What was the shittest present you ever received?

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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 got half used bath set from MIL one year.
Passing on unwanted gifts is okay in my book but not if you try them out first 🤣

One year MIL gave SIL and me a huge see-through plastic cape each. We were speechless. It was so unlike her. The previous year, and following year, she bought us both lovely jewellery.

My SiL gave me 'discover Jesus' mini books every year. We didn't even do presents. I don't need saving thanks.

My DGM one year..

A bottle of anti dandruff shampoo for me
A half eaten packet of bourbons for my DGF and nothing for my DM.

Retrospectively, it was the start of her dementia but boy.. That was an interesting Christmas dinner!

Teasmade (sp?), electric toothbrush, 2nd hand dishwasher. The one that stands out as the most hurtful, though, is a book I really wanted. Ex worked across the road from the bookshop where the author had done a book signing. I really thought I’d get a signed copy but he (ex) just couldn’t be bothered to pop over there and buy it for me. I did get the book but it was a big disappointment and I still haven’t read it because it makes me feel so bad. How’s stupid is that? It still took me another 14 years to extricate myself from the relationship.

I've probably bought some terrible gifts over the years. I panic about getting it wrong and end up buying too much.. In the hope something is right!

matching ovengloves/t towel, bottle Advocaat, white nylon see thru short baby doll nightie 2 sizes too small when 6 months pregnant, two half pound boxes milk tray lashed together. This thread brought back many unhappy memories, sad, some eyerolling of course, thanks for droll ones.
Mil who comes for Christmas day with three young gc, empty handed - no gifts, no wine, nothing.

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.

Ds (then 3) asked fil why he didn’t get mummy a present. Fil just shrugged and said that ds needs to learn that not everyone gets presents.

Ex boyfriend: paperback by an author i manifestly dislike. For my birthday he got me a potted plant, one of those really cheap ones from the supermarket, in just its plastic pot.

My uni flat mate got a six pack of cheap cups from Poundland, her boyfriend didn’t even bother wrapping them.

My aunt used to buy us really odd presents as kids. My favourite was a pack of 3 blank video cassettes (VHS). One each for me and my sister.

This probably sounds really ungrateful but when I was pregnant (many years ago) on my 21st birthday family members had clubbed together for mothercare vouchers for me.

It was great in a way because I could get the last few essentials and some more baby clothes but it would have been nice to have something for myself.

I once got an ash tray. It was a novelty one of a little man with dreadlocks holding a big bowl, that you tipped your ash into.

I've never smoked. But it gave us a good laugh!

Ex mil did me a household cleaning products hamper. With a note book that had tips and instructions for cleaning the oven, toilet, taps etc. it was meant as a dig the nasty cow.

My now mil is lovely. But every year she buys dh pants. That are size 3xl HUGE! The kids get excited to see dads new huge pants lol! They worry me hahaaaa

SIL is godmother to my dd, who is 12. She never ever gives her anything for her birthday or Christmas, with one exception. One year she sent her a small Christmas present, but nothing for our other dc, who were quite little at the time, and got really disappointed that their aunt didn’t get them anything

My late MIL once bought me a wilting bunch of flowers about which even the seller said ‘they weren’t picked yesterday’! They were a birthday present too. 😂

When you were arranging and paying for this day that you hated, didn’t it occur to you, to choose something else instead 🤣🤣🤣 to arrange and pay for, yourself

I didn't arrange or pay for anything. The "present" amounted to DP speaking some words.

I used to get taken out to lunch every Tuesday by an elderly man. I was his guilty secret. I was about 22 at the time.

One day I mentioned it was my birthday. He had a rummage in his shopping bag and presented me with a bag of disposable razors. 🤣

When I was a kid I desperately wanted a girls world. I asked different members of the family who all told me no. No really means no in my family.
I ended up with 4 and got into a lot of trouble. Safe to say I didn't enjoy that present.

A wastepaper bin. That was my biggest Christmas present that year. Gee, thanks Mum.
With my Mum, it's not due to a lack of caring but she got very stuck in a "counting every penny" mindset which started when we moved from a very cheap city to a much more expensive one. Yes, the first few years we lived there were very tight, but then my Dad got a big promotion and things were no longer so bad.
Except that when it came to presents, my Mum still had an attitude of need over want. I did need a new wastepaper bin, just not as a bloody Christmas present!
Doesn't really compare to most of your stories, but that's the one that sticks in my mind.

A pen from my boyfriend of the time.... we didn't stay together long!

A pastel-coloured mug candle from my bitch sister-in-law. With a price tag on it for 99p.

A very expensive candle from the MIL
The very expensive candle that I had given her for her birthday 2 months previously

I got Riverdance on VHS when I was 8. Still remember being absolutely miffed about that. I wasn't into dancing of any sort!

I once got a fridge magnet off an in-law, with a poem on about a donkey threatening to kill me.

That was strange. I still have it for some reason.

A small very prickly cactus. From my SIL.

When I was 18 my Dad bought me a doll, made entirely of dishcloths.