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?

Oh also! For the last 4 Christmas or so I've been at my boyfriends parents and every year his mum gets us this huge bag of CHRISTMAS TAT!!!

I appreciate the kindness that she's gone out and bought us these bits but it's awful tat. It's stuff like snowmen with lights in, Christmas themed oven gloves, a fake candle lantern made from felt, Christmas woolly socks but you can't wear them because they're too small, novelty Christmas mugs but you can't actually use to drink from etc.
I asked my boyfriend if he would ever tell her not to do this any more... few days later he walks in and says "this is from mum" and it is a cactus that's dressed up as Rudolph 😭

OP if he's not going to use them, don't chuck them - donate them to a homeless shelter. They'd be super helpful there.

'Little bits' eg. Soap, nail files, handbag mirrors, random makeup etc bought to pad out presents. It's just clutter.

Those nylon / chiffon indoor scarves.

Ornaments.

Experience days (I have zero free time and no babysitters. What am I supposed to do with dc?!)

Novelty or gag plastic tat gifts

I hate Christmas because I'm ultra easy to buy for if you actually thought about what you were getting me

Oh and socks! So boring

Mugs... I'm a teacher , I don't drink tea or coffee and have a feckin press load of mugs.
Like a pp anything by Bayliss and Harding. I don't like the smell .
Clutter: especially at this time of year candle holders, ceramic Santa's etc
I know it's not popular on here but in our school class reps for parent association organise a class collection so you get a 150 euro voucher. It's an amazing present

@ 36degrees she trying to tell you something?

few days later he walks in and says "this is from mum" and it is a cactus that's dressed up as Rudolph 😭

Dying at this

Oh, and size 36/38 socks, no I can't wear them a bit small!

curlyrebel I know I can (and do) donate them, my local charity shops have an abundance of B&H already!

Toiletries barring the ones I already use.

I have ridiculously sensitive skin and it has taken me years to find stuff that doesn't trigger either eczema or spots (or both )

My dp and mum know the stuff I use, which is quite expensive, so I'm always appreciative to get toiletries off them but gift sets of baylis and harding get shipped off to the charity unopened.

Anything pink. I have never in my life worn anything pink, I don't understand why always buys me something pink to wear (typically pj's, though she knows I love pj's so the thought is still there)

Wine, chocolate, biscuits and flowers.

1. I'm a fat bastard.
2. I don't like wine. I drink gin or whiskey.
3. I don't like biscuits.
4. I'm also lactose intolerant, chocolate with palm oil is vile and white chocolate is just monstrous.
5. Most bouquets contain Lilies, which I love, but are a slow death sentence for cats.

By all means, buy me random toiletries (as I can donate them), buy me plants (as long as they aren't the monstrosities murdered with glitter or are likely to cost me thousands in vet fees before the poor bastarding DTwatCats die in agony), buy me socks (they probably won't fit, but as long as they aren't pink and glittery, DP will have them quite happily), buy me perfume (as I like the bottles even if I hate the scent), scarves, gloves, makeup, glassware, mugs (as long as the inside is white) - but stop giving the fat bird stuff that will give her the shits, make her even fatter than she is already or kill her pets, please.

As a teacher, I get shed loads of toiletries. Then my family buy me toiletry sets too! Do I really smell that bad? My skin is super sensitive so I don't use all the fancy crap, just Simple products.
Also, my sil buys me Disney Frozen crap every year. Last year, it was Elsa perfume! I'm 34 with 2 kids! I don't even own any Disney princess films!

@NiktheGreek I've just polished off a lovely bottle of Sav Blanc

All the shower stuff can be given to a food bank and would be so appreciated. At least it's usable stuff.

I'm tired of being given clothes for my toddler, mainly jumpers. He has twenty (we had to cull about half). We've specifically asked his grandparents not to buy jumpers but they just leave them in his drawers so they think we won't notice. It's so wasteful.

My DM is OBSESSED with buying us hand wash. We've had 4 bottles this year, plus 3 bottles of bubble bath (to be used as hand wash, as we both prefer showers) and she's already said she's giving us a bottle of hand wash for Christmas. I'd rather use bar soap. I'm buying her some hand wash, too, to get our own back

Bath salts or bubble bath. I never, ever take a bath. I don't want shower gel either as I prefer soap.

I love body butter/lotion though. Unlike many pp.

Who is buying you all these presents?!

I get some from DH (he asks me what I want and then gets a small surprise too)

My parents (well chosen surprises)

MIL (something from the list Ive given DH)

Actually there is something we get too much of - MIL gives chocolate from a chocolate shop that we just don't like. DH has told her that nobody likes it but she keeps buying it. Last Easter she gave us an enormous Easter tray with 2 large hens and hundreds of eggs. It was absolutely inedible.

@over501

Oh, and those 'jokey' books, like the Ladybird and Famous Five ones. We got three copies of Five Go Parenting the year DS was born. They aren't funny for more than a few seconds.

Yeah I feel like they were funny for 5 minutes about 2 years ago .. Five on Brexit Island was very mediocre.

Uber lame now!

I hate Christmas because I'm ultra easy to buy for if you actually thought about what you were getting me

Yes @Sizeofalentil when I survey the tat I am left with on the day, I am often really upset. I look at the stuff and it makes feel unknown and uncared about.

Like last year I got a gift I physically could never use. The person who bought it, had they thought about me for even a minute could have worked that out.

They took as much care as (if they didn't just simply regift) they just saw it said :

"That'll do" and tossed it in the basket

Literal 5 seconds thought

Candles. Fucking candles. I have an extremely fluffy cat and I can't risk it.

'art' paid for in full bought from the family 'artist' . Also A2 size framed cross Stitch!! Don't buy things for another person's home and expect it to go on the walls. We've not received one but similarly canvasses of your baby on a furry rug/in a bucket

It’s his parents (mum and stepmum) and various distant relatives and I don’t want to come across like a cow by saying I hate it all!

The annoying thing is his mums always give us a list - perfume they like, books they’d like to read, specific candles etc and we always buy the lot but never get asked in return. I’m quite particular about what I like perfume and toiletry wise and some of it is very cheap and cheerful so it’s doubly annoying to get something I won’t use that’s probably the same price or part of a more expensive set. Same with DH really. But they never ask, even when we ask them.

But hopefully charities will appreciate it all now I know we can donate things like that.

Soap and glory stuff. Ted Baker toiletries. I have tried to use them but I simply don’t like the smell and/or I’ve had a bad reaction to them.

Also pyjamas because like them as I do, I actually would prefer to choose my own as I am a fussy bugger about them!

@doublecheeseburgermediumfries 😂😂😂

Bloody poinsettias. They look nice for 1 day then die slowly over a couple of weeks dropping leaves everywhere!