What was the shittest present you ever received?

[BrightonOrLancaster]

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

I love this thread!

I’m on a roll- my SIL once gave us a photo album with tons of photos of her baby daughter- she was born in November so all the photos were from a 6 week period. They started with a photo of my SIL’a massive bare bump, several during the labour, more in theatre just after the C Section, some of her breast feeding, some of her bathing the baby, the album culminated in my SIL, her husband and the baby standing under the Christmas tree.
As if that wasn’t boring enough, we had several other presents- 2 large framed photos of SIL and the baby and a calendar consisting of her favourites from the album!!

My daughter was given a tin of lychees by her inlaws She doesn't even like lychees ...

Flippin' 'eck! How long have you got?

A multipack of knickers from DM
A six pack of biros from my nan
A packet of Bombay Mix from DP's aunt

None of these were part of a bigger present just wrapped up and per normal.

To be fair I think the pens were all my Nan could afford, my mum's just a bit weird and clueless at times (this year she has asked me for a pair of tights for Christmas). Not sure what the Bombay Mix was all about with DP's aunt 🤷🏻‍♀️

A pen with "To A Dear Uncle" printed on the box. From my brother.

A bottle of pink Lucozade in a Premier corner shop bag from my then boyfriend.

A ghastly fabric flower necklace that was obviously meant for bridal wear. Yuk!

A box of pencils from the poundshop from my mum, the tightest woman alive. She was so proud of the bargain she even told me it "only" cost her a pound...

" Nothing from fil and his gf. Last Christmas presents were brought round for the dc and DH. I was expecting to be left out as usual. It doesn’t bother me. It bothers DH. But fil wont change. "

@ememem84 - Fuck that for a laugh. I'd be telling DH to take DS around theirs instead to do gift exchange. No way would I want someone coming to my home making me feel like an outsider in front of my own husband and son. So sorry that you have to put up with that tosser :(

@vampirethriller

A pen with "To A Dear Uncle" printed on the box. From my brother.

A bottle of pink Lucozade in a Premier corner shop bag from my then boyfriend.

the pen! haha you win!

My step-dads family were notorious for giving me bad presents.
Really random stuff like makeup at 12 (didn't even wear it at the time) and overnight bags that were completely clear.
The worst was probably a tiny satin bag with a bunch of free samples of products in it from Avon. My step-aunt was really into Avon at the time and everyone got something from there. I just got the free crap - including a teaspoon sized portion of anti-aging cream when I was 14.
I was always very thankful but my mum used to put it straight in the bin when we got home.

Ann summers bra and pants from my step mum! Quite recently too, Im in my 40s and single!
In the past, on my birthday from an ex, a box of morrisons own brand chocs, unwrapped, (nothing else). Shit man.

Expensive leather driving gloves from the in-laws.

A can of spam. Apparently I had said I liked it during the year. I hadn't because I don't!!

A pair of Size 12 Odoreaters!! I take Size 5.What was she thinking? I don't have smelly feet🤔😂

It's got to be a toss up between the nothing I got from my parents for my 41st last month and the small box of dark chocolates (which I dislike) from TK Maxx they gave my sibling to give me for my 40th last year having forgotten to get anything specifically for me. Turning up empty-handed (not even a card) to my 8 year old's birthday this summer was pretty upsetting. They live round the corner.

@Schooldilemma2345

Yes! I think parents often forget that their children are life altering for them and not others!

Last year I also got a large photo frame saying 'love you to the moon and back, Auntie Vates'. My Sister isn't lazy or overly soppy but think she's just lumping me in with the kids Grandparents when it comes to gifts (they got similar gifts). I just want whippet pictures, dammit. I literally said it last year in a 'jokey' way that I was sad it wasn't the dogs but am resigned to getting the calendar this year. Think I will make my own dog calendar to use.

it seems my MIL is always the culprit when it comes to me-

pair of socks one year
Nasty cheap chocolates another year which she claimed to be her favourites (never seen them in 20 yrs)

Her gifts to me can be ok at times but when she is annoyed at her DS its me that gets shit gifts. Although when we first got together he was the main cook, I got into cooking during my maternity leaves and she hated the fact i was getting quite good. So bought her DS (my DH) a cook book for his xmas .

A book on 'Kent weather' I was 19 and had never taken an interest in the weather apart from what to wear!
From my exH aunt who is lovely and rather eccentric so I didn't take offence. Was pleased that for the next 21 years that I was with her nephew, she gave me a gift card, bless her! She's bonkers but in a lovely way.

Body scrub for “scaly legs” from MIL

Massive plush carrot. I think it was glittery. It was only a few years ago, so not when I was a child! I still have it somewhere.

Imagine the tackiest patent faux leather red stiletto heel boot ever. Turn it into a handbag. My sister and I were each given one aged around 12 and 10 by our grandmother.

For Christmas, cheap drugstore eye gel for under eye bags (I don't have any) from my friend who turned out to be a frenemy.

Oh, I was probably the giver in this situation. My exH and I had agreed to just give each other (two young children 5 and 10) a token, fun gift. So I got him a nodding Homer Simpson for the car that said random phases. He got me a diamond ring. My kids have never let me forget this. We are not together anymore and every year my partner asks if he's getting a nodding Homer!

A little plate to put used teabags on.....

Don't understand why anyone would even want this doesn't everyone put them in the bin straight away?

Why would I want cold soggy teabags on display on my worktop wtf?!

@softblueface

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!

Oh, I don't know! My mum has one of those. And all the grandchildren aare obsessed with it!

lol I am guilty of gifting photos of the kids but it's only to our parents and only 1 normal size photo in a frame... also non of labor, birth, baths or my tits lol.