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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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bramleygirl · 13/12/2021 18:13

A packet of tampons wrapped inside a large pair of knickers that were the same colour and texture of a duster

BrownbearK · 13/12/2021 18:15

Sega master system as my my tightarse dad thought he was getting a “good deal”when everyone at school was getting the Sega Megadrive! Looked a right Charlie Uniform November Tango in front of all my friends.

Also my middle brother. Proper Charlie Uniform November Tango!!

Churromamma · 13/12/2021 18:15

Baked beans and teabags in a hamper. I kid you not. Looked like a homeless parcel. Thanks Mum…

Dasher789 · 13/12/2021 18:17

Family friend once got me a note book and pencils with a name on that is similar to mine but has one letter different. Think along the lines of Sara and Sarah so also pronounced differently. So basically a stationary set for someone else Grin apparently they didn't have my name but sender thought I'd love it Confused

SIL bought me a mug and a nail file in the shape of an animal last year.

LTay85 · 13/12/2021 18:18

My sister's already told me she's bought my PJs this year... She's also told me they aren't gonna fit (too big) but coyldnt send them back because my nephew who was potty training wee'd on the plastic bag they came in 🤣

ChocolateCakeYum · 13/12/2021 18:18

A toy helicopter from my husband - he thought I wanted it for myself when actually I’d mentioned buying it for a nephew. It was fucking huge as well! Not sure why he would think a grown (at the time childless) woman would want to play with a large yellow noisy plastic lump but oh well.

My mil once gave me some stolen towels. They were ancient as well, frayed, thin and really crusty. And they had the hotel name on them. She also gave me a soap dish set with a soap dispenser and tray. Both were coated in old grey soap scum. 🤢

Gandalfsthong · 13/12/2021 18:19

A tiny draughts game from a shit cracker, from an Aunt and Uncle 😵‍💫 🤣
Husband got me a box of hangers for my 40th. He’s never lived it down

GruntBaby · 13/12/2021 18:19

A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pencil case. I was about 15.

A pair of electric blue satin nylon with black lace knickers from an elderly aunt. They did at least come with a gift receipt.

A vibrator from another aunt when I was a teenager. Not sure she knew it was a vibrator, to be fair.

ThatchedPottage · 13/12/2021 18:20

@Logicked

When I was about 11-12, it was my birthday and my uncle and his wife gave me tape. I mean, why? I would have rather had a tiny bar of chocolate or you know, nothing.
Santa bought us sellotape every year. And a new toothbrush. Sellotape is useful and it’s always going missing!
lilstarr99 · 13/12/2021 18:20

[quote Lockdownbear]@lilstarr99 was your cousin your Grans Daughters child?

Why do women think they can treat DDs children better than DSs.[/quote]
Yes, he was their daughter’s son and they freely admitted they “didn’t really like girls”. My dad told them he wanted nothing to do with them not long after this incident, but the real kicker was his mum said “how do we know she’s your daughter, you didn’t give birth to her”!

No loss, nasty people 🤬

Gandalfsthong · 13/12/2021 18:22

Oh and for my 18th from my parents one of those clocks you get free when you take out funeral insurance. Mega. Sounds a bit much but this one really upset me as I realised they don’t know or get me, 30 years later nothing has changed

stripesandsilver · 13/12/2021 18:22

My worst present was a packet of wet wipes. I nearly died from holding in my laugh.
The same person has also given me a bottle of aldi bubble bath, A £3 wilko candle and last year I got 3 mini bath foams.
This person lives in an exclusive apartment in an expensive city and was driving round in a bmw.
I know it’s not the money that’s important, she actually hates me but has to pretend not to. Cock off!

handslikecowstits · 13/12/2021 18:24

My worst present is something which worries me more and more as the years pass.

My father rarely bought me anything. He had no input into my birthday or Christmas presents and was as surprised as I was when I opened them. One summer when I was 10 he came home with a gift which had been wrapped. It was a bra. A pink bra in a small size. I hadn't developed at all at this age, didn't start my periods until I was 15 so why he bought this, I have no idea. I was absolutely horrified and so embarrassed. I hid in the bathroom for ages. I was inconsolable. He thought it was funny. It was one of the most bizarre things that ever happened to me as a child as was never discussed. There is lots of backstory and am NC with my parents now. I cannot think why for the life of me he bought that bra. It makes me feel very uncomfortable to think about it all these years later.

