL who had not long been released from prison 🤣

My daughter bought me a fridge magnet, it was wonderful, she'd seen the damaged one I had when she visited in October, gone on line and bought the exact same one, so silly but so sweet.

How old are your children? Surely they can get you something small even if an adult takes them to the shops and pays for it. And your husband gets you absolutely nothing?! Im more shocked at that than your bad presents tbh.

Why do this year after year?

Why not call them on it or just say no gifts next year?

Buy yourself something lovely so your children can see you unwrap presents.

I don’t celebrate Christmas myself but I brace myself for these posts.

It’s so utterly futile and depressing.

Better than me. I got nothing.

My mum gave me my baby teeth in a small box along with a lock of my hair from my first haircut. Wrapped in Christmas paper.

A toy that your supposed to attach a phone to and shoot stuff which would be great except he is 8 and doesn't actually possess a mobile phone?

What a sheer waste of time, money and resources.I have no tolerance for thoughtless shopping,

I got a bag of tat from someone I have been trying to shake off for months. I'll be returning it to them. Apart from the fact it was given only to try to guilt trip me into making contact, it is unmitigated crap. Anyone who knows me well knows I am minimalist.

@Sammilouwho

Shampoo and conditioner with a brush that's definitely not for my hair (super curly, it's already broken). And a make your own bath bomb kit for my 3 year old who hates anything girly and crafty, the best thing is I'm allergic to it so can't help her with it. The box absolutely stinks!

A bath bomb kit for a 3yo is quite silly but Santa brought my 4yo some rainbow bath bombs which they were very pleased with.

I got some size 20 pjs from DS2.
I'm a 10
However, he has autism and he shopped by himself, so I'm tickled pink that he tried, and will hopefully swap for smaller in a few days!!!!

Stop making the effort with your mum & sis. Next year give them each a Boots 3 for 2 set & a crap Cadbury selection box.
This. Learn a lesson and don’t put the effort in.

My mum buys whatever she finds on sale, rather thinking about what we would like. So my dd, aged 6, so easy to please, got a really random board game. It was so hard to understand and play so I googled it. £1 from the works.
I got a scarf. I am claustrophobic and don't wear scarves. You'd think my own mum would know this. What am I supposed to say when we speak?

oh fuck....vile ferrero rocher chocs... from my lovely lodger...i always get him bit that he likes and wants...only t shirts etc...he knows i detest these chocs....maybe another gift coming later...i hope so !!

I got about 4 Baylis and Harding sets - I just think they say minimal effort - so generic and horrible stuff

Also got the ugliest fake oodie I've ever seen
A cheap Matalan handbag so nearly sqeaks when you touch it

Dh ‘gift’ to me this year is a bank transfer for some money. Such thought and romance went into that one.
Oh and it’s 5.15pm and I’m still yet to see the money in my account.
He has excelled himself this year. Usually I get a box of Ferrero Rocher even though he knows I suffer from IBS and chocolate upsets my stomach!