Worst Gift Ever?

[nursewife]

Nov 18, 2015 16:29:00 GMT -5 panicked said:

My ex-mil thought that since we were newly married, we were living in terribly poverty. My ex had started working out and lost weight, which meant *i* wasn't feeding him. So she packed up and WRAPPED all the half open boxes of cereal and crackers in her house and sent them to me for Christmas. She was such a bitch.

Lol. I went through the same thing (minus half eaten food) when H and I started living together. Drove my nuts that his family thought he was starving, when really he just lost weight from eating real food vs frozen no name fish sticks.

[shostakovich]

Nov 18, 2015 19:51:45 GMT -5 elleblue said:

For my fourth (maybe fifth?) birthday my parents gave me a book about tantrums. I promptly threw a tantrum. lol

They really set themselves up for that one. 

[elleblue]

Nov 18, 2015 20:12:53 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

Nov 18, 2015 19:51:45 GMT -5 elleblue said:

For my fourth (maybe fifth?) birthday my parents gave me a book about tantrums. I promptly threw a tantrum. lol

They really set themselves up for that one. 

Right? I mean the book, although likely justified, was nevertheless a bit insulting. To disguise it as a birthday gift was just beyond. Even worse, they don't even remember! But it's certainly etched indelibly on my brain. lol 

[wampuscat]

I'm getting my boyfriend a Nickelback cd (as a gag gift) for Christmas. That's probably the worst. What do I win?

[pretzel]

My XH's aunt gave us "fake" tickets (cut up text printed on their home printer) for entry into their event space for their weekly performances, but not when their were special guests or special events (or any other time when you might actually want to go ) as our wedding present. LOL.

[glitzyglow]

My exMIL once gave me a birthday gift that was a Disney nightgown with all the characters dancing around a cruise ship (as they'd went on a Disney cruise) in a size that was about 4 sizes too big for me.

[FastHands]

My MIL, when I had just moved in with dh, gave me a frozen meatloaf, wrapped in foil, for my birthday. She said, that way, I could be sure to feed dh something he liked for dinner. It is bizarre on so many levels, the insulting suggestion that dinner is the woman's responsibility, that I couldn't otherwise cook something he would enjoy, that presenting him with a satisfactory meal would be a gift to ME... and MOST bizarre because she is EXTREMELY feminist.

[meij]

Anytime my SIL or her H (or my FIL since she does his shopping) draw me in the gift exchange. She will look on your wish list and get a much cheaper version of what you asked for. It's not a money issue because she will spend the suggested amount, she'd just rather get you five things that are somewhat similar to what you wanted than one thing you actually wanted.

Like one year I asked for the decorative copies of some classic books. Instead of one of those she got me five paperback regular copies. Why buy someone one pack of Huggable Hangers when they could have ten packs of plastic hangars? Ten years ago was my first Christmas with my H and I had asked for those floating shelves that looked like your stacks of books were magically hanging on the wall. I got a pair of those cheap black plastic bookends.

[jennistarr1]

my BIL's richer than God girlfriend gave me and my MIL matching pajamas

[rosiebear]

Oh, I have another one, but not from my own family : one year Hs brother got everyone in the family matching robes that he'd clearly smuggled out of the hotel where he worked.

[Deleted]

For my wedding my step mom gave me a doll in a wedding dress that looked just like me. The thing freaked me the eff out. So I tossed it. She has never been to my house and never will.

[speckledfrog]

Nov 18, 2015 19:54:18 GMT -5 walterismydog said:

Nov 18, 2015 19:51:45 GMT -5 elleblue said:

For my fourth (maybe fifth?) birthday my parents gave me a book about tantrums. I promptly threw a tantrum. lol

This reminds me of a tale from my childhood:

I threw a gigantic tantrum in the store for a care bear. Full on fit.

My mom bought one on the sly and gave it to me later that day. It was grumpy bear. I did NOT want grumpy bear.

My mom is hilariously mean.

Lol. She's probably still chuckling to herself about that one.

[emsumm]

My mil got me a size small hoodie last year when I was 8 months pregnant. Also, a coffee cup that plugs into your computer.
But! I returned them for store credit, so I was pleased.

[mrsukyankee]

For my 30th birthday, my grandmother gave me a book on how to stay chaste within a relationship. I was neither in a relationship nor had I been chaste for many, many years.

[wambam]

Nov 18, 2015 22:02:39 GMT -5 rosiebear said:

Oh, I have another one, but not from my own family : one year Hs brother got everyone in the family matching robes that he'd clearly smuggled out of the hotel where he worked.

