Worst gift you have received

[oregonpachey]

In honor of the upcoming holiday season, what is the worst gift you have ever gotten from someone? It could be a Christmas gift, birthday, wedding gift, etc.

[Deleted]

My sister and I got a "Family Dental Center" (an electric toothbrush with 4 heads, and a water pick with 4 heads, all in one!) from my grandparents when we were like 8 and 10.

The kicker is that my grandparents lived down south and shipped the gift ahead of time so we were staring at it under the tree for weeks, and the shape of the box was JUST like Nintendo, which is all that we wanted in life. The video of us opening the box and discovering that not only was it not Nintendo, but it was a Family Dental Center, is priceless.

My grandparents always gave very practical gifts.

[grk2012]

Undershirts and underwear, from my aunts. All the cousins had to open their stuff at the same time, and then hold up the gift(s) to everyone in the room. Being six years old and waving a pack of undies around while your BOY cousins, dad, grandparents, and uncles are watching? Mor.ti.fy.ing.

[schrodinger]

At my mother's family Christmas party, when I was about 10 I got a puffy-painted Rudolph sweatshirt. All the other kids got games and toys and I got an ugly holiday sweatshirt. I wish that I had kept the picture from that year. All 30 or so of my cousins had these big grins on their faces, and I was standing in the back trying not to cry. I did remember to thank the person that gave me the gift, so I got McDonald's on the way home because my parents felt bad.

[Deleted]

A vibrator for your feet.

[Brie]

Cat-delabra from MIL.

[dr.girlfriend]

My MIL gave us that leg lamp from The Christmas Story. We're not even big fans of that movie or anything. It has never made it out of our basement.

[ECB]

Years ago- like over 30 - my aunt gave me a set of 10 gold necklaces. Even my young teenage self was like "These are total crap". And I threw them away that night.

A couple weeks later I'm at the gas station w/ my dad and on the counter is a display for "Buy this set of REAL Gold necklaces for only $10!!!" and it was the same exact set.

[takeonyou]

Dh had no idea what it was. He ordered by phone and the woman suggested it and described it as a set of comfortable pj's for winter and another for summer.

He was home when it was delivered and wrote a very sweet note on the box. Then he went off to work. I came home, opened it, and cried. I felt like Ralphie. It is a big joke now, but I was seriously upset that he thought a pink sack was a nice gift. Once he explained it, it was hilarious, but not so much at the time.

[Deleted]

Oh, and my in-laws put a small bottle of holy water in my Easter basket a year or two ago. That's a great gift for the atheist in your life.

[melmo1122]

my college boyfriend got me a nightshirt that said Jingle my bells on it. he left the $5 walmart clearance price tag on it too. he handed it to me at the airport when i picked him up after school break was over.

[Brie]

Nov 29, 2012 14:47:50 GMT -5 v said:

Oh, and my in-laws put a small bottle of holy water in my Easter basket a year or two ago. That's a great gift for the atheist in your life.

My boss gave me a rosary. I'm not Catholic.

[Deleted]

My mom gave me a sandwhich maker thing I think she got free from a casino giveaway...and it was missing the plates/inserts that make it functional. So it was completely useless. She's given me several if those cheap products advertised on TV (like egg microwave thing) also. I've also soon after meeting her i was given a Heathy Cooking mag subscription from my MIL which I was a little hurt by since I'd never mentioned wanting to loose weight/eat healthier.

[80sjunkie]

Nov 29, 2012 14:47:25 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

My MIL gave us that leg lamp from The Christmas Story. We're not even big fans of that movie or anything. It has never made it out of our basement.

/dead

[Deleted]

A yellow polyester dickey from my late aunt. She was always giving us the weirdest stuff.

[winnied]

A decorative bowl from Kohl's that looked like a mermaid's vagina, if they were a) real and b) had them.

[heyrebekah]

This wasn't really a bad gift, but when I was 11 or 12 my uncle gave me a Victorian looking porcelain-headed doll that I thought was just the ugliest thing ever. I was so disappointed, especially because my brother got something cool. Of course I did not express this disappointment because I was a good and polite kid, but I thought it was so very dorky, a doll for little kids when I was almost a teen.

