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

My Mil bought me a pack of pegs !! I kid you not… all wrapped up in Christmas wrapping paper . Got to be the worst present ever .

2 packs of Co-op dishcloths! DH and DD said Waitrose was out of stock. DD got 3 packs of clingfilm and a dispenser! It’s a standing joke within our family that we always buy each other a really useful present. There will also be other lovely items when DD’s fiancé and DM arrive for New Year and we do our official Christmas! 🤣🤣

A handbag from MIL. Basic non branded with hole in lining and crumbs/hair etc. She actually also left the "alleged" £35 debenhams price tag in the front pocket 🤦🏻‍♀️

She had form for this, so i was just going to subetly bin once she let, but dh asked to see it and WWIII broke out 🤦🏻‍♀️. Thankfully Christmas isnt as dramatic anymore.

@MonicaGellerBing

My MIL got me a waffle maker. I hate waffles. I got nothing off my DM this year as she declared herself too skint, and I never get anything off DH. So I've been online and ordered myself two bottles of expensive perfume

Hate waffles?!

Does not compute

it's bad, very bad. There's thoughtless then there's just clueless. Maybe start hinting that you would absolutely love a voucher or gift card for X shop. Leave a charity bag full of the tat by the door so they get your drift!

Tea towels

I got nothing

@merryxmasmelodies

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.

I hate it when they start the Swedish death cleaning- brace yours elf for years of unwanted'heirlooms"

These thoughtless presents are such a waste of money and resources. They're not even relationship building, they're relationship eroding.

I stopped buying adults presents a long time ago, one of my best ever decisions even if it did take other people a while to realise that I meant it.

I got some slippers shaped like fish 😬

A loony tunes mug

A bag of cheesy nibbles (biscuits) from my lovely nan

Oh and a dodgy door mat from wish 😬 (from my dad)

@MaybeAMoaner

My DH is absolutely crap at buying presents so I know I’d end up with worse than the above. But he lets me spend his money so that’s why I let him away with it.

He lets you? What you buy your own stuff from family money ?

Erm, I can! I got... drumroll please.... sweet FA.

I'm so sorry OP, and to not even wrap them, that's mean, especially as you put so effort into buying for others. I think words need to be had 💐

"So much effort! xx

@Faevern

Not this year but last year my MiL bought 60 year old me, me a pair of glitter leggings, an itchy woollen jumper and a gold love bullet from Poundland.

😱😱😱😱😱

Dementia setting in? Assuming if you’re in your 60s, she just be in her 80s?!

I hope everyone on here gets the splash on themselves and make up for it. I would. Feck em

M has excelled herself this year. A bloody Baylis and Harding gift set and that's it. Nothing says 'I can't be arsed to find out what you'd like' more than a Baylis and Harding gift set.

Tbh, I'd rather have had nothing. She's given my DB money so he can get some bits for his camper van so I'm feeling a little stung. We have a camper van as well. I'm the one that lives nearby and runs around after her too.

MIL gave me a gift bag with a bottle of £1 bubble bath. The gift tag said “To Mrs MIL, thanks for being my teacher. From random child”. My MIL is a teacher. I think giving me nothing may have been less insulting.

Truly shit presents

I'm sorry you've had such crap presents, but I couldn't help but giggle at Peaky Blinders pyjamas 🤣

@CoffeeBeansGalore

Stop making the effort with your mum & sis. Next year give them each a Boots 3 for 2 set & a crap Cadbury selection box. And buy a present for yourself from dh before Christmas. The kids need to see that you deserve a present too. Merry Christmas

No no no. Give them back the shitty presents you got this year. Mix them around and bingo, considerable savings plus the satisfaction of giving them something really crap. Make sure you leave it unwrapped too

So far I've received coronavirus and nothing else I'll be seeing my loved ones in the new year (once my isolation ends) and will receive my presents then.

I have received pyjamas 2 sizes too big for Christmas in the past so I do feel your pain OP. Hopefully you can treat yourself to something nice.

SIL bought DH a Top Gun VHS, still with 20p discount label on it! It was YEARS after we got rid of our last VHS machine and bought from a charity shop!

Well I got precisely nothing from anyone. DP and DM in the house. Be grateful you got something at least!

@Hairyfriend

SIL bought DH a Top Gun VHS, still with 20p discount label on it! It was YEARS after we got rid of our last VHS machine and bought from a charity shop!

Be sure to me to mention this on any threads about tight people this year.