Worst Christmas present

[Bookworm512]

I feel ungrateful but also very disappointed. My husband is crap at gifting but this really takes the biscuit. I am a 53 year old woman and we have been together for 26 years. He bought me a periscope. Am I being unreasonable to be disappointed and ungrateful?😓

I have a December birthday, and a couple of years ago MIL got me an iron for my birthday and an ironing board for Christmas.

Wow. That is bad and really, really odd. Why on earth did he think that was a good choice? Is this a case of him wanting a periscope?

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A periscope!

how odd!

He thought I might like it to look out of the skylight! I would have preferred one of the books I asked for.

Hopefully he'll buy the accompanying submarine for your birthday

Did he get you a submarine to go with it?
If not, Ltb.

Lol@ whada crossed posted!

That is hilarious 😂

But… why? WHY? Had you ever shown any interest in looking out of the skylight? And at what?!

This is outstandingly weird.

Mine usually likes to buy me cheaper and crappier versions of the things I buy for myself.

Today though, he went with some sort of Polaroid pictures thing (sounds like a chore and can only lead to yet more clutter if used) plus two of his favourite bands’ vinyls to go with the new record player he bought himself.

Christ where did he buy a periscope?!?

My husband bought me a travel bag for putting used period pants in.

(He did also get me a Dyson Airwrap so forgiven)

Periscope 😂😂

I got a horse calendar, I’ve got nothing against horses but that’s as strong as my feelings on the subject get 😂

That's so bad it's almost genius! 😂I'm so sorry OP, it's upsetting when someone who should know you inside out demonstrates they really don't. It still made me guffaw though!

If it's any consolation my mother-in-law got me a fold-out information leaflet about the Bayeux Tapestry.

Perhaps if we set my gift on fire and then threw it up and out of your skylight we could watch it burn with your periscope?

Maybe it’s a sign that things are looking up

👏🏻 @CrapBuck

a telescope would have been less rubbishet

I like the weirdness of this gift. Think of ways to embrace it.

my 23 year old son got a Barbie car air freshener from his grandma (he’s as ‘masculine’ as they come).

very odd 🤷‍♀️

I also love it because it's insane.
Use it to spy on him, peer round doors at what he's up to until he realises it's a mental present.

What did you say?

I'm similar age and marriage length OP and my DH handed me a bag of utter shite today. I have started to dread receiving any sort of presents from him but today I'm pissed off.

Anyway today's haul was a Mr Frosty (because I wanted one as a child and didn't get one, but he completely forgot he already bought me one for my 29th and another on my 40th and Mr Frosty was actually a bit shit and not how it looked on TV). So that, two silk eye masks (because why would you only need one, or in fact any) and a box of nut brittle.

This is the funniest thing I've read all day 🤣🤣

Was this the only present he got you @Bookworm512 ? My DH got me one gift that I'd literally sent him a link for, so can't deny I was a little hurt at the lack of effort (I spent a lot more on him and got him 5 presents that were thought about). But at least the thing I did get is something I wanted!! 😅

I got lube.
At first I thought ooh it's hand cream or something else skin care related and when I opened it I thought oh ok.
There were two other presents I got too, but the lube is all I could think about.
I was told to not buy him a Xmas present, I think I know why now, as him using the lube on me will be it won't it