A red rubber sponge?

[CherryPits]

My MIL has given me a red plastic sponge for Christmas. I know this because we live overseas and she sent it so I peeked. Normally we do not exchange gifts between adults, only for the kids and I'm happy with that arrangement.

AiBU to be a bit [humm] about a crappy red plastic sponge? It's a bit of an insult, isn't it?

BTW, She is not hard up at all, she's very flush. But like I said I don't usually exchange gifts with her and really don't want one.

Am I moaning needlessly? I fear I might be.

Yes yes yes!!! It was filled with gold and riches! Get it out of the bin quickly!!

So it's not a make up sponge then ?

It was like this one

www.123rf.com/photo_440081_red-bath-sponge.html

It was a faberge-style sponge with tiny gold things in the middle!

Ah.

Most peculiar. But I think it's better to laugh than get cross. I would have kept the red plastic sponge to show people for comedy value - it would be sure to trump any shit present competition.

That is truly bizarre and I would guess a PA commentary on either your personal hygiene or housekeeping skills.

Peachy, give it up. It was not stuffed with goodies of any kind. Sorry to disappoint.

Cat you're right. And I've had a good laugh here, thanks to some of the posters.

Ah fuck it.

Its weird how angry or bitter for want of a better word you can feel when someone gives you a truly crap, thoughtless, or worse still thoughtful but in the wrong way (i.e passive aggressive) gift.

For my birthday my Sister in Law gave me the following.

This Shite

A bit of background, I like a glass of wine. I have never drank to excess in front of them, you are lucky to get a 2nd glass to be honest. But they barely drink at all, and scrunch their noses up at anything other than a bit of Asti with orange juice in it. Yes. Fair enough, its not their bag.

But anyone who likes to have a drink is basically made out to be some kind of alki.

So she spends thirteen quid plus postage and packing on this crap. I can't even use it. It is not functional at all. You can't drink out of it. It is not beautiful - it can't be tastefully displayed or used as a vase or vessel. It is essentially useless and ugly, and the message behind it is at best rude.

If anybody has put this under somebody's tree this Christmas, get it back. If you know somebody to enjoy a glass of wine, get them a fucking bottle of the stuff and save yourself some cash.

Could be worse cherry pits- my sister in law got a wheel trim for Christmas a few years back from her husband! Just one! She had lost the back passenger side wheel trim a few months back. He wrapped it and stuck it under the tree and everything !

They are now separated!!! 😂

The bottle-glass is recommended by one reviewer as being ideal for the office Secret Santa. Could there be a more damning verdict? Tatty your pain is acknowledged.

I suppose you could grow a hyacinth in that bottle thing. Or just put it in the recycling.

Oh Tatty that really takes the biscuit. What an awful present. I hope you said "fuck you very much".

maybe you could send them something really rude back?

Send her this soap in return OP, she'll love it :

oh vaticanassassin those are brilliant. unfortunately we already spent money on a really nice gift which she's received, opened and didn't thank us for! I had to chase it up (was worried it hadn't arrived) only to find out they'd had it a week.

I'm just very glad there is the whole Atlantic ocean between us, literally.