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.

My god thats awesome lol... was it hard to care for or an easy 'pet'?

😂😂😂 omg! I love this!

Asked for some knickers. Just everyday ones. He got me a multipack of some completely lacy pairs which were very cheap off Amazon. I never shop there for my clothes. So he was just being lazy! They're still in the packaging in my drawer.

For my 21st I got a Tesco carrier bag with a sharp knife, a garlic crusher and a pack of biscuits from my then fiancee.

DH isn't great at presents in general but he once bought me a packet of chocolate digestives. He did go and get me something else later, and he was very sorry about it (the old "run out of time" crap, despite knowing when my birthday/Christmas is and the whole of the internet existing), but still!

Now he buys me something from my wishlist and that's fine. Although apparently this year he's helped the DC choose something from said list, but for him he's gone off-list I'm trying to keep expectations low, but part of me can't wait to see what he's come up with

Sparkly heart earrings… I don’t do sparkly and I don’t wear earrings. It was accompanied by a monkey birthday cake.

there was a serious conversation after that and now he goes to white company and I get dull but not offensive presents.

An ex got me a popcorn maker. I hate popcorn ...

A dust buster. Even the kids winced.

A skillet. I’d never asked for one or ever expressed an interest in one. I was not amused. He knew.

Casserole dish.

I once bought Chocolate Salty Balls by Chef for my brother.

🤦‍♀️😆

I did also buy him footie tickets.

Not oh but my aunt. She bought me a new umbrella every year for about 25 years. I had to show her the graveyard to get her to stop.

What does show her the graveyard mean?

It was, until the day it made friends with a starfish and started living in a pineapple...

I don't know, It took a long time for us to decide it was dead because it doesn't do anything. Apparently if the plankton gets to big it clogs the sponges pours and they starve I think we killed it like that.

Murder?!? 😮

Nothing, absolutely nothing. Last year we did not exchange presents not even little token gifts as we simply didn't have any money.
This year is exactly the same and it doesn't bother me as long as our family have gifts.

Of course if money wasn't an issue there would be lots of things I'd love, nothing extravagant at all but perfume, jewellery, maybe a voucher for clothes or a pedicure etc....

tbh I see so many of you complaining, I think if I received anything at all I'd be very pleased, I'd be even more pleased if I could afford to get him something too.

Carrier bag of gooseberries for my birthday.

Jigsaw of a cat for Christmas.

From his mother, pair of worn-out, second-hand slippers (two sizes too small).

Received 3 small men’s woollen sweaters from DH with the explanation that the small men’s stuff was cheaper than the female stuff so I could get more of it.

Another year, Holland and Barrett herbal sleep aid. Not the only thing he got me that year, but that was the most memorable.

DP tells.me that Cheezus came with a certificate saying that he had died from natural causes. I have not seen this....

His take is that it would have been inappropriate to put in with the present of the dead mouse. I call shenanigans.

He says he ethically sources his dead shit

Who else is looking up Cheezus? I want!

@murasaki Here they are! A friend of a friend mounts them in frames and domes like this as a hobby.

I'm told they come from a butterfly farm where the dead ones are collected up & sold to hobbyists (I guess since they only live 3 weeks killing them for the purpose would be needlessly cruel).

3 glasses of wine and I'll buy anything shiny, honestly

@FettleOfKish , gorgeous, where did you.get them? DP says never stop drunk buying.

Apparently Cheezus was on Etsy, he will supply the selller details tomorrow.

I love the butterflies....

My ex GF when we were dating went shopping with her previous GF. She wanted to buy me a walking jacket because she wanted me to go hiking with her...fair enough. They were both very slim women, I was a fair bit bigger than either of them. They took pillows with them, tied them round their stomachs and breast then took photos of themselves trying in coats like that and text me a photo saying "we made ourselves look like you so we could find you a coat".
It was very odd behaviour 🤷🏽‍♀️