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Gift bags. They’re just a bit naff aren’t they?

306 replies

AnnDaloozier · 30/12/2019 14:51

A bit Clinton cards, Facebook, live laugh love.

A gift bag user would have guilty pleasures and definitely not give head.

(Plus they’re bad for the environment of course)

OP posts:
Honeyroar · 31/12/2019 20:09

I’ve used 100% reused gift bags this year. Great for the environment and bloody easy. Jobs a goodun!

nicky7654 · 31/12/2019 20:12

Seriously! What a boring post!!

wooo69 · 31/12/2019 20:12

When my granddaughter was 5 or 6 she specifically requested that none of her presents were in those horrible bags, she wanted presents she could unwrap lol. She is 12 now and everyone always wraps her presents in paper.

CauliflowerBalti · 31/12/2019 20:27

I use gift bags. I don’t use Facebook. I have never lived laughed or loved. I give outstanding head.

FOTTFSOFTFOASM · 31/12/2019 20:52

Why read and go to the bother of commenting, then, @nicky7654 ?

OoohTheStatsDontLie · 31/12/2019 21:17

Use gift bags

Recycle them

Give head

Point remains unproven

OoohTheStatsDontLie · 31/12/2019 21:17

I dont iron tho

PaprikaPringle · 31/12/2019 21:35

This is like reading Cod’s posts back in the day, except then people understood what they were getting!

I thought it was Cod too. She was a twit and I never understood her fangirls' devotion.

FOTTFSOFTFOASM · 31/12/2019 21:38

Cod used to piss me off immensely.

Now, though, I'd rather have her posts than the huns who write 'could of' or 'should of'.

Get a bit of grammar, and you can say any silly thing you like.

QueenOfTheCauldron · 31/12/2019 21:39

I've had the same gift box on rotation with my brother for the last 25 years. However, every year the landfill that that goes in it, in the name of a cheap laugh, probably negates any eco-win.

QueenOfTheCauldron · 31/12/2019 21:40

*tat not that!

PaprikaPringle · 31/12/2019 21:58

Get a bit of grammar, and you can say any silly thing you like

But cod uesd th tpye lke tihs and people thought it was so funny.

thesunhasgothishatontoday · 31/12/2019 22:02

I actually have a huge gift bag full of second hand gift bags and give no fucks about using them. Yes I use FB, have no inspirational quotes on my wall and have often been complimented on my great blow jobs

thesunhasgothishatontoday · 31/12/2019 22:05

@FOTT I hate valances. I hate the box pleat ones slightly less that the ruffled ones

Lillyhatesjaz · 31/12/2019 22:11

I like to give gifts in those supermarket shopping bags with Christmas pictures on. 2 gifts in 1 and cheaper than a fancy paper gift bag

Darcydashwood · 31/12/2019 22:19

My cupboard under the stairs has somehow become filled entirely with gift bags and bags for life. As a family we take disproportionate levels of pride in reusing gift bags though tbfBlush “that’s a nice gift bag” “thanks I think you gave it to me 4 years ago”

FizzyIce · 31/12/2019 22:53

What the hell are you on about op?
Just be grateful someone gives a shit enough to give you a present in the first place ..
I never write on the tags so people can reuse them , my family does that too

FOTTFSOFTFOASM · 31/12/2019 22:54

@PaprikaPringle indeed seh ddi, and I never htought it funny. She used to pssi me off immsenlye. Some of her comments weren't very kind, either.

However, there was nothing wrong with her grammar. Only people with perfect grammar cna pssi aruodn with grmamra and get away with it.

@thesunhasgothishatontoday

I am with you about valances, regardless of snooty DP and his non-valance preferences though he'll accept a blow job regardless

Commonwasher · 01/01/2020 01:43

I reuse gift bags, but from now on I will include a little disclaimer on the (reusable) tag reassuring the recipient of the gift about my ironing habits, oral sex technique and making sure they know that I shun Next for the charity shop.

HNY Mumsnet, this thread takes the cake.

Bluerussian · 01/01/2020 08:33

That's an excellent idea! I had a bag for life from Iceland with peas all over it, that might have been suitable but I think I already used it earlier for a birthday present. I'll see if I can get another one for this year.

bossyrossy · 01/01/2020 08:47

I seem to have a plethora of bottle gift bags. I remove cord, cut them down to half size, punch holes in top, restring cord and cut a new gift tag out of surplus bag and tie on. A new gift bag is born. Happy New Year.

CrazyAllAroundMe · 01/01/2020 09:02

My asd teen writes on gift tags, all over the bag and envelope but always has a bag of markers nearby to doodle. Noone else I know does they're always blank to reuse. I sometimes wrap its recipient dependant... Crown Blush
But giving head (not heard that term since 25yrs ago playground!) was a skill way before eco friendly, ocd recycle bin behaviour (I've come from family homes with theirs from the day as the don't do it properly...) yabu

Goslowlysideways · 01/01/2020 09:11

Cod my god.

TisTheSeasonForMincePies · 01/01/2020 09:14

Can't say my life has been that boring to even give a shit

LaMarschallin · 01/01/2020 09:25

Ah.
Is Cod like someone on a message board that I used to frequent, I wonder?

A "well-respected" poster whose every utterance was greeted with joy by her fans.
She used to do silly typing too. She'd pretend (presumably when she was really bored) to come in "drunk" after two port-and-lemons or something and type in, what became known as, blotto.
Eg "Vwery good night. Has Guinness and think i told thec headmaster about my vbra" etc.
She was always going on about her enormous breasts, so presumably the headmaster (she was a TA) was supposed to be v-e-r-y interested in her (v)bra.

Are they a particular type of poster on message boards? (Rhetorical. I don't know either)

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