Hilariously awful or weird gifts we have received...come tell!

[NCy]

Yes, yes, we should all be grateful for people making the effort to buy us things etc etc (just to pre-empt the usual thread kill joys.) However. I am 48. I dress kind of ageing rock chick, chunky biker boots, leather jacket, wafty dress sort of thing. Just what I do. My sister is more Next and Boden which is fine, doesn't bother me what she wears. She has bought me this: fluffy rabbit jumper Is it a passive aggressive comment on my dress sense? Has she forgotten Im 48? My partner thinks its hilarious! (Disclaimer: I have not had too much prosecco and I am not sat here wearing it!😂)

A few years ago, an older friend gave me a hideous second hand dress for my birthday with the immortal words “it was too big for me so I thought it might fit you.” Said friend is a dress size larger than me. It was a style that has never been fashionable, grey; a colour that gives me the unlovely six feet under look, and, at a conservative estimate, size 26+. I wear size 14. I was amazed and eternally grateful that a charity shop accepted it,

Oh and 2830 seeds. I forgot about those. Half say sow by 2023 and the rest sow by 2024. Short of a lottery win I won't have a garden by then. 😂

A very small used scented candle from MIL
A plug in flask for keeping drinks hot for the car for “after swimming”, I cycle there and don’t drink tea. To be fair that’s from my kids/exDH.

And a dress from my sister from Sainsburys which when I tried on she said, “oh it looks really nice ON YOU”. Clearly bought it for herself then lost the receipt. Which is what she gives me every year.

Not Christmas but DD received a tshirt that said "I am 1" in big letters across the front- for her 2nd birthday 😂😂

My granny used to regift a lot and a couple of times we received back what we'd given her!

Last Christmas, MIL gave me a set of garden tools and a thing to kneel on. At the time I couldn't kneel due to osteoarthritis in both hips (they've now been replaced) and I hate gardening, which she knows.

I'd have him eat them with some very spicy sauce instead of Christmas dinner 😈

DH one year bought me a fluffy onesie in the shame of a lemur. Complete with huge striped tail.

it was hideous.

I gave it to dsis in the end. She used it for school (she’s a teacher). P

Back when I was 13 odour eaters and shoe lace character clips.

I don’t know if mine is bad or just badly thought out - I got a track racing day from DH but I only have an automatic licence, so we are not sure if I can use it. There’s also a weight limit and I’m 4kg too heavy at present but I guess that’s easier to sort out than the licence…

it’s odd because I’ve never expressed an interest in track racing, and had been dropping rather large hints about a pizza oven, but I still think it will be fun (if I can actually use it!!)

That little bastard looks like it's going to wait for you to be asleep and then strangle you with kitchen roll!!!

My Nan died this year. We were very close and I’m still traumatised by her awful death. Every Christmas she used to give all the grandchildren a gift bag with 5 specific items in. Every year, without fail, the same 5 things for as many years as I can remember.
One of my aunties took it upon herself to make those bags this year and put them under the tree without warning anyone she was doing it. We’re all really struggling with Xmas but trying to hold it together because she was always the centre of anyone’s plans for the day and the kids didn’t understand. So as we opened the presents and we all got to these bags it obviously caused a lot of tears and breakdowns from the adult grandchildren while their children sat there looking confused. I’m torn between being touched because it’s a nice thought because we had spoken about it being the first year we wouldn’t get them, but being angry she didn’t think to tell anyone she was doing it. It was a bit strange.

So your present was a replacement for something your DH had broken?? I’d be furious. What did you get him?

SIL got me a ram foot stool , we have a small house and not much room for extra furniture, and it’s awful. I googled the company it’s from and they retail for roughly £55 !!!

😂love this

Mil regifted me this awful, stiff, pvc tote bag :( plus some bath stuff from the pound shop.

DH and DC always receive a lot more than me.

I need to break the cycle of buying her tasteful, thoughtful gifts only to receive regifted cheap crap. Everytime…

My DD(16) got a "poo curling" game from her Uncle. You literally do curling with plastic poos.

My DD plans to give it to the charity shop.

In other news, she got books on her favourite subjects, the Punk era and photography. She's happy.

Not me but my lovely Dsd. She is an actress (now always in work and quite well known) and was experiencing a short fallow period. Her aunt expressed the opinion that she should "get a proper job, find a nice man and settle down". That Christmas she bought Dsd an apron, a recipe book and a set of kitchen utensils!

I once got a glasses holder from my aunt, it was kind that looped around your neck and has a little pocket for the glasses to go in.

I was 12 and didn’t wear glasses.

DH this yr (recently married) got me a floor rug to wear as a shawl, a cat torture device cat wearing backpack and a handful of haribo sweets. We live in a country where Amazon only sells China-made tat with fake descriptions and he’s happily gone and typed things in, ordered them and handed them over without checking that they’re not total shite.

I’ve got a lifetime of birthdays, Christmases and anniversaries ahead…

A cats protection calender and used cat charity shop slippers 😂😂😂

From a boss one Christmas, a small tin of nondescript tea as a thank you for going over and above during the previous year. He had a sense of humour so I thought he'd hidden my real present inside the tea, but no... 🌹

SIL.

for the kids she’s brought slime tubs, magic sand, massive ride on toy and a thing that requires me to go and buy something else to keep the thing in. I stupidly let DH get up with the kids this morning and I’ve spent ages chiselling a combo of sand and slime off the floor.

One of the aunties got my dog a packet of cat dreamies. She knows we have a dog, not a cat. She has met him many times. 😂

We did offer our dog one, but he turned his nose up at it. I guess cat crack is not dog crack.

@MoonahSton I also have a severe nut allergy and once received a food hamper from parents that they’d carefully chosen items for, with several nutty things in. Does make you wonder!

Some people would probably love my gifts, posh chocolates that I’ve told DH repeatedly (before Xmas) that I hate. Literally just get me a galaxy or something and I’d be much happier. One of those fucking awful giant hoodie things that nearly comes down to your ankles when I specifically asked for a jumper with a particular design. Some body cream in a tiny pot which probably cost a fortune and will be gone after two showers. The best thing was a little key ring that he bought on Christmas Eve.

I’m really grateful for the thought but will have to find loads of people to share the chocolates with so I don’t have to eat them and will just wear the hoodie after a bath. Will have to wait for payday and get the actual stuff that I asked for.