To complain about crap presents

[Tiptoeing]

purely for a laugh

dsis and dsis have jointly bought for my birthday a book on how to be a good mother (pregnant with 3rd). RRP £3.99.

On a few levels I'm

(yes they are adults with jobs, with average money concerns)

What'syour worst?

I'm not bothered really Natasha, they have form and I just get them decent but small things for family harmony. They'd not bad people, just hugely selfish characters tha could sent you mad if you got sucked in. You know the kind, if you clean up after a meal they'd count out the minutes which out each spent.

Buy this for one Dsis

And this for the other for their Xmas pressies

lesley- actually tempting. Alongwithsome story about the importance and meaning....

Lesley - that really made me laugh.

In my opinion, duff presents should only really come from grandparents and elderly aunts and uncles. No excuse for your sisters. So, yes I would start a family tradition of pish presents.

My hubby has bought - and wrapped - and seriously given me these things over the years-

A set of tongs as I kept burning my fingers when plating food up.(birthday)

A 4 slice toaster to save me time.(xmas)

A little compact hoover as I was pregnant and was struggling to get the other one up the stairs. (xmas)

A car, I can't drive, I can't afford to learn, and he used it himself anyway.(a surprise gift 'for me')

A tumble drier.(xmas)

A new bathroom door, as he broke the other one. (birthday,and still waiting to be hung)

A jigsaw and blades.(xmas)

3 boxes of tampons (after giving birth)

Shampoo and conditioner (not even a fancy brand, just my usual, birthday)

He also forgot my 30th and 31st birthdays.

Yanbu

My db and his oh do this at Christmas. She doesn't like us and as she is in control of the money and does the Christmas shopping the kids get rubbish presents. In the run up to Christmas I get all the talk of what amazing prezzies they are going to get but on the day it's usually the smallest selection box or a little purse with marshmallows in that cost a quid. I know I sound ungrateful and it's not about the money it's the lack of thought, I'd rather she spent £1 on a book out of the pound shop. It makes my blood boil as I always get dn something nice. The kids birthdays are another matter, again all the talk and then on the day nothing but promises of getting something when they get paid but nothing see materialises. I normally take the moral highground and still get dn something decent,This year though I'm going to play them at their own game even though I feel horrible for dn but my kids always get the short straw.

Tiptoeing and Yama.

The reason I suggested those is because my uncle and aunt found something very similar at a jumble sale and it did the rounds at Xmas and birthdays for many years!

Anyway, it's about the giving and not the receiving, surely your Dsis's know this?

My uncle and Aunt got something very similar to this last year.