Who got the worst gift?

[arcticpandas]

Very very lighthearted. Some people are starving so no whining about not getting the perfect gift. Instead looking at it from a humoristic perspective: who got the worst gift in our family? Please add yours as well..
In our family;

1. DH got 200 ml cologne while he wanted/needed 100 ml to bring with him on airplane (travels every week).
2. I got fine chocolate with alcohol from uncle again (everyone has told him I do not like it but he just can't get it). He even added "I know you can't get enough of those". Not passive aggressive- that would be sinister. He really likes me and is convinced I like them.

Also got a large hand bag from DH. Not wildly expensive but still- the cords are too thin- I keep loads of stuff in my handbag. He bought it 3 months ago so can't return it.

1. DS1 got a sort of a travel bag for mobile Phone to attach on bike from an aunt. He hasn't been riding his bike for years.

4.DS2 got a shirt of his favourite team that was so large on him it looked like a dress. Can't return it. Bil said he will grow in it😅

1. Dh got Mil a a stylish coat size L. It was too small. Yet Mil isn't a big woman. I'm a medium and it was perfect on me but she's got bigger breasts. She wasn't happy about large being too small.. didn't say anything because very polite but it was obvious she was unhappy.

1. Aunt got a big box of chocolate. She's on wli and barely eats anything. Def not chocolate. She discreetly passed them on to dh.

So who wins?

My Stepmum bought be a kit of seasoning for roasting chicken - and I was raised vegetarian - as are they! She got my sister a John Lewis voucher which I would’ve loved! 😂

Invisible earrings!

DH bought some gold hoops from the local jewellers. He ordered them online and never checked inside on collection. Opened xmas morning…empty box!!

it’ll be more funny once we know they will give us the earrings, but at the moment DH is pretty upset and worried they won’t believe him…

I got a very pretty tea cosy ,don’t have a tea pot and hate tea …
thats going to charity shop …

Are they full of holes??

It seems no one has an issue or 'needed to challenge' what they deemed 'illogical' except you.

MILLIONS of consumable items spoil and get binned every year without ever being used from food to make up to toiletries... the stores/companies still get the money.

PP will not be the only person who bins something.

The giver wasting her money which she choose to do because she actively knows OP is vegan and gets joy out of being rude is not OP's or anyone elses concern.

Why does it matter if OP, a stranger, a charity or the butcher benefited?

This is why I just asked for money from my partner for xmas and my birthday coz its my birthday today so ive been down the shops today and bought a load of new clothes as ive recently dropped 5 dress sizes from an 18 to an 8 so I needed a new wardrobe full of clothes. Also treated myself to a load of champneys stuff, some pj's and went in costa coffee for my free birthday brownie and a brew had a really great day and hope to do the same next year

In my family

1. One of us got 5 boxes of chocolates- can't eat chocolate as gets migraines
2. I got a mug with offensive work related phrase (if I take this to my office I would probably be called by HR), the gift giver saw my confused face and proceeded to say that the mug was originally ordered for another family member but arrived late, so I work in an office so now the mug goes to me for my Christmas present 🤣
3. Same gift giver but last year gave my husband a Christmas Stitch (the Disney character)oven glove (he is a 44 year old man who only cooks at Christmas)
4. Same gift giver gave my husband a t-shirt for his bday, the t-shirt had a quote from the greatest showman and some birds pictured - husband never watched the film and hates musicals.

I didn’t get much like usual and sometimes the gifts I do get are terrible. I do appreciate them. This year was particularly bad.

A jar of lime pickle (not wrapped)

I’m old enough to remember when Brut was actually quite swanky - back in the Dark Ages of the late 60s. A very well off bloke I fancied like mad for a while used to use it.

In the 80s I bought some Brut shampoo to bath our dog in, after he’d rolled in a dead turtle on the beach (not in the U.K.). Please imagine the worst of rotten meat and rotten fish combined.
Ddog had already been bathed twice, but alas even a 3rd go with Brut didn’t completely shift the stink.

Can you sneak out after 30 minutes or if there's an interval, and go for a meal?

How have you come to the conclusion that no one else had an issue with it, when many others also commented? We should all try to be less wasteful.

Next have other brands online, maybe you could use your voucher on a non-Next item?

Size 8 Christmas pyjamas.

I am a size 14-16.

That’s so tough. Did you rescue them from the bin?

Gardening tools - hate gardening and already have the tools

Delicious 😋

Btw what’s wrong with Baylis and Harding? I get some terrible gifts most years and i would be really happy with that. I get things like charity shop finds (I shop in them myself) that noone else would want and aren’t even good enough to donate to another shop.

This year my partner of 20 plus years decided he wasn’t doing gifts so I got nothing from him..but he bought the pets gifts though and wrapped them nicely and put them under the tree 😭pleased for them sad for me. I went to the toilet to sit quietly and cry. I’d have been overjoyed with a £10 toiletry set.

Immediate divorce

Did they offer to take him for a spin in their Time Machine too?

Why, just why would he think anything about that was good?

My MIL has bought some cracking Christmas presents for me and hubby over the years.

Examples:
A cookbook titled “anyone can learn how to cook”
A sex game where you pull out little scrolls with tweezers and each scroll tells you what to do to your partner
I’ve had PJs that were 4 sizes bigger than my size and she said “I hope I’ve guessed your size right”

My MIL gave our two money (lovely) and chocolates. DD got a bag of hero’s, DS (recently turned 18) got cherry liquor chocolates 😂 She used to always buy my DH these for years despite him not liking them. She stopped years ago and I had forgotten about it until I saw DS open them.

I got some lovely presents, including the perfume I really wanted.

But...my dh also bought me a small crossbody bag. A small crossbody bag with a 3D Daschund on it. I don't use handbags, I'm a backpack kind of woman.

We do have a Dachshund (also a pug, but apparently he didn't get a look in), but I've never shown any interest in Dachshund themed items. Its face is disturbing 🤣

That’s the spirit - my ds’s get about 4 lynx sets each and are always happy to receive them.

I can’t understand people who ungrateful for pretty innocuous gifts. Unless something has obviously been sent in passive aggressive way (or you’ve bought them a diamond necklace and received a half eaten box of chocs in return!)

And to the OP - receiving the same alcoholic chocolates every year from your uncle despite him knowing you don’t like them - he either has a very silly sense of humour (and thinks you’re in on the joke) or is doing it on purpose to annoy you. There’s no way he hasn’t got the memo if several people have specifically told him!

That sounds like he’s cheap and trying to save a buck. What the hell?!!