Worst/strangest presents you've received from your other half

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Inspired by another thread where OP was disappointed in the present her husband got her.

What are the weirdest/worst/most disappointing presents you've received from your partner at Christmas.

My DP is a very sweet and kind man but is notoriously bad at choosing presents for me. He earns good money but is quite reluctant to spend it ever to put it politely. I, on the other hand, love getting him gifts and won't hesitate to get him whatever he's hinted at for Christmas/Birthday no matter the cost.

Some of the gifts he's got me for past Christmases;

>Some fake stick on nails (I never wear fake nails and they were so small they would only fit a childs hand, they almost look like they came free with a kiddies magazine)
>A bright pink hoodie 3 sizes too small (this was the "main prezzie" that year)
>A rape whistle (???)
>A pair of earrings I already owned and he has seen me wear many times
>Some plain black socks that were miles too big
>A pair of "posh scissors"

Please make me feel better by sharing your present fails.

Couple I know
Hubby bought her a marble gravestone
Wrapped
When I asked her about it she laughed
It is now leaning against the garden wall
To be fair he did also buy he loads of other stuff!

It's a toss up between a very specific cooking implement accompanied by the expectation that I would shop, prep and cook my own birthday meal with it immediately and a pair of pirate boots, complete with fold down tops and laces up the back.

A big coffee and tea hamper, when I am very repulsed by hot drinks.

Asked for earrings one year, got a Multipack of about 20 that looked like they'd come from Claire's accessories...

He's got better

A bucket. I kid you not.

A rape whistle!!?? How festive 😂

A two pack of maternity leggings, labelled 75% off, from George at Asda. I was 57 at the time. That was my main present.

My SIL, then about 28, gave us a gift of.... a framed picture of her.....

A beer making kit. Apparently I'd said it would be nice to do something together. I don't drink beer and he won't drink home made alcohol of any description.

One Christmas my (now ex) husband's brother and his wife gave us a child's annual. I can't remember exactly what it was, but something like Animal Hospital.
We were all in our thirties. We'd (well, l chose the presents, and they were decent ones) for both of them, and their daughter.
I was furious, because l'd wanted to just buy for the little one when she was born, give her a decent present, but my husband said no.
That was our joint present. It must have cost a fiver at most. We'd spent about £40 between the three of them, back in the 90s.
They weren't hard up, either. Far from it. I've no idea what they were thinking.

Pirate boots are awesome... I would totally have some if they weren't so expensive.

Off my oh- a nasal hair trimmer. Unwrapped because I’m his words ‘it’s not the sort of thing you wrap, is it’?
Someone mentioned a shit present off parents. My dad managed to win custody of me when I was 15 and managed to get 3k of backdated child support off my mum. For my sisters birthday he spent the money on a new flat screen tv, full living room furniture set, new tyres and mot for her car amongst other things. For my 16th birthday a couple weeks later he used the last of my csa money to buy ‘us’ an electric shower which he didn’t bother installing until I moved out 🙄

@mam0918 they were spectacular, if you had an interest in looking just like Captain Jack Sparrow. Alas. I was not 😂

@murasaki - this made me giggle so much. I love that you kept it! I must see a picture of this! Even just one from the internet!

My favourite gift of all time was from my flat mates prospective MIL to her.. a hand knitted balaclava .. that the fiancé thought was fabulous gift for his intended... they split up ..

In grey..

stress toys like squeezy balls and clicking/popping toy things. tbf i was pregnant and very stressed 😂

An iron!!! The end was nigh

A clock

A sponge.... Not a bathroom sponge or a kitchen sponge, a sea sponge in a tank...

He still insists it wasn't a joke. Weirdest thing was it "made" (Created?) a smaller sponge baby after about a month.

A bathmat (we didn’t need a new one).
Also a whisk (not even electric, but we did at least need one).

This year I chose my own present and he’s very concerned that it’s not very romantic to chose your own present……

I got bed sheets. I did want new bed sheets, just not for my birthday…

Kitchen aid tea towels (to match my kitchen aid apparently..they were navy, my mixer is pistachio green)

Joseph Joseph chopping boards (tiny and useless!!)

The best gift he's ever surprised me with for Christmas was a VW Beetle..I'd wanted one since I was a teenager! All bad presents were/are forgiven!

A humane rabbit trap.

Most bizarre gift ever ! Are you overrun with rabbits? Do you have to catch many of them? I need to know more.

A telescope. Months before I’d mentioned how I loved seeing the stars on a clear night so he thought that’d be the ideal gift.
It took a lot of twiddling with lenses to find anything so was only used a couple of times, I didn’t have the patience or inclination after getting our (then very young) children to bed.

My sister once gave me a 99p children’s colouring book. The sort of thing you grab at the pound shop to occupy your children on a long train journey.