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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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randomchap · 10/04/2022 23:21

A famous five book; Five Go Down to the Sea

When I was 19.

It was from a rather distant uncle. I still read it out of politeness

RainySmarties · 10/04/2022 23:34

@wellstopdoingitthen

Many years ago my boyfriend bought me a 'baby's first Christmas ' teddy the day after I had a termination. I was devastated, he thought it was hilarious. I was 18 & living with him at his parents house. This set the tone for our relationship for the next 10 years until I finally summoned up the courage to leave him.
I'm sorry. That is so cruel. Good on you for leaving the bastard.
Thesefeetaremadeforwalking · 10/04/2022 23:38

"Anti-wrinkle cream for mature skin" from a so-called friend when I was 25.....

Shabtipup · 10/04/2022 23:49

Ex boyfriend got me a 3 step acne treatment set for my 20th birthday (my skin wasn't even that bad and definitely not "acne" !!!) His skin was worse than mine so I politely have it back and told him to use it instead lol.

Fruitbatdancer · 10/04/2022 23:59

DH bought me a pasta rolling machine for Xmas, when I was 6 months pregnant with our son.
A ducking pasta machine? I don’t even like pasta!!!
I admit to occasionally reminding him of this shit present whenever he claims to be a romantic. He’s lucky I didn’t beat him around the head with it.
I’ve not used it in the 8 years it’s taken up valuable cupboard space.

Ticksallboxes · 11/04/2022 00:00

Not me but my sister. She was extremely beautiful but had a rather unusual nose in her youth (now corrected).

We had a foreign relative staying for a few months and she bought us all lovely presents to say thank you, but gave my sister this ugly troll head with an enormous nose! I think she was jealous actually...

Mellowyellow222 · 11/04/2022 00:04

In my family the aunts and uncles clubbed together for each cousins 18th - a few hundred quid - nice watch or jewellery.

I got an electric calendar. It was probably expensive. This was in the 90s. I couldn’t get it to sinc with the family computer. And I had no appointments or contact details to load on it. I assume it was a regift. My cousin still has his fancy watch - that he got to pick out!!!

StoppinBy · 11/04/2022 00:10

A bath mat and a pack of pegs from my PIL for Christmas.

I always fake enjoyment over presents I don't like of course but..... that year was tough lol

DearDoggos · 11/04/2022 00:52

MIL has kindly gifted me a kitchen bin, some fridge magnets with cartoon sheep on them, a strange leather card holder (would hold one credit card) with an initial on it, some balm for my dogs' paws, a butter dish that judging by the packaging is from the early 90s. Luckily I then had a child so the random shite is targeted towards her now.

Notinhampshirenow · 11/04/2022 00:56

My MIL gave me 4 small dayglo nail varnishes from primark. Everyone was looking at me. As I opened it it was obvious one of them had been used/opened. I smiled/said Thankyou. That’s when I realised that she really a) didn’t like me and b) didn’t care who knew it. Made me regret the author signed history book (of her favourite topic!) I had tracked down for her. Since then I have not contributed to it suggsted a gift.

L0stinCyberspace · 11/04/2022 01:02

A pair of obviously used earrings with crusty infected skin around the ear-inserts from a work Kriskringle. :-(

GreenTwinklingGlow · 11/04/2022 01:03

5 sets of diary and notebooks, from different people at Christmas, when I was a preteen or young teen, so that was all of my Christmas presents from family one year.

I’ve never written a diary.
This year 3 face creams for my birthday.

mjf981 · 11/04/2022 01:13

My partner was gifted a wooden toilet seat from an old eccentric friend, for his birthday. There was a little note saying that ours (standard white plastic) was too cold!

1forAll74 · 11/04/2022 01:14

I never find any present shitty, it's a sign of the times when people say this, and it's disrespectful..

remainsofthesummer · 11/04/2022 01:18

I got a book called 'Know Your Sheep' from my brother. I actually found it quite interesting - I live in Asia where there are no sheep.

saturdayhelicopter · 11/04/2022 01:20

A ring for a finger much thinner than mine. My son loves it dearly though 😂

PerseverancePays · 11/04/2022 01:22

My PIL, first Christmas after we got married, a plastic hairbrush from the market. I was twenty years old and had just learned that for some people, giving presents means wrapping crap up. And after reading this thread I can see it is a common misconception.

reesewithoutaspoon · 11/04/2022 01:32

I was a nail-biter as a child. Aunt kept buying me manicure sets.

IamTheEvilPea · 11/04/2022 03:58

Nothing. For many years in a row.

LetHimHaveIt · 11/04/2022 04:25

@lilmishap

A line of cocaine from my partner of 8 years (at the time) he'd staggered in at 9am on christmas morning after shagging someone else.

That was a shit one. He bought some other woman an actual present (not the woman he was shagging either)

Same boyfriend got me a book I'd mentioned, gave it to me on boxing day, he'd ripped the first page out and I found it in the bin....with a message to the woman he'd actually bought it for.

Yeah I'm not sure who the bigger dickhead was either.

Him. It was still him.
Nezuko · 11/04/2022 04:32

I once bought a girl I knew a happy birthday mug and I still feel awful about it to this day! She gifted me a personalised jar that had my initials painted on it & contained 100 positive handwritten messages by her (her birthday was a few days after mine). To make matters worse, when a mutual friend asked what I got for her, I panicked and stupidly told her that I ordered something online (I didnt) so both the recipient and friend were expecting a thoughtful present but I handed her a disappointing mug instead Blush

ThePoorWeeDonkey · 11/04/2022 04:43

@Bagelsandbrie

My mil (who we now don’t speak to for various reasons, nothing to do with the upcoming shit present mentioned) once got me a set of silver western style spurs and little cowboy hats to fit on jacket potatoes Hmm so they look like little cowboys.
Omg that is hilarious! Sorry @bagelsandbrie but I think I'd love that. Haha
GlittercheeksOakleaf · 11/04/2022 06:09

£10 and a plaster rabbit figurine for my 30th from a parent. Sibling was given a car for theirs.

GreyCarpet · 11/04/2022 06:17

My ex MIL once gave me 2 sheer vest and knicker sets for Christmas. One was a size 8 and the other was a 16. I was a 12. The 8 was obviously laughably too small and the 16 was obviously too big.

It wasn't like getting someone a 10 and a 12 because she wasn't sure about size, it was because she'd seen them on sale, thought they were nice and bought me the only 2 sizes they had left!

She did similar with her other DIL.

Her shocking gifts were, and still are, legendary in the family..!

Chedderbites2 · 11/04/2022 06:23

A packet of razors from my now exs grandparents. Maybe they asked him what he thought i needed Confused honestly i'm not that bad 😂

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