@lazerus24 - your Christmas shopping is done

[housewife]

18 years old my Mom got me pots & pans, plates, glasses, silverware, a coffee pot, some towels, new pillows.. It was her cue to me that I was 18 and should move out.

[residentdj]

MIL, for some odd reason, thinks that I'm losing hair because twice she has given me as a gift this special shampoo called Klorane that prevents hair loss? For the record, I have a full head of long, thick hair.

She also thinks I'm larger than I actually am because twice she's given me clothing that's like 5 sizes too big. A set of pajamas size 1x and a pair of granny panties size 3x. My actual size is medium.

[sailorgray]

For my birthday this year, my husband gave me a full house cleaning. Great gift, BUT he said it was for after we de-cluttered the whole place to sell and/or get ready for baby.  He works/travels a lot. I am a SAHM with two kids and I am 31 weeks pregnant. De-cluttering is going VERY slowly.  He denies ever saying we needed to de-clutter first, but he did.

[lightbulbsun]

Before our wedding H's aunt asked if we wanted a crockpot. We said no, and she gave us an 8qt crockpot. I'm not sure why she even bothered asking.

[Deleted]

Do y'all remember what we for from my MIL last year?

[fumbalina]

Both my dad and my MIL consistently give me bath products I am allergic to. One year mu dad wrapped up two cans of pears, but I did have other nice gifts.

[Deleted]

For my undergrad degree, my mom got me a cookbook. For my MAT, my ILs got me a crockpot. I'm not clear why I keep getting cooking gifts for academic accomplishments.

My MIL also never pays any attention to sizes (for anyone). So I may request a sweater in a medium, and she'll order XL "just in case;" but then she'll get DH a medium dress shirt because it 'might work' when he's usually an XL or XXL; and she's all over the place with C's clothes. Christmas with his family always involves exchanges, always.

[marvine]

My step grandma gave me a copy of the DVD of the movie Queen. It's a sequel to Roots. She also gave me a set of nailpolishes that the polish had leaked out of them and dried up all down the sides and around the opening of the bottle. I think she found it in the discount bin. And another year, she had a gift for EVERYONE but me. My mother raised me properly, so I didn't say anything. I just sat there and watched everyone else, and oh'ed and ah'ed over their gifts. She finally looked at me and said "Oh. I um, mailed you a card to college. I didn't realize you'd be here." Never did get that card.

[Alyssa]

We got 30 gallon fish tank for a wedding present.  I never put anything aquarium or fish related on our registry so that one came out of nowhere.  It had a Petsmart price tag on it, so we returned it and got store credit, so we bought some dog food.

[wambam]

Nov 19, 2015 9:02:50 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

Do y'all remember what we for from my MIL last year?

laz, between your MIL and you H, you have brought me GREAT JOY in the past year.

[laceylaplante]

My one grandmother had this wooden pineapple that was made up of rings of different sizes. For Christmas when I was about 17, I got 3 of the rings in a box and she told me that they were bracelets.

My sister got a raccoon magnet that had been on her refrigerator for as long as I could remember.

3 of our cousins got iPods. We were clearly the favorite grandchildren.

[flamingeaux]

My aunt got my brother an airbrushed sweatshirt, and got me a pocket calendar from a bank....

[messykitchen]

My exes mom gave me a bag of her used underwear that she had grown out of. For my birthday.

My mother gave me hamburger helper and tampons for Christmas when I was 19.

[bkseller13]

All from my step grandma
- used Mary Kay makeup
- gold lame table runner
-expired mace (my dad tried to use it when a stray dog started attacking our dog and the spray just dribbled out)

[MixedBerryJam]

Nov 18, 2015 16:28:34 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

Nov 18, 2015 16:13:12 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Ooh, there was the year that my mom realized she had gotten me a lot more "santa" presents than my sister.

She hid my presents except for some socks/underwear and coloring books. And told me that santa didn't come for me that year.

I still firmly believed in santa, so I was pretty damn crushed. But I sucked it up and started coloring and eventually asked my sister if I could play with some of her toys. At that point, my mom felt guilty and directed me to my stash of presents in the kitchen.

OMG, this is so mean! 

Yes, mean, but also, I just don't understand. If Santa got you more presents than your sister, wouldn't your mom just pull out a couple until the piles were even, and then give you the other stuff for your birthday or something? I don't understand why Santa didn't come for you. That's actually worse than mean. Sorry. (I'm also only on page 2 of the thread so if you further explain later please disregard this message.)