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To ask what is the strangest prezzie you got?

277 replies

calamityboo · 26/12/2011 22:29

My mil got me a panda onesy and a parrot that is also a doorbell!

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toomuchsand · 27/12/2011 18:46

thats weird, i was also given scond hand nightwear, but pj's not a nightie:)
mine are
iron
box of cleaning products , no , not wrapped and no, i do not keep a dirty house, clearly swiped from under persons sink as panic present.
but at least I was thought of:)

Headagainstwall · 27/12/2011 19:23

MabliD that made me laugh :o

LidlDonkey · 27/12/2011 19:30

PMSL at mablid's "tiny, useless muff" Xmas Grin

Haziedoll · 27/12/2011 19:35

Mil once bought us all a jar of body chocolate which was a bit iffy in itself but then she proceeded to say "don't spread it on your toast, I bought it to spice up your love life, you are supposed to spread it on your private parts and get the other person to lick it off".

YonderRevoltingPeasantWhoIsHe · 27/12/2011 19:35

I have a tiny, useless muff

YonderRevoltingPeasantWhoIsHe · 27/12/2011 19:37

I got some really good presents from DP but also a fridge magnet (Hmm) with a picture of a rhinoceros on, 'Because that's the look you get on your face when I've done something wrong'.

wonkytree · 27/12/2011 19:47

bunting with each flag filled with lots of lavender. MIL present. Lovely.

calamityboo · 27/12/2011 19:54

Oh hazie, pmsl, sex advice from your in law - priceless Xmas Grin

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SeasonsGripings · 27/12/2011 20:41

A second-hand wet massager with brush & finger attachment.

DitaVonCheese · 27/12/2011 20:42

When I was in my mid-20s I was given a Pingu video by my on/off boyfriend/best friend (can't remember the state of our relationship at the time, but we were generally very close). Apparently it was because I "loved Pingu so much". I had never/still have never expressed any interest in Pingu whatsoever Hmm

scentednappyhag · 27/12/2011 20:47

Hazie- bought you 'all'?! Sounds like your sex life us interesting enough Wink

moondog · 27/12/2011 20:51

God I am shrieking at these.
Priceless!!

MeltedAdventCalendarChocolates · 27/12/2011 20:57

haha, these are brilliant! have to say I did very well this year.

When I was a 15 year old metalhead/goth my aunt gave me a set of pink make up... that was clearly for a very small girl who would be 'dressing up' with it!

AKMD · 27/12/2011 21:11

I asked for, and recieved, an avocado knife this year.

For my birthday a couple of weeks ago DH bought me an angora scarf. I am allergic to angora Hmm I marched him round town and showed him all sorts of things I would like for Christmas. He took the hint and I am now the proud owner of a lovely bag.

kickingking · 27/12/2011 21:22

A knitting set from DH.

I don't want to knit. I have been bought several of these type of gift sets in the past from well meaning aunties, and have sent them to the charity shop. He knows this.

I am pretty pissed off with him over that actually.

smackapacca · 27/12/2011 21:28

Slippers.

Unwrapped - In a carrier bag.

Too small.

Only present from DH. Married for 5 years Xmas Angry

BountyRico · 27/12/2011 21:34

A shower curtain.

thenightsky · 27/12/2011 21:38

fecking plastic gold coloured carriage clock from BiL and SiL. I might have posted that already on another thread, or even this one.

thenightsky · 27/12/2011 21:40

Ooops... meant to say... i live a minimalist life wth NO oraments at all...white house, oak floors, wooden blinds, nowt orinimenty.

sleeplessinderbyshire · 27/12/2011 21:41

a 2kg tub of bat guano (ie bat dropping manure) from F in L Confused

AKMD · 27/12/2011 21:41

thenightsky yes, that's pretty near the beginning. You are still seething though so let it all out :o

mmmmmchocolate · 27/12/2011 21:53

Ohhhhh I just remembered! A few years back I received from a relative of DP's an old lady string of 'pearls' plastic beads and a headscarf. I was about 26 at the time.

This year when MIL brought the gift around from her I popped it on the side and said I'd open it later so I didn't have to fake a reaction and she had got me a lovely purse which was funky and very 'me' and all my cards fit in. Felt a bit bad.....

SkinnyWhiteBoy · 27/12/2011 22:08

From SiL last year:
A teacup emblazoned with a picture of a computer mouse wearing a pair of glasses, and the words "It's not that I'm always right, I'm just never wrong", A packet of tissues printed with zebra stripes, in a zebra stripe printed plastic sleeve, a weed strange box with two different storage compartments, only big enough for drugs the last item: a small badge of a squirrel, with integrated LEDs that flashes brightly on a random pattern.

cantthinkof1 · 27/12/2011 22:12

My MIL got me scented clothes hangers and a necklace I'm sure I gave her a couple of years ago!

HotBurrito1 · 27/12/2011 22:15

An axe.

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