Things you wish people would stop buying you

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Had a bit of a pre Christmas house declutter earlier and found that DH has THIRTEEN unused Lynx shower gels in the bathroom cupboard - all from Christmas last year.

Having chucked out a load of moisturer/bath sets il never use I had to sigh hand thinking about the next influx I’m going to get from his relatives this year.

I try not to be ungrateful but we’ve got such a tiny house and hoardes of toiletries really isn’t conducive to minimalist living!

What do you always get for Christmas/Birthdays that you wish you didn’t?

I'm another one who will take the unwanted hand creams (as long as they are not rose scented...bleurgh).
30 years of washing my hands with chlorhexidine 59 million times a day has taken its toll on my skin so I love a nice hand cream and have one in every bag. Last year nobody bought me any for Christmas and I have had to buy my own all year.
Will trade for wine.

Lush bath bombs (they dry my skin out)
Anything by Bayliss & Harding
Shortbread (can't stand the stuff)
Prosecco

BIL buys me Bailey & Harding shit. Ive known him for 20 yrs and he knows i cant use it due to eczema. And if I didn’t have eczema i still would not use it.

Buys The kids a football annual. They ate nearly 18/16/12. 2 yrs ago he bought DS a Thomas the Tank one, and he was coming up to 10🤔. Also buys me the tiniest calendar for the fridge which I chuck away. I have a huge calendar as were all busy and a tiny one is shite.

Last year he bought DH one of those metal football plaques from Sports Direct. Fuckinghell he is 56!

Bath bombs! Millions of them, great you think, except they say on them not suitable for when pregnant - they're the herbal type. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding (so no time either for a nice soak!) for three years!!

Mugs. I have Le Creuset mugs and don't want to use anything else. ANYTHING novelty. Scarves.

plants no I kill them
no ladybird books but love an amazon voucher
love candles but no more for now
love flowers but not plants
love perfume sanctity spa or molten brown bit no cheap toiletries please

dont like bayliss and Harding which my husband confuses with molten brown big difference

People often buy me mugs but I don’t even drink any hot drinks at all. No tea, coffee, hot chocolate or anything. Everyone knows this and often tell me they find it strange, yet they still buy me mugs!!

Please don't chuck stuff that you know you'll never use. Women's refuges always need bath and cosmetic stuff (mainly women's obviously) and some food banks will take unopened stuff!

I hate anything cluttery. Mother in law loves to buy big presents (as in physically big). She knows we don't watch TV much but insisted on getting us a huge TV - the picture quality is super bad and it takes up the entire wall and looks out of place in the small room. The year before she got us a huge, cheap coffee maker - we're trying not to use so much plastic and it takes those individual plastic coffee canisters and is honestly the worst coffee ever (much much worse than normal instant coffee). I can't hurt her feelings by just donating it but I dread the next huge gift!

More than anything I just wish people would get over the whole ‘oh I can’t get you a voucher, you’ll have nothing to open’. There is literally nothing I can think that I want this year so asked for Amazon vouchers, so that when there is something I need or want I can use the voucher. But NOPE, apparently it’s not a real present.

My dear mum always buys lynx sets! One for my DH and one of the women's ones for me!

Hubby loves getting toiletries as he says it saves him having to buy it himself!
He also uses mine as I hate the smell of women's lynx!
I did tell my mum not to buy it for me this year lol

Plastic tat or anything tacky and garish wrapped in plastic...I'm absolutely brutal about it now and just chuck it all. Mil just loves buying useless tat to make her feel better and my Auntie loves re-gifting so that it doesn't clog up her house!

Books. I love them but don’t have room for any more in the house - plus the ones that people buy me are almost always ones I don’t want and then have to sell/give away!

jumpers please no at my age the last thing I need is a jumper too hot!!!

If anyone looking for a home for candles cluttering your cupboards, I’ll pay the postage

So kind of people to buy gifts but this year I have had to ask my DH and step kids - please, no more Yankee Candles 🙄

Wine. Hate the stuff and it doesn’t agree with me.

I get a bottle every birthday and Xmas from FIL who now says ‘I know you don’t drink wine but...’ and looks helpless.

Tbf he’s the same with the kids. They always get a bar of dairy milk because one of their cousins likes it.

My mil buys us brandy....we have 5 bottles & neither drinks it

nail polish I bite my nails
make up wear it so rarely I have loads and certainly do not need the mac expensive kind complete waste
costume jewellery no because it may not be to my taste
pandora yes please
Chocolates alcohol no thanks dont drink and have enough chocolate in the house at xmas

All you have to do is put unopened bottles of toiletries in the Food Bank box at the supermarket.

agree love amazon vouchers to be honest

People who know me know I love really bright, funky socks - the more mad the better. So they buy me shit body/skincare sets that I never use. I wish they would buy me scented candles as I get through tons!

Tampered with Turkish delight. Just get me the cheap chocolate covered stuff.

Don't chuck them out donate them to charity or the local hospital