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.

Fucking gardening tools. 😩

Just remembered - when I was dating DH, he bought me some expensive ski goggles for Christmas. I’d told him on our second date that I love skiing. I was a bit pissed at the time, and was trying to impress him as I really fancied him and he is an avid skier.

In truth, I absolutely hate skiing! He thought he was being really thoughtful, the poor man. In hindsight, I think the goggles were my punishment for lying. He knew pretty soon afterwards (after we went on a ski break - think me a la Bridget Jones on the slopes) that I wasn’t quite the ski bunny I had pretended to be!

That's dreadful

An electric tin opener , a Hello Kitty charm bracelet and a pack of markers. Not all on the one Christmas - that's too much punishment to take.

A gong

Ooh, I'd like a gong

A Chinese teapot after DC was born.
Weighs a tonne holds not even a mug and I only ever have drunk PG tips???

For our first Christmas together my husband, who was my partner at the time, got me a laminated paper bookmark with the naked torso of an actor from a popular film franchise. I was vaguely interested in the films but not at all in the actor and have never used the bookmark (but I did marry my husband)

A massive, shit brown shapeless coat when I asked for a nice coat so that I could take DC out in their pram without looking like a mess. I almost burst into tears. It was like something his mother would wear. He took it back and I bought myself a cheap attractive coat.
Also I once got a tree he desperately wanted to plant in the garden (he's the gardener.) I said, 'Thank you for the tree. I know you really wanted it.' He looked a bit sheepish.

Normally he is brilliant with presents - way better than me - really thoughtful and generous, so those two stood out as failures.

A blender...

Our second Christmas together,we had gone to his parents
there was a tiny box with my name on it
all excited I asked if it was earrings
’maybe’ he answered
so I left it as my last present to unwrap-I couldn’t wait to open it

fucking toothpicks

i threw them at him and burst into tears

(I now order what I want-he transfers the money and everyone’s happy)

A bottle of shampoo and conditioner last Christmas. Not fancy stuff, just the sort you pick up 3 for 2 at the supermarket. I was devastated, especially as I had spent nearly £200 on carefully chosen gifts.
I told him that it was worse than him getting me nothing. I was so hurt. He's never been great at presents, but this was an all time low. Our children were disgusted with him. He has been told to up his game this year.
Funnily enough, I've always been a little envious of one of my friends whose husband chooses thoughtful gifts for her. I should have known with my husband - his parents were terrible gift givers. In the entire 30 years I knew MIL my Christmas and birthday presents were a £5 Boots voucher. Every time.

My 21st crap birthday anyway but this present was from a family member flip flops buy one pair get one free. I never wear them flung in the wardrobe then chucked later. Of ex lasagna cooking dishes one Christmas I was not pleased “But you like cooking” yes I did but I didn’t want cookware for Christmas.

Too right! I suppose people feel they have to laugh at all this thoughtlessness or they’ll cry.

“DH is so stingy, haha!”
”DH buys things for me that are really for himself, lol!”
”DH gets me completely unsuitable horrible things that no normal person would give as a present, tee hee!”
“DH can’t be bothered to think about what I might actually want, rofl!”

The people who give their partners this awful rubbish are showing how little they care.

Last Christmas was a cat deterrent alarm and a used baby mirror for the car. I had commissioned him a piece of art... we're not together anymore

Oh my gosh 🤣🤣🤣

From my exH - a lump of cheese and a jar of pickle. Not even wrapped or made into lunch!
From his parents to our teenage DD - a toddler dot to dot book and wait for it... a moth eaten tennis net and broken racquet!
My now DH on the other hand is amazing and thoughtful.

A Mr Hankey, the Christmas poo. No comment.

Hope he was dumped that day!

What did he say when you pulled him up? I’m honestly baffled by people who do this. If you’re clueless at buying presents surely you can go into Boots or somewhere like that, go to the Christmas gifts aisle and at least pick something gift boxed that looks like a present!

I’ve learnt that you shouldn’t pretend the birthday gift you got was nice, as you get another the same for Christmas!

So many...

Probably the crème de le crème was a golf club cover with a Tiger's head on it. I do not play golf. Have never played golf. Couldn't be less interested in golf.

Happily divorced and about to marry a wonderful man who is the complete opposite - there are better men out there!!

DH got me a dandelion removal tool like this Garden implement for my 35th birthday.
Never been much of a gardener.
I don’t know what possessed him and, to be fair, when he saw my face he realised that he’d cocked up. He is usually very thoughtful & generous.

@FictionalCharacter He was baffled that I was so upset and angry. It felt disrespectful frankly. He seems to have taken it on board though. My birthday present was a weekend in Seville!

A second hand handbag - no problem with that in itself but it was from a car boot sale and hadn't been cleaned out; inside were screwed up receipts and the like and, worst of all, a plastic bag containing something suspiciously like petrified animal poo

It was purple, my favourite colour, and he had hardly any money so I can see why he bought it, but I had far nicer (and cleaner) purple handbags already.

I pretended to be pleased, shoved it away somewhere and quietly got rid of it a few months later.