to to be pissed off with my xmas pressie from MIL

[crazybubbasmummy]

for my birthday my MIL asked me if i would like money or a present for my birthday and me knowing how much i hate recieving presents cause i am so fussy with everything asked for the money and explained i would enjoy picking something myself, she decided to get me a present anyway of which she chose a tracksuit, i never wear tracksuits and dont even own trainers, the tracksuit was also 2 sizes to big, she then got the hump when i asked for the reciept to change the size not the gift!!

now we have secret santa in our family and she has got me and has showed me the present she has got me and its a really taky bag (that i doubt she would use herself)which i will never use, this may be the only present i recieve this year as me and my partener are not buying for eachother as money is tight

i might sound very ungrateful but i feel there has been no thought put into either of the presents she has chosen me and she bought her other DIL a very lovely present

I usually get asked what I want, then she buys me something else that is not at all what I wanted.
In fact, this happens all the time. I have even tried getting dh to suggest ideas but that get ignored too.
Step mil is fab and we get a cheque to share between us.

hohoholepew - words fail me...

lol at some of these. I get either money (exactly half of what DH and kids get) and some other gems have been..

stinky, old granny clothes (polka dot 70s dresses)..from charity shop or tip maybe?

2nd hand or battered gift sets

This is the first year that she has put love from on my card.

I had a card made from wallpaper once too.

Buda - I thought of the knicker elastic story too

• still makes me larf!!

my xmil got me a colouring in book. i forgot about that i really should learn to be grateful x

never again will I complain about mil pressies there are s many mean mil in this world

This is my first reply on here, I just had to reply to say YANBU-she asked that you wanted and then ignored you! Even if she had bought you something more suitable, it would have still been a bit strange when you had told her you would rather have the money.

Also, just wanted to share my MIL present story. One year, she got me Trinny and Susannah's 'What not to wear' book (like someone else on here-maybe we have the same MIL?!) It's mot even that I watched the series or even like Trinny and Susannah that much. But to make matters worse, the very same year she bought me the '10 Years Younger' book! I was 24 at the time and had no desire to look 14 again!

My sister once got a handbag from her MIL, lovingly wrapped, labels and all still on it....... until she realised the label was for a pair of shoes which her MIL had bought in M&S and tied the label onto the bag - and that she had used the bag, had a pen leak all over the inside of it and left 2 fag ends in it!!!

My sis was gobsmacked but said nothing - it wasn't as bad as what she give nephew, a used colouring in book, with 'Micheal, Christmas 1976' written in crayon!!!!!! (this was last year!)

at least she doesnt waste her money though

Wow! As much as I loathe my MIL, at least she never got me a used coloring book, used handbag, or pack of smokes for Christmas! At least I could trade the pack of smokes for protection. Oh wait, that's in prison...never mind!

I'd say the thing to do with MILs like this is just try to outdo them in the ridiculously awful gift department. I don't have any specific suggestions, but get creative!

Lol @ "10 Years Younger" book for a 24 year old!

tea towel and cheap hand cream is my MILs worst so far. Rude but lacks the weirdness of a single verruca sock!

I get a Christmas cake & a calender....

Year after year....

an ex's mother bought me a cheapy white plastic toilet brush for xmas one year and underwear the following year..i dont know which one i was more disgusted with

I am sure there is a book entitled "presents to insult your in-laws" which some people appear to have and follow.

I often think a gift which is unsuitable is worse than no gift.

lol at these especially:
She has bought me a box of soft centre (strawberry cream?!!) choccies that were impounded at customs and opened up for inspection
and 10 years younger for a 24 year old
and the card made from wallpaper
I am getting a teapot, I hate tea! But that doesn't really compete and my MIL is lovely really.

I'm expecting my 5th birthday organiser year thing from MIL this year, with pockets to keep the cards in. Given that they are supposed to be everlasting I'm not sure why I get one every year - she's probably determined that one year I'll take them out of the plastic wrapper and use them!

Ah the knicker elastic thread has already been mentioned - that was v funny

YANBU but you will jsut have to join the rest of us DIL's at the charity shop dropping it all off just after Christmas

just

Well - the verruca sock could have been worse - it could have been used too!!

YANBU Why do people waste their money with this crap.
I was given a pair of socks from MIL a couple of years ago. Knitted trainer socks , bright pink and white. I distinctly remembered her opening those on christmas day the year before because I thought that they were hideous . DH was given lots of lovely things. I got a pair of re -gifted socks , yay!
She gave me a box of regifted chocolates last year...

lol my mil gets me pj's from tesco (where she works) every year, they are always size 18, i am a 12 but was smaller a few years ago before the dcs - so the pj's might be bigger this year. Dp wont let me ask for the reciept though so they just stay in the packets. I wore a pair of bottoms when i was pregnant and they fell down on the stairs.

They must have a list somewhere, some of these things are crazy, a verruca sock??