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Why are men such twats about presents?

104 replies

Caroligula · 14/12/2006 22:49

Direct lift from a post on another thread (am I unreasonable?)

But why?

My worst one was a Delia Smith Christmas book. Someone else I know got a Dyson.

WTF? Post your bad presents here (I know this has probably been done before, but it is christmas)

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DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:30

you spoil her UD! There. Consider yourself judged!

UnquietDad · 15/12/2006 00:30

Oh, god, brothers and sisters are a nightmare to buy for. I hardly know mine. I wouldn't be surprised if I'd done that!

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Caroligula · 15/12/2006 00:30

Oh god I am crying with laughter. A jar of beetroot? Surely no-one can top that?

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myrrhthamoo · 15/12/2006 00:30

Oh and I've just remembered...a copy of "How Clean Is Your House". OK, I liked to watch it in a "oh, good grief, how can people be such mingers" kind of way...but I don't need their Good Hoousekeeping stylee tips, ffs!

myrrhthamoo · 15/12/2006 00:31

I was pregnant. I had beetroot cravings. It clearly made sense to him in some man type logical way.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/12/2006 00:33

and I got a "health grill" two years in a row from different brothers.

Another year, between the 3 of them, they bought me and dp a dark wood mantle clock.....

Which, whilst you may not think terrible - it looks awful and looks as though it should be in a pensioners bungalow, i was in my mid 20's, AND my mum had raved for weeks about this fantastic present they had all chipped in for, and how impressed I would be.......but I mean a clock, ffs?

whatwouldjesusdo · 15/12/2006 00:33

those are nice presents, UD. Did you get a second opinion before you posted "Judge me" on a MN thread by the way??

From my ex, I received the same present every single birthday and Christmas. nothing.

UnquietDad · 15/12/2006 00:34

I think I have cherry-picked the best ones from the apst 3 years for that list! I'm sure I gave her some crap ones too.

whatwouldjesusdo · 15/12/2006 00:35

A clock is a nice present. But the beetroot, even with cravings, no there is no logic there.

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:35

so ungrateful, at this season of giving......

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:35

and I'm joking! please.

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:35

and I'm joking! please.

UnquietDad · 15/12/2006 00:36

Can you imagine if the lid had come off the beetroot? I'm going pale just thinking about the carnage.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/12/2006 00:37

Jesus - you havent seen it.......

But, admittedly made all the worse by my mother singing its praises for weeks.

Mind you, she's not so fab at presents...she bought DD, who was 2 at the time, a barry white-singing, dancing, dope smoking rastafarian doll back from holiday (Spain).

heavenlyghosty · 15/12/2006 00:38

DH got me a thigh master for my birthday a month after DD was born

Git.

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:46

did get dd, then aged 5, a scaletrix....NO-ONE believed it was what she really wanted!

Spends hours hooting as the cars spin off the track...

kernowcat · 15/12/2006 00:54

sorry to chip in but the best? what were the worst lol

heavenlyghosty · 15/12/2006 00:55

Pann, I think that is a GREAT present for a girl! I would have loved a scaletrix when I was little ... was very of my brothers. I coveted their subbuteo table too. Am very girlie now though ...

I think my DH must win this competition, surely ...?

kernowcat · 15/12/2006 00:56

was asking UD

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 00:58

HG - we still play with it,and she excels with hand/eye co-ord. - she is also a great football player! MEan tackler, and can hit a moving ball, something that no boy her age can do!! >

kernowcat · 15/12/2006 00:59

sorry if i sounded rude? lonely girl in deepest darkest kernow the killer of all threads

heavenlyghosty · 15/12/2006 01:11

No worries kernowcat ... xposts happen all the time ... not rude at all
Pann, your DD sounds fab!

DeepPannCrispandEven · 15/12/2006 01:15

Don't know where she gets it from!

jurathernothavesprouts · 15/12/2006 08:00

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CorrieDale · 15/12/2006 08:09

An ex bought me a blender. I was 20. And Not Impressed.

(My vote goes to the jar of beetroot, btw. Hotly followed by Sally's changing bag.)