I wish people would stop buying me...

[Deminism]

Ok so I know I am an arsehole and I am lucky to be bought anything. But, I wish people would stop buying me things with my initial on. I am so initial branded that everybody must be guessing my name everywhere I go. Purse. Washbag. Bag. A candle. Keyring. Mug. Aaaargh.

You?

Yankee candles, I could set up a shop with all the ones I have unused.

I keep on getting hand cream, I must have at least 30 different ones. I have now put them in a basket on the downstairs bathroom window sill in a vague hope that people will notice how many I have and not buy me any more. Strange this is I very rarely need hand cream!

Running stuff - indeed I do run a lot but I really don’t have need for 12 pairs of trainer liners. I never wear them.

Clothes that are too big. I lost loads of weight and yet still my SIL buys me long baggy jumpers in a size 16.

Volkswagen tat!
I have mugs, glasses, plates, coasters, egg cups, biscuit tins, basically anything with a camper van on it, I've got it - multiple times!
I love my VWs and I love my van, but dont need any more memorabilia!!

For the third year in a row, I have recieved the same bath set from the same person. I have the other 2 still in my bathroom cabinet because I dont like them. So now have a third.
It's the exact same one. Three years in a row!!

I made a real effort with her present last year... but still this year comes and she hasn't thought "I should make an effort". Just the same shit.

@Ilovemyshoppingtrolley
They might be thinking "she has that basket of hand creams... she must love hand cream! I will get her one to add to the collection"

Alcohol. I'm doing IVF 😏

Generally,.my family know me well enough to get me something decent. So it's rare I get a terrible present from them.

My main one is wine. I fucking hate wine, especially red. DH's work colleague gave me a 'lovely bottle of red' for Xmas.

Pigs. Pig aprons,jugs, 'naive' paintings of pigs, silver charms, Weiss pigs, pig trays, pig displays, pig books, fucking pigs!
I do like pigs though, especially bacon.

Lullabelle - hadn't thought of that!

my apologies -Lulualla

Ornaments, i have 3 arsehole cats and 3 clumsy children. Not to mention i have very few surfaces to put them on.

Ditto with candles.

Mugs, so many mugs!

Just give me amazon vouchers, i read a half a dozen books a month, vouchers are the perfect gift!

I went through a phase of getting lots of towels. Usually hand ones. Soon I had a whole airing cupboard full of them. All new and unused.
A new boyfriend insisted on buying me something, despite me saying I don't do presents and gave up because I had been given so many towels that I had an airing cupboard full of the wretched things.

He dropped many hints about how I might like a breadmaker - yep, you guessed it I don't eat bread. Ah! he said, you might if you had a breadmaker. Finally I got through to him that I didn't want a breadmaker.

He got me a towel bale. Apparently my protestations were A Big Hint that I Wanted Towels. I showed him the airing cupboard door - he opened it and was buried by an avalanche of towels.

Useless tosser.

Body lotion. Tons of the stuff, and often expensive.

At some point in the past it was decided that I like garden gnomes.

Anything. I'd love to go gift free for Christmas.

Cheap costume jewellery that brings me out in a rash and gets regifted to DD as she gets older. DH goes shopping each year and gets some for me and I win an Oscar each year pretending its great. This year I sent DD some links to a simple necklace but she tells me he didn't like it so hit something else

I sound so ungrateful but it's terrible and so 1980s bling.

I always get money instead of presents. It's supposed to be nice, but I just end up with nothing to open. I haven't got a single present to open tomorrow.

I haven't got a single present to open tomorrow. I'd love absolutely nothing. As an adult when someone buys me something that they think I might like, and I do the same in return, neither getting it quite right, I really don't see the point of it all. I'd be happy to just buy for the children.

Scented candles in overpowering sickly smell.

Ashtrays

This was one year for my birthday. Big party I paid for.

Every single person bought me an ashtray.

Apparently my mother who had severe MH problems in one of her delusions decided that I smoked so rang up every part guest to say that I needed to stop being a secret smoker and to buy me an ashtray.

I went NC with my mother a few weeks later and nc with all the friends.

I was so upset.

Never thrown a party again

@slalomsuki

You're married to the man. Can you really not talk to him?
Just bloody tell him.

Random. Books. I love. Books but use a kindle because of lack of. Space

Hand cream. Really stinky old lady hand cream from DM and MIL. I don't even use standard handcream, let alone the fancy kind.

Orchids - my family seem to think I love them so I get given them on any gift-giving occasion
Alcohol - I hardly drink at all. Until recently I had 7 unopened bottles of gin in the cupboard as I kept getting given them. This year I re-gifted 6 of them as Christmas gifts or donated raffle prizes (hoping the recipients will actually enjoy and drink them)
Toiletries - I'm drowning in hand cream and body lotion.