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AIBU to ask for your most passive aggressive present suggestions?

84 replies

changingnamegame · 18/11/2014 13:35

So,I would never actually do this,but after a rather trying year decade with a v close relative it is round to the question of what to buy them for Christmas. I will probably just get a voucher,but my evil side would love to get this
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1118024516?pc_redir=1414005123&robot_redir=1
I clearly won't do this as I'm not an entirely evil person but AIBU to ask if you have any other similar secret desires to buy overtly P/A presents that send a message?!

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Pagwatch · 18/11/2014 19:29
Grin I am quite proud of that one.

Freakinscary - it's true. Shocking as hell isn't it?

changingnamegame · 18/11/2014 20:36

These are great!If the person in question's behaviour doesn't improve by next Christmas I could do up a whole hamper!

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Selinasupreme · 18/11/2014 20:44

My MIL got me size 20 boxer brief pants with snow men on and said "you need comfy ones now you are a mum" I was a size 12 at the time. 5* for that one but it went over my head at the time

TodayIsAGoodDay · 18/11/2014 21:00

My MIL once bought me the perfume 'Pure Poison'. It does smell nice but I have always wondered . . .

MyCarHasBrokenDownAgain · 18/11/2014 21:29

DH's favorite saying usually about his mum : 'get her a pair of slippers and a dildo, if she doesn't like the slippers she can go fuck herself'. Grin

lomega · 18/11/2014 21:33

Isn't the MN goto a sponsored oxfam goat?

Haha last year a relative we fell out with/aren't speaking to bought me and DH one of those, presumably to get up our noses. Thing is I actually loved it as we give to charity frequently and really wouldn't have wanted anything in our home from the person in question, so would have given any gifts to charity anyway unless she'd chosen to give us wine but no such luck

One year my MIL gave me weird costume jewellery that I would never wear, and chocolate when she knows I have an allergy. Her reasoning was "I didn't know what to get you! You never said!" (wasn't expecting anything in the first place really/didn't know we were doing gifts that year, so I was a bit Hmm)

Anyway.

I don't really have any mean suggestions...weird ones, but not really p/a or wicked :p I love the idea of giving someone a really random unrelated gift to make them go 'eh?' like a dog treat set if they don't have a dog...but more as a joke than a dig haha.

whitecampion · 18/11/2014 22:32

sniggering lots at the pure poison

SeasonsEatings · 18/11/2014 22:43

An ugly sponsored animal in a far away Country....

AnyoneforTurps · 18/11/2014 22:58

My DM got me a book of pictures of brides for the Christmas I was 29. I was single at the time, having recently been dumped. Thanks, Mum.

TillyTotter1 · 18/11/2014 23:04

My SIL got my DB to tell me only NEXT/other expensive labels were suitable for the kids last year

I bought my niece a floor sized piano mat last Christmas instead of the usual Winter coat. My DN LOVED it. My SIL didn't.... Grin

Evenstar · 18/11/2014 23:09

How about some vouchers for Slimming World classes? Or some of those "chicken fillet" boob enhancers, I saw some of those that were described as "attractively gift boxed" Grin

cheesecakemom · 18/11/2014 23:21

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Valsoldknickers · 18/11/2014 23:26

Veet would be a nice one.

Also the Poster who mistakenly bought the fragranced Always Dailies (a thread from a few weeks ago) should now wrap them up and pass them on to someone who pisses her off.

Remingtom ear / nostril hair trimmer.

The shit in the box takes some beating though!

Btw, my mil bought me a jacket four sizes too big one Christmas. She wears it herself to this day! Grin

fuzzpig · 18/11/2014 23:29

I quite like this if the person has a small child

ATCHOO: The Complete Guide to Good Manners www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0340945265/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Ry9Aub1NBFV9J

NotEvenAnEnormouseStirred · 18/11/2014 23:47

I got a thorntons autumn chocolate nut selection from my awful SIL about 2 years ago.

I have an nut allergy.Hmm

I suspect she might be trying to off me as she threw a family party this year where everything was fucking laced with nuts. Fig and walnut bread, salad with hazlenuts in, pesto dressing on everything, amaretto cocktails.

I want to get her the debretts etiquette book so badly.

cheesecakemom · 18/11/2014 23:53

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NotEvenAnEnormouseStirred · 18/11/2014 23:59

I don't think she was trying to kill me really, just wanted to let me know I wasn't important enough to be catered for. Smile I just ordered a takeaway when we got home.

So yeah, if the irritating person has an intolerance/allergy invite them to a PA party with a theme. Like a nut buffet.

Nancery · 19/11/2014 00:21

My ex boyfriends toxic mother once bought me Women On Top.
She thought it 'was about women in the workplace and it's about time you bucked up your ideas.'
Grin

DorisIsALittleBitPartial · 19/11/2014 00:29

My ex-DSis bought DH a shirt from Asda that was a size too small. When he took it back the cashier told him he had £2.99 to spend. Which would have been fine, had she not told me to get her DH an X-Box game costing £45.
This year is going to be more interesting Grin

forago · 19/11/2014 00:30

My mil bought me a size 18 teddy I believe they're called? Silky underwear thing? I was a size 10 at the time.

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ChubbyKitty · 19/11/2014 00:46

My dear, dear uncle and his wife bought me some Simple Skin products last Christmas. Not in a gift set or anything, just as you would get them off the shelf in morrisons.

I have terrible skin and it makes me feel really down every morning. It's been a problem ever since I went on the implant and has never gone away, even when I had medication for it(which they had known about..).

I did once buy a friend a deodorant gift set when he was a little ripe, but it was one I knew he liked so he was quite pleased with it.

Someone I used to be(note - used to be) friends with got a colleague of ours in a secret Santa and his personal hygiene wasn't the best, but he couldn't help it and it was a big problem for him. She got him toothpaste and a bottle of Matey. I thought that was a bit cruel, mostly the toothpaste(wtfConfused).

ChubbyKitty · 19/11/2014 00:48

I realise I didn't actually give my stance on PA gifts!

I think they can be funny but only if it's not about something the person is very sensitive about. Or allergic toShock

BOFster · 19/11/2014 01:03

I have an ongoing battle with my ex about how much constipation medication our daughter (she has special needs) requires (far less than he imagines). I bought him this from her for Christmas last year.