When I first started seeing my now DH, he asked what I wanted for my birthday. I answered "nothing" and I got it! I've also been given a size 10 bikini (when I was a size 16), by a Great Aunt and a hose reel by my MIL. What strange things have you been given?
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Justforlaughs · 21/11/2012 16:45
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JammieMummy ·
21/11/2012 22:52
My MIL one year bought me a cheap (59p we think) turkey baster for Xmas...I don't eat (and therefore we don't have) turkey at all!! And she knows this yet continues to cook turkey on the rare occasions we visit so i have to sit there with just veg on my plate Only to be followed the following year by one of those cheap plastic fake gold necklaces that you give to children, in a see through plastic bag!
My DH still insists that she likes me and really can't see where I would get the impression I am not the DIL she hoped for! 
PurpleGentian ·
21/11/2012 23:07
DH got me a foot pump, a hazard warning triangle, a winter car kit (de-icer and scraper), and a small first aid kit for Christmas one year.
Apparently he had been racking his brain to think of something I would really, really, like and just happened to spot these thrilling items in Halfords.
On the bright side, he learnt from his mistake, and hasn't gone Christmas shopping in Halfords again 
amazingmumof6 ·
21/11/2012 23:19
first ever present from DH was a purple wool top with short sleeves and turtle neck.
just awful. I hated purple, I hate wool. and either turtle neck with long sleeves or short sleeves with a v-cut.
I tried it on then burst into tears as it was the wrong size also!
he gave me the receipt and I bought a pair of black pull-up boots which I wore till they fell apart.
I must add that he also gave me the best present as well! it was for my birthday just 5 weeks after we had DS1. I was hoping for a sewing machine, but he bought a red Rover with the round bottom (Rover 25 I think), which I did not expect!
I loved that car soooo much, it was just perfect... also it was a proof that DH can do some things right!! 
whatacolddaytoday ·
21/11/2012 23:21
Crying with laughter at this thread!
I think after years of general "tat" (I DON'T LIKE TAT) I'm very much like Gareth in the Office - "cash or vouchers or nothing" I mean, so someone gets pleasure out of providing me with a bizarre object that is neither beautiful, useful, or wanted? Then I need to keep it/gush over it. What's that all about? 
amazingmumof6 ·
21/11/2012 23:37
not the worst, but rather silly
MIL gave me a diet book last year for my birthday.
it would have been fine, but she'd asked me if I would like it as she knew I was doing weight watchers. I politely declined.
she gave it to me anyway, which was weird! I mean why ask?
never mind, had another baby in April, so no dieting for me just yet...but my birthday came and MIL gave me a second copy of the same bloody diet book!
she's lovely and burst into laughter when I thanked her and inquired if I should expect further copies annually!
whatacolddaytoday ·
21/11/2012 23:43
Hmmm just been contemplating my own present sins 
One year I was living in London and hung out with quite a few cool international traveller types. The significance being they had to live out of suitcases and moved regularly so had to have a minimum amount of "stuff".
One year, I went down to Hamleys and got them all a large, expensive, stuffed toy. None of them had ever expressed any interest in stuffed toys, and all were women in their early thirties - with the cash I could have got them something a LOT more useful.
amazingmumof6 ·
21/11/2012 23:47
squoosh a grave plot! a fucking grave plot! I can't stop laughing!
PimpMyHippo ·
22/11/2012 00:21
This thread is divided into those who really know what it's like to know a Bad Gifter, and those who are blissfully unaware. Cupcake kitchen sets, smellies etc = somewhat misguided. A packet of tissues and a coathanger = truly awful.
My grandma is a wonderful Bad Gifter - last year she gave my parents (her oldest son and his wife) a book about gardening as a joint present. Neither of them enjoys gardening at all, but it would still be in the realm of well-meaning error if it weren't for the plastic cover and date stamps which gave away its past as an unreturned library book. The year before that she gave my mum a partially-used notebook with some of the pages already torn out.
amazingmumof6 ·
22/11/2012 00:35
as a joke last Christmas our sons thought it would be funny to give Daddy some silly presents, each wrapped separately for maximum entertainment.
In front of his parents and our giggling children staring at him he opened the following :
pack of tissues, my knickers and bra (wtf?) , a penny,empty beer can, his own wallet, his own belt, a teaspoon, one of his shoes, empty chocolate wrappers, his own mobile phone and a clean nappy with fake poo in it
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MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay ·
22/11/2012 00:52
Last year. An ironing board from DH.
He is still alive... but it was a close thing...
What's more he actually asked if I would like a new hoover this year!!!!! Yes we need a new hoover. But he'd better bloody not!!
(He is however a truly lovely man.. just not good at shopping!!)
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