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Crap pressies from in laws........this year they have really excelled themselves ....

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crappressies · 21/12/2007 07:27

Yes every year we get really random presents from my DH parents. They never ask us what we would like and just send us tat. They are not short of money - far from it and are quite nicely well off. Because my DH gets upset and annoyed with the whole present situation we have for the last 3 years opened the presents from his family early to avoid any upset on xmas day (we don't open the kids presents - just ours) - anyway this year his parents have excelled themselves we had the present opening last night and this year the parcels included wait for it ...... 6 teatowels and a plate? how random and bizarre don't you think?. I feel sorry for DH because my parents put alot of thought into presents and always treat us at xmas time. I have learnt now not to spend so much on their presents but can't bring myself to send them rubbish ... what does everyone else think .... do you get crap pressies from in laws....... we have tried to drop the hint about what we would prefer, however his mother is of the opinion "get what your're given". I suppose its better than last year DH got one pair of pants and I got a plastic handbag..... at least the tea towels and plate are useful

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isaidhohoho · 21/12/2007 08:20

well, you can never have too many teatowels.

QuintessentialShadowOfSnowball · 21/12/2007 08:26

Well, my opinion is, Christmas is for giving and not sulking over not getting nice enough presents. You are a grown ups for goodness sake, maybe they simply object to getting presents from grown ups, maybe they are positively irked by you dropping hints about what you want? What planet are you on? Christmas is turning into such a greed fest.

Tommy · 21/12/2007 08:40

it's really hard but it may well be one of those things that you will just have to put up with. We have a similar thing but it's my Mum who is a bit odd with presents. I've had to try to not get upset about it because she's not going to change

FioFio · 21/12/2007 08:44

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HonoriaGlossop · 21/12/2007 09:04

agree with quintessenial. People are so judgemental about presents now - what ever did happen to receiving graciously. The idea of a present is to receive what someone has chosen to give NOT to ensure you get stuff you want.

ChristmasPresence · 21/12/2007 09:09

and I'm glad I'm not the only one who read this and couldn't believe how ungrateful and selfish you are! You should be glad that they think enough of you to buy you anything at all. Christmas isn't about who can buy the most expensive presents you know!

crappressies · 21/12/2007 11:20

Im sorry if I sounded ungrateful - i am not ungrateful or selfish - in fact i am as a person very much the opposite - the point I was trying to make was - what makes someone think to buy teatowels and a plate for a present - especially for their own son? I just cant imagine 20 years down the line thinking of getting my own son teatowels and a plate for his christmas present - I just think it's a bizarre thing to get a grown man for christmas.

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ineedsunshine · 21/12/2007 11:23

Perhaps yu are going to the whole dinner service............. spread over years and years of birthdays and christmas's

mustrunmorewantsanewname · 21/12/2007 11:24

Well, I'd much rather have teatowels than 'amusing' novelty items; they're useful!

LetsAllHaveSomePIGGYpudding · 21/12/2007 11:24

Snort @ Fio!

crappressies · 21/12/2007 11:24

mmmmm never thought of that ...........

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lazawreath · 21/12/2007 11:26

Perhaps the tea towels were just padding for the plate. They might ask for them back

Myrrhcy · 21/12/2007 11:26

You should be grateful it wasn't 36 metres of elastic.

ineedsunshine · 21/12/2007 11:27

Crappressies did'nt mention cost at of present at all........ just upset about the lack of thought that went into it

lazawreath · 21/12/2007 11:28

What are the tea towels and hte plate like? Design, etc

EffiePerine · 21/12/2007 11:29

We got a neon clock one year from my parents (looked like one of those fly killers) because 'you live in a flat so we thought you's like something modern' ?????????

It did cheer us up though

robin3 · 21/12/2007 11:31

My nan went from getting the best ever toys when we were kids to the worst ever gifts when we were teens. So when we were little we got a roulette table but I remember my brother getting giant fur mittens at 17. All second had stuff. Tbh the opening of those gifts were the highlight of our Christmas. I remember my Mum unwrapping a see through neglege(?) and my Dad a kipper tie and all of us laughing for hours.

She put quite a lot of effort in to it so that was all that mattered.

DINOsaurmummykissingsantaclaus · 21/12/2007 11:31

Whinge whinge whinge.

Lauriefairycake · 21/12/2007 11:40

Definitely need to know the design - if someone bought me Cath Kidston T -towels and a cake plate I would be delighted they had got my taste so totally right.

Are they really horrible - pictures of dogs on the plate that you would put on the wall circa 1975 ??

Heifer · 21/12/2007 11:42

ah don't slam the OP, surely MN is just the place to be able to winge about crappie presents!

My Mum was well known for giving naff presents to the grown ups.. She used to give up all twenty five pounds (no whinging there) but also liked to wrap some presents up, such as tea pot cossies, toilet roll dolls etc, you get the drift)..

After she passed away whilst clearing the house out I found loads (and I mean loads) of stuff obviously ready for Christmas time)

So last Christmas, I wrapped every single thing up, and used them in a game someone told me about..

You basically won a present by rolling a dice etc), then opened the present and had to leave it a pile in front of you, when the presents were all won, (you would have around 10 each, you carried on playing but with the opened presents, and basically bartered with people for the presents (remember all crapola).. the funniest part of the game was when someone rolled a certin number on the dice and everyone had to move around the floor 1 space but leaving the presents behind, so just when you thought you had a decent stash you had to move onto the next pile.

It was great fun and a great way to remember my mum that christmas...

Sorry for the long post - got carried away remembering, just moved 4 hrs up north and won't be seeing any of my family this christmas and both parents now passed away so nice to be able to tell you about a little bit of it!

crappressies · 21/12/2007 11:42

Oh not Cath Kidston - but its just a plain white square plate and a bale of teatowels - nothing fancy - no design just a plain white plate which is the reason for my posting this - its bizarre.

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Saturn74 · 21/12/2007 11:44

Awaits thread in 'Gransnet' entitled 'my DIL is never satisfied with anything I do, no matter how hard I try'.

"I have learnt now not to spend so much on their presents but can't bring myself to send them rubbish."

That's the spirit!

crappressies · 21/12/2007 11:47

I know I know I know I sound like a whinging old grump but come on, honestly ........(rushes off to check gransnet......)

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Saturn74 · 21/12/2007 11:48
Grin
crappressies · 21/12/2007 11:48

Heifer - i live up north - come round to mind and we'll remember crap pressies together !!!

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