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What was the shittest present you ever received?

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BrightonOrLancaster · 11/12/2021 22:52

Christmas I was 13, got a lacy training bra from an aunt I wasnt close to. WTF? I had to open it in front of family, was fucking mortified.

Birthday present from ex: dumbbells with flashing colour changing lights from ALDI. Lol. No comment

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Ragruggers · 12/12/2021 15:46

A wedding present from a wealthy cousin was a single electric blanket in a tatty box which had been kicking around.Not ever mentioned again.

StormBaby · 12/12/2021 15:59

As a child my mum would save up and buy me quite a lavish gift(CD Walkman, a keyboard, a camera), then the week after she’d take it back for a refund. It was all just for show on the big day.

The worst gift was a secret Santa at work. We were all forced to sit in a circle at a Xmas buffet and unwrap. Someone had given me an Ann Summers ‘Sexy Elf’ costume, about four sizes too small. I don’t think I’ve ever been so embarrassed.

Frazzled50yrold · 12/12/2021 16:16

My mil bought me a full sized teddy Blair sleepsuit complete with strange plastic closed in feet.Toddlers used to wear these things in bed, mine even had the teddy Blair badge.
I was embarrassed to even return it to the shop.

Frazzled50yrold · 12/12/2021 16:20

God, it's all coming back to me.My father in law bought me a huge pink elephant, a bit like the ones you'd win at a fair.He set it on the sofa and kept making jokes about how careful I'd need to be of it's trunk.

cobblers123 · 12/12/2021 16:37

Thought of another one. Work Christmas do and we all unwrap presents.

Mine was a Grow Your Own Man kit (some weird head thing with grass seeds you watered to make hair). It was actually from my boss at the time.

I was early 40s, divorced for quite a while too, all the others pretty much years younger, with partners etc.

Yeah, thanks for that!

itsallgoodinthehood · 12/12/2021 16:41

Cant even be bothered to name change as Im so over it . A vibrator and a sexy outfit , for my christmas present from my now ex . And yes I took one of the presents with me when I left . 😂

FrazzledCareerWoman · 12/12/2021 16:47

A time management book and a pair of mens wool socks

From my husband for our 1st anniversary Shock

5keletor · 12/12/2021 16:48

Heavily scented body lotions and habdwashes from in-laws... I only have certain moisturisers I buy and can use due to a skin condition, and they can 100% not be scented! The handwash amuses me for a few reasons (this has been going on long before covid too), I mean I'm not the only one in the household who uses it, their son does too. 🤷‍♀️

babouchette · 12/12/2021 16:50

@StormBaby

As a child my mum would save up and buy me quite a lavish gift(CD Walkman, a keyboard, a camera), then the week after she’d take it back for a refund. It was all just for show on the big day.

The worst gift was a secret Santa at work. We were all forced to sit in a circle at a Xmas buffet and unwrap. Someone had given me an Ann Summers ‘Sexy Elf’ costume, about four sizes too small. I don’t think I’ve ever been so embarrassed.

Sad that is horrifying. What a bitch!
CaroleFuckingBaskin · 12/12/2021 16:51

I have been coming back to this thread to laugh my head off. Its quite painful when I have a covid cough, but i just can't stay away. It's cheered me up no end GrinGrin

comingintomyown · 12/12/2021 17:06

A friend of mine when our DCs were young, her DH had got her an Action Man, because that’s what the DC had chosen 🤣

ElephantCup · 12/12/2021 17:26

A packet of dumpling mix from my MIL

LadyWhistledownsPen · 12/12/2021 17:34

Ex husband bought me a vibrator disguised as a rubber duck and a box of Seabrook smokey bacon crisps

softblueface · 12/12/2021 18:48

I think my DS’s worst gift so far was last year on his 4th birthday. DH’s dad bought him an apple peeler, one of those ones you stick the apple on and rotate the handle and the peel comes off in spirals. It was from Lakeland but DS is about 20 odd years away from appreciating that fact! Grin

RVN123 · 12/12/2021 19:07

Child of the 80s here.
Wanted the 'Snowman' VHS tape for so long. Unwrapped it on Christmas day. Turned out the 'Snowman' was airing on TV on Christmas day that year so the tape was returned to the shop.
Gutted. Had a scabby old blank VHS with a bad copy instead.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 12/12/2021 19:09

A jar of mouldy homemade apple sauce 🤭 A lovely gesture, but she probably should have mentioned that I should keep the gift in the fridge instead of putting it under the tree for the best part of a fortnight...

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 12/12/2021 19:14

Also just recalled that, when I was about sixteen, my darling mummy bought me a necklace with a really quite large, colour-changing 'mood' ganja leaf pendant. She thought it was 'really pretty' and had absolutely no idea what it was, bless her heart. I, er, unfortunately lost it 😉

Holothane · 12/12/2021 19:22

Off ex lasagna cooking dishes one Christmas I so wanted Roots on video I was gutted he said “Well you like cooking” yes I did when I could cook properly I loved it but I don’t want dishes for Christmas or birthday.

meatyryvita · 12/12/2021 19:29

My SIL once gave us a framed picture of….her.

SickofCovid · 12/12/2021 19:31

My MIL Bought me for my 30th birthday.....matching sweeping brush, dust pan and brush, matching kitchen basin with matching washing utensils.
Apron and rubber gloves.... and the best cotton bag to hold you plastic bags in... all this 2 weeks after first baby. 😓😓

TomPinch · 12/12/2021 19:40

My birthday: I was 14. Normal etiquette in my large family was for presents to be opened before school.

Elder brother didn't appear so I knocked on his door. He was half asleep.

"....Oh yeah.." he mumbled, before fishing his wallet out of a puddle of clothes, shaking some coins out, giving them to me and going back to sleep. It was about £2.43.

Pantaloony · 12/12/2021 19:57

A box of fudge from my MIL for Christmas. I opened it to find it have congealed into one huge lump. Expiry date for them was a year ago so clearly it was a regifted present Angry

AnotherOneWithNoGoodName · 12/12/2021 20:33

A 5-pack of knickers from Asda from an aunt.
I mean, I used them, they were practical and saved me buying knickers. But still.

BuddhasBigBelly · 12/12/2021 20:43

@LadyWhistledownsPen

Ex husband bought me a vibrator disguised as a rubber duck and a box of Seabrook smokey bacon crisps
Crisps you say?? 👀👀
AdoraBell · 12/12/2021 20:58

Lacey knickers from MIL, horrible nylon fabric and thick elastic.

DH was gifted Lego last year from SIL. An old box stuck together with sellotape, well used. I thought it was from his childhood, he’s mid 60’s now, but it’s probably what her son had. He’s been wondering if it was a joke present and yesterday, we’ve just moved house, he tossed it across the kitchen table and said that can go in the bin.

He has finally seen that his family are passive aggressive. I’ve known that for the last 25 years.

Initially I put effort into buying thoughtful presents but stopped that once I realised how horrible they are.