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?

I bought DH gloves for women by mistake. Will hopefully exchange over the next few days. I messed up quite badly.

DS and I both bought each other a CD. Both thinking the car had a CD player. It doesn't. We have nothing to play them on and both have Spotify anyway .... the fact we both did it is bizarre.

DH bought me one of those xmas jumpers that you see advertised on social media. It's got a cartoon of me with our cats on it, which is sweet. Except he spelled my name wrong. We've been together for 32 years.

Made me laugh!!! So sorry.

My DH would do something like this 😂

What, like literally crying?

I salute you. I wish I was that easy to please with comedy.

A screw driver. A hand screwdriver. I have my own tool kit and apparently the screwdriver I have is unpleasant to use.
I was bemused. I do all the DIY in the house. If I wanted a new screwdriver I would buy a new screwdriver!
Actually I checked the old one and the handle is degrading so I have thrown it away and replaced it with the shiny new one! But still….
Married 51years and he still surprises me!

Oh and an Apple Watch. Hmmm I have no interest in one I like my Fitbit and think Apple Watches are a bit fancy for the life I lead. My phone, one the other hand, is an iPhone 11 and beginning to show its age. But I feel mean that both were a bit off and my diamond shoes are too tight!

So ungrateful OP! I hope one day I am in the position to be moaning about such gifts!

Bloody hell - my brother got his wife one like this years ago.

The marriage survived - barely!

3 Baylis & Harding gift sets…

Knowing how much mumsnet hates them I’d say I’m in the running to win.

One was off a neighbour, one from my friends daughter which was really sweet but the 3rd one was (amongst other lovely gifts) from my DP.
He was so proud of himself saying he’d got the brand I always use and got it at a really good price as I don’t normally let him use it and say it’s too expensive.
I use Molton Brown and can’t bear to tell him and hurt him so I’ll be using the B&H stuff as quickly as possible so I can replace it!

My DD1 gave DD2s partner a pair of running shorts. They were exactly the correct make and type in a size L but they were large boys not mens. Thankfully he found it hilarious. All my gifts were great.

I got given an ashtray. I don’t smoke

Aunt is on wli. What is "wli"please?

Weight loss injections?

I got nothing from my partner.. and my MIL got me a game "Pass the Pigs" whilst announcing at the table all the gifts had a 'funny' meaning...

The Led Zepplin Christmas.

Every single gift was Led Zepplin themed that my DH gave me. Every album of theirs available in CD format, individially wrapped, a concert DVD, t-shirt and biography of the band.

I kept opening each present wondering when I got to my actial present.

I am not a big Zepplin fan. Nor is my DH. I said in passing in maybe in August I liked the Immigrant Song on the Ragnarok soundtrack. He was so happy he'd remembered and gotten me the perfect Christmas gifts. I was just stunned. I got to the end and was just stunned.

I dropped heavy heavy hints, flat out told him, about an amber necklace, set in silver, that would hace cost half what he spent. I followed the list he gave me with a couple of small additions, like we did every other year.

Now I just buy my own and he gets me one or two surprises. Usually books, and usially pretty interesting ones.

He did try, and it was out of the ordinary for him to go so badly off track.

Still have the t-shirt, nice heavy quality one in a not bad colour. Odd time I wear it a real fan will strike up a comversation about the band. I smile.

SEXY!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

My DH bought me a bale of grey towels. They’re from the White Company and he’s pleased as punch as apparently I needed new towels. I’ve been married 31 years and over the years he’s bought some strange gifts.

For Mothers Day once he walked past the perfume department in John Lewis to get to the towel department and bought me a bath towel.

in 31 years I have never ever suggested I needed a new towel!

Surely this is the winner, I got a bright pink all in one dressing gown thingy, that is massive off my mil im meno so don't think I.ll be wearing it

My child got 3 books from his Aunty..... That were clearly second hand. Bent pages and stamps in the front showing the primary school that used to own them. Wouldn't mind but their family is loaded.

A pair of Ugg type boots that I cannot even get on my feet !! There’s no zip on the side, the top is too narrow, but ‘“they are my size” he said. Yes but I can’t get my foot in them. My feet are slim and narrow, but the top of the boots are narrow funnels.

Also got so many chocolates it’s ridiculous.

3 years ago my mil bought me an awful hot pink fake oodie, last year she got me a blue one. this year...a third oversized fake black oodie. can't stand the things!

Here's a thread about what to do with your unwanted toiletries. Please donate them if you don't want them - lots of people are in need and experiencing hygiene poverty.

It strikes me that women's shelters or homeless shelters could do with the unwanted housecoats/dressing gowns/fake oodies too.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/amibeingunreasonable/5459747-to-say-donate-unwanted-xmas-toiletries-to-toiletries-amnesty?reply=149416458

That is shocking. What was he thinking?

This thread is hilarious. I received a used 2 foot tall Balinese style wooden cat statue, with two chipped ears. It was crudely wrapped in a (second hand) orange gingham tablecloth. The giver is extremely wealthy and knows my decor style, which this is clearly incompatible with.

I feel one of the main presents I got my DH didn’t land well. Good quality goggles but somehow he seemed quite underwhelmed when he spotted it.