The worst present someone could ever give you...

[FuckThatBullshit]

It's Sunday and I'm bored! I'll go first:

A kindle. Can't beat a good old fashioned page turning book

A puppy. Absolutely no chance

A spa day. Prefer rollercoasters!

A personalised registration plate. They make my eyeballs cringe

Any kind of novelty gift especially if it’s meant to be ‘hilarious’.

Very expensive crockery (Wedgwood etc) my dh will smash it just by looking at it.

Any silverware with my name engraved in it

Anything non-consumable. I am trying to get rid of stuff, not accumulate more.

Mama Mia The Party tickets. Mama Mia the film. In fact anything Abba. Nightmare.

Iron of my dickhead ex.

@Daenerys77

Anything non-consumable. I am trying to get rid of stuff, not accumulate more.

oh and particularly if it's personalised i.e. no good for eBay or the charity shop.

I also wouldn't appreciate a kindle and would never use it and probably sell it.

My ex gave me a tyre iron for my 21st and nothing else. I’d had a flat tyre a couple of weeks before and rather than wait for the garage he had tried to remove it himself with the one that came with the car. As it was such a struggle he thought I would appreciate a better one…

Agree with spa days & personalised number plates - yuck!
Plus:
Anything "girly"
Tickets for 'Wicked'
Anything practical, like saucepans, kitchen stuff etc

To be honest I don’t really want gifts. However well meaning they are we really don’t need more stuff and if we want anything we can buy it ourselves and that way it’s exactly what we like and doesn’t waste anyone else’s money. We also don’t need people to give us things to show their affection or to remember them with affection.

This year we’re planning to tell family to please pick us up something small and consumable. We only exchange token gifts anyway.

A cat.
A musical instrument.
Craft stuff

Anything that requires assembling.

Ornaments. They are just future clutter/dust collectors. They go immediately to charity….

@Easterbunnyiswindowshopping

Anything with my name on.

OK, I throw the cheque away then.

Anything 'personalised'.

@Nnique

To be honest I don’t really want gifts. However well meaning they are we really don’t need more stuff and if we want anything we can buy it ourselves and that way it’s exactly what we like and doesn’t waste anyone else’s money. We also don’t need people to give us things to show their affection or to remember them with affection.

This year we’re planning to tell family to please pick us up something small and consumable. We only exchange token gifts anyway.

I feel exactly like this.

I don’t need or want any more stuff.

I also find it tedious buying for others - and this thread has made me realise that most things are hit and miss and you can’t please everyone. Seems like a materialistic merry-go-round that no one wants to be on and only the retailers win.

Couples spa vouchers. Just not for me at all. My husband would rather run down the street naked than set foot in a spa.

Novelty tat that will just up in landfill
Expensive bouquet of flowers (prefer just a bunch of local daffodils)
Smellies or toiletries (I have sensitive skin)

A lifetime subscription for bananas. Yuk.

I'm probably going to be the only one here to say this but I LOVE getting smellies!

I am what you would consider poor.... for reasons I don't need to explain I am unfortunately solely reliant on benefits at the moment.
For Christmas I asked for smellies for myself & my teenage son (think lynx)
We got loads! I now have enough stockpiled inc deodrant to probably last the whole year for us both & nice products i wouldn't be able to afford generally.
It's several things off my weekly shop!

Anyway, getting back to the original question.... chocolate! I don't have a sweet tooth at all & it just sits there for months! Buy me cheese any day!

Anything I have to display on my house. Art, ornament, photos etc.

Absolutely anything from a ‘gifts for her’ list or the Mother’s Day aisle. It’s all crap and I can’t use most of it. Anything scented, anything wool or cashmere, alcohol, flowers and most chocolates are all ruled out for various sensory/medical reasons. I very rarely wear jewellery either - I have a few fused glass pendants that I like, but really not a fan otherwise.

Any expensive thing, that I've been building up to buying myself, done loads of research on and know exactly what I want - and then they surprise me with a different one, that doesn't do what i want / need it to, but has cost lots and means I then can't justify the cost of the thing I actually wanted.

(example: I wanted a kiln for a very specific craft, that no one I know, knows how to do, and someone randomly bought me one that does none of the things I need it to do and is completely unsuitable for my craft. This is why I told no one I wanted a fit bit type thing, because I wanted it for swimming and I knew if I mentioned it I'd get one that wasn't waterproof)

Also, a tarantula.

Anything cat themed. I love cats (I have 3) but that doesn't mean I need umpteen mugs, tea towels, tights(!), magnets, etc. to remind me... and I feel it's a bit of a cop out gift really; I'd rather receive something more personal and less 'glaringly obvious'.

We're conditioned by society to give gifts to "show how much you care" when in reality, as shown by this thread, people buy something because it's expected and usually not what the recipient would like or even need.