HairyFanjoBanjo · 13/12/2021 18:24

Box of broken biscuits. The cheap ones which are sold as ‘broken’..

cjpark · 13/12/2021 18:25

I was once given an amenity pack from British Airways as a xmas present. The worst of it was most of it had been opened and the good stuff removed.

TheVanguardSix · 13/12/2021 18:25

As a kid, it was a flatpack dollhouse that was never built. And then it just sat there in my mum and dad's bedroom closet in its 'waiting to be built' pose for years, long after my desire for a dollhouse waned.

Last year, I got a positively shit present. It was a piece of deadwood that had obviously survived several nuclear winters and termite infestations that my former husband (yeah... we're mid-divorce THIS Christmas) claimed was part of a church pew (it's French, he declared! As if it would sweeten the septic stink of our marriage). It was a proper WTF moment. WHEN?!! WHEN did I show ANY interest in church pews... panels from church pews... nuclear fallouts even? What made him think, "Yeah, she'll LOVE that! It's the wood she needs that I ain't got... I mean, I've got the wood for pornhub, just not for me missus."

For so very many reasons, this turd deserves ALL the flaming bags of dog shit outside his front doorstep. Would any of you like his address?

Vates · 13/12/2021 18:27

My Sister always misses the mark with a photo calendar of my Nephew (and this year will be my Niece too!). I adore them and would lay down my life for them BUT...I literally worship her dogs and would rather have a calendar of them. She knows this but I guess it would be more work and cost extra to make my calendar a dog one. I still want the dog one though! I have literally had three small canvases printed of the dogs (only in June/July this year) but will no doubt get another calendar of the children. I literally just found last years one, unused. Makes me feel like she just doesn't care at all.

Pelsall116 · 13/12/2021 18:29

A Tufty annual - I was 14 at the time ffs!!

YanTanTetheraPetheraPimp · 13/12/2021 18:31

A used bar of coal tar soap and a facecloth for 3consecutive years from my MIL.
😡

Schooldilemma2345 · 13/12/2021 18:31

My PIL once gave me a tea cost in the shape of a camel! It was gold, burgundy and blue shiny fabric (think It was meant to lol like silk- it didn’t). It was utterly hideous! I neither drink tea nor own a tea pot. The kids used it as a crown donut lived in the dressing up box for quite a few years until I discretely disposed of it.

sjonlegs · 13/12/2021 18:32

This thread is fabulous!

Who even buys tape as a present!?*

I was going to complain that my MIL bought me a frying pan as well as a number of other functional, hideous or thoughtless gifts. In her defence we've never really got on and she just doesn't like me very much and has spent most of my married life trying to kill me .... long story!! Hmm Shock Wink

JustSumo · 13/12/2021 18:34

Bog standard shower gel (the kind that's always on offer in the supermarket) from my mum 2 years ago.
Last year a crop top (I definitely do not have the figure to wear one) again from my mum. I swiftly told her that as a 40 year old, I don't think I should be wearing one, told her to keep it and get a refund.
Im not a big Christmas fan!

GreySweater · 13/12/2021 18:36

When I was 12 my brother and I got a set of encyclopaedias between us. They were new and really expensive. So that was everything we got that year. We had to feign delight and just spent the next few days cheerfully 'looking stuff up' every now and then Confused

Gbtch · 13/12/2021 18:37

Secret Santa gifts! Such a con. We had one at work. As a jeweller, I made a lovely pair of earrings as my gift for a colleague. She was obviously delighted.
I got a standard pub type wine glass with glitter stuck on the stem and a mini bottle of Prosecco!

Mylifesadrama · 13/12/2021 18:37

A pack of 5 floral high waisted granny knickers from my religious sister. I was only 30! I’ve been so tempted to buy her a pack of thongs in return! (She is a 56 year old virgin).