I still think that doll is pretty fug. But my mom puts it out every Christmas and every time someone looks at it she has to talk about how my uncle gave it to me and it's now an heirloom and blah blah blah. And every time it just makes me so annoyed all over again, and also ashamed for being ungrateful.

[rageragerage]

Every year my aunt got us ugly sweaters like these:

[hamster]

I love any opportunity to PIP the cat shirt from my grandma!

[rikki]

A book about raising biracial children from my work secret Santa. I'd uttered about 2 words to him in my life, was not expecting, and never discussed kids with him.

[Deleted]

This was my college graduation present from my parents:


Um, yeah, I'm totally serious.

[drloretta]

A ceramic egg with weird etchings and "jewel-like stones". It opens up and plays When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. A wedding gift from someone who never RSVP'd because her H didn't open their mail for 2 months.

And for my 40th b'day MIL got me a pack of Sham Wows

[dr.girlfriend]

Nov 29, 2012 14:47:50 GMT -5 v said:

Oh, and my in-laws put a small bottle of holy water in my Easter basket a year or two ago. That's a great gift for the atheist in your life.

LOL, if we're talking gifts for my DS, MIL went full-on proselytizing there. When he was born, it was a book with pictures of babies' faces and bible quotes. When he was one year old, it was a book called "Easter Isn't Just About Bunnies" which started out, "When Christ was crucified on the cross..."

[Deleted]

Nov 29, 2012 14:56:45 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

which started out, "When Christ was crucified on the cross..."

fun for the whole family!

[rageragerage]

Nov 29, 2012 14:54:29 GMT -5 @ruralrabbit1 said:

This was my college graduation present from my parents:


Um, yeah, I'm totally serious.

Wait- was it a pair of boots, or one boot with crap in it as a decoration?

[Deleted]

Nov 29, 2012 14:58:45 GMT -5 rageragerage said:

Nov 29, 2012 14:54:29 GMT -5 @ruralrabbit1 said:

This was my college graduation present from my parents:


Um, yeah, I'm totally serious.

Wait- was it a pair of boots, or one boot with crap in it as a decoration?

Just one boot, and it's ceramic.

[jennistarr1]

Nov 29, 2012 14:47:47 GMT -5 takeonyou said:

Dh had no idea what it was. He ordered by phone and the woman suggested it and described it as a set of comfortable pj's for winter and another for summer.

He was home when it was delivered and wrote a very sweet note on the box. Then he went off to work. I came home, opened it, and cried. I felt like Ralphie. It is a big joke now, but I was seriously upset that he thought a pink sack was a nice gift. Once he explained it, it was hilarious, but not so much at the time.

OMG this is great...it took me a sec

[jennistarr1]

Nov 29, 2012 14:47:50 GMT -5 v said:

Oh, and my in-laws put a small bottle of holy water in my Easter basket a year or two ago. That's a great gift for the atheist in your life.

It's a not so subtle hint

[dr.girlfriend]

Nov 29, 2012 14:52:13 GMT -5 heyrebekah said:

This wasn't really a bad gift, but when I was 11 or 12 my uncle gave me a Victorian looking porcelain-headed doll that I thought was just the ugliest thing ever.

I am totally imagining this:

[Deleted]

I got a music book carrier one year. It had piano keys on the outside with my name embroidered on it. My mom had seen it in a catalog and was like "isn't that nice?" and me thinking not really said "oh, yeah" to be nice so my mom picked it up for my grandparents to give me. Then I had to carry it because I felt bad because my grandparents had very little money and managed to buy gifts for all 20+ grandkids.

My mom still hasn't caught on that my "oh, yeah" means don't buy it for me. I ended up with a bridal doll for my wedding gift from my parents that she had bought 5 years prior because they just knew I was going to marry DH. Mom asked if I remembered it so I lied and said yes and have it on display in the guest room. I really just want to get rid of it.