to think this was a pretty crap gift?

[Sugarmagnolia]

DS(5) was given a sponge-bob duvet cover (with massive ?REDUCED TO CLEAR" label still attached) for his birthday by a friend from nursery.

Ok first of all, sponge-bob gives me the creeps. He's a sponge. Why does he need to wear pants? What exactly is he hiding?

Second of all, just spent a lot of money totally redecorating DS's room so no way am I then going to use some bizarre looking duvet that doesn't match.

Third of all, isn't a duvet a pretty weird gift anyway, regardless of what's on it unless you know the person's taste or at least have the slightest clue what the child's room looks like?

So I can't help but think, did someone genuinely think I might like this or was she just trying to get rid of something she couldn't stand to have in her own house and/or forgot to buy DS a present and found this at the back of a cupboard???

och, don't be so ungrateful! some folk just love sponge bob. don't you think he's so cooool?
maybe it was all she could afford. i've received presents that weren't too my taste but gracefully accepted them.

My kids would get into a serious screeching fist fight over OP's unwanted gift (one reason I'm not joining Q for it, unless someone else has 2 spare?).