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I got a fake cat that had a hole on it's butt where you put batteries.. and then it's stomach breathed up and down for about 2 months straight. I told my mother that I wanted a cat, so she got me a "cat" for Christmas. She thought it was "hysterical" but everyone else thought it was realllly creepy and I ended up pitching it last year when I moved!
It came with a cat bed, and a brush, and a naming certificate. And then she really tried to get my to name it!
I can't remember one gift specifically, but I do NOT like getting those cheap wal-mart baskets full of the off-brand body wash, the scrubby-sponge, etc..
Those are icky : / but I also realize it is the thought that counts.
I just wish people would just stick the $3 - $5 that it cost in an envelope and say "here, have fun at McDonalds" lol.
Anytime somebody who doesn't know me that well buys me clothing it's always a disaster
Used gloves, from a thrift shop. My step fathers family came over for a jewish holiday. They adorned my little brothers (their biological grandchildren) with lavish gifts and... handed me some leather gloves that had clearly seen better days. This was not due to lack of funds, it was the lack of bloodline and probably the fact that technically, my family is catholic. I was a teenager so I had no problem showing my discontent, I went up to my room and didn't return until they were gone. Talk about teenage angst. I'm not bitter anymore lol. I'd of been fine with nothing, but what the heck is that?
Someone once gave me this scented fragrance set of bubble bath, shower gel, body spray, and lotion set. Only when I opened it to smell it I nearly gagged. I've never smelled anything that horrible that was meant to put on you before. It was terrible!
I tried to give it away at a garage sale last year. A lot of people started to snatch them up and then they smelled them and they all made faces and then immediately put them down. It was really hard not to laugh. I couldn't even give them away in the free pile so I finally just gave them to goodwill. They're probably still sitting on the shelves there, LOL!
I hate getting big pajama's. I like the little cute VS ones or ones that just fit and are comfy and nice. I know that isnt that bad but I usually get them from an older family member who buys things like that that I always return them!
Clothing is always a disaster for me too. I am so tiny, I can't shop at regular stores and it never gets worn. I also very much dislike the cheapo bath kits, but appreciate the thought there..
Wood ducks... three of them to be exact. All hanging in one from the next attached by fishing line, so that it looks like they're floating. FMIL bought us these because she thought they were "neat". They're ment to be suspended from the ceiling as "decor" for our house. Now, if you know me at all, you know that I'm not exactly the wood duck type. I like simple, clean lines and muted colours when it comes to home decor. They've found a home in the corner of our office, right above the mirror she bought us that is framed with gnarly twigs.
Yep.... ducks.
Anyone want to trade their cheap bath soap for some floating ducks?
My mother is a hardcore Avon shopper, and has been for as long as I can remember. Seriously, I thought the Avon lady was my grandma when I was little because she visited so much.
Needless to say, there is never a shortage of cheap, crappy jewelry and knick-knacks from my dear mom. She just can't let it go. And it's always terrible. Gold-plated toe ring - check. Hideous cheetah-print chenille scarf - check, check! I love her.
Oh. So many to choose from.
A ugly snowman cookie jar that was most definitely a Walgreen's Special. Cocomotion. Topping the list; a brown corduroy jacket from Eddie Bauer. I think Eddie Bauer stuff is nice but it's just not my style and if you knew me you would know that. What would possess that person to buy a brown corduroy jacket from EB for me is beyond mine & FI's comprehension.
A wood carved and painted cornucopia from my mom's friend. No joke.. it was such an embarrassment!! (For her and me!!)
My dad's wacky sister gave me and my sister flannel-lined "insulated" jeans. Like for people who work outside. When we were mall-obsessed junior high schoolers.
I never understood that one. They cost a fortune too.
The most memorible terrible gift was a family-sized food dehydrator...when I was 8. My eccentric aunt bought it from QVC. Why on earth she thought any kid would want to dehydrate an entire orchard's worth of apples is beyond me. It sat in a box for years until we sold it for $5 at a yard sale.
I had a family member once get me a picture frame in the shape of a cell phone, which isn't THAT bad. BUT, it was pink, with purple glittery words like, "Girlfriends!" and "BFF" on it. Umm, not me at all. And I was like 20 at the time.
A long time ago when my dad and I were still talking, I spent Christmas with his crazy new wife's family, and a random guy got my sister and I long underwear. We had never met the guy. It was so weird, and we were a little creeped out.
My dad bought my sister and I a guitar once for Christmas. No good. Neither of us have a musical bone in our bodies, and no desire to. LOL. He is the King of bad gifts though!
One of the worst was last year my aunt gave me a ring and necklace set that is HEART shaped, with leopard print inside the heart (i.e., like it's a leopard print stone), with little rinestones all around it. The thing is MASSIVE too, it's hideous!!! (Also, I'm 28 and a professional...where would I even wear this?)
The weirdest part is that I NEVER wear jewelry except for my e-ring, which my aunt comments on almost everytime I see her. Why she would think I would go from zero to huge leopard print/rinestone rings/necklaces is beyond me.
My grams got me a pancake maker from QVC, which made me laugh. How hard is it to flip a pancake with a spatula? ;-)
we have had some re-gifts
his grandma gave us some heirloom china but mixed in were some linnens n things brand plates with playing cards on them tthat were used and my guess is about 5 years old- so random.
Also my cat brought me a live snake yesterday. It's the thought that counts right? She looked so sad when I "returned" it to the yard.
Lingerie, as a birthday gift, from a boyfriend of two months. It was obviously a gift to himself. (I'm not a lingerie kind of girl... and he didn't know me well enough or for long enough to realize that, apparently... all the more reason he should never have given me something so intimate! It ALSO was not my size!)
The guy I dated my junior year wanted to get married (i know! Crazy!) so to make me feel like part of the family he got me a "B" broach covered in crystals (his last name was Brown)...that he hoped I would one day wear on my wedding dress. Yeah. Still get s*** about it from my family.
@Vistagirl-Um...no. I threw it away the second we broke up. lol. I was smart and told FI about it so this time of year he finds stupid stuff with a "B" and says, "Hey, Honey!!! Like this 'B'?!'"
A pair of wrangler pants and a rifle. It was at that point, I realized who I am and who the ex wanted me to be were two very different people.
oh where do I beging. So many horrible gifts in my lifetime. We have family friends that are notorious for giving us the tackiest gifts ever. We have a whole box in the garage dedicated to their gifts. One year they gave me a faux fur half coat in DALMATION pattern. One year when I was around 18 they gave me a HUGE chain with HUGE crown pendand on it all in rhinestones. and by huge think the size of something a rapper would wear.
Last year FI's brother asked FI if I liked stuffed animals. FI was emphatic about the fact that I hated stuffed animals, (which I do). Sure enough he got me a bear from build a bear. dressed in christmas clothes and singing christmas songs......I'm Jewish. Does he think that FI is dating a child? The same year FI's mom got me the afformentioned cheapo $1 bath set and a dish towl with an italian calendar on it. Not to be outdone, she got FI, her son, a roasting pan. We don't eat meat and have never roasted anything ever. His sister got me one white serving plate. totally random.
I can seriously go on and on.
Unfortunately, Christmas w/ FI's mom is always an exercise in smiling and saying "Thank you so much! This is beautiful!"...even though that is clearly not the case. I guess she just has really different taste than us, but she ALWAYS gets FI some ugly shirts that are about 5 sizes too big, or a book that he is completely uninterested in reading. (FI's mom didn't raise him, which sort of explains why she doesn't know his size... but she could always ask!) I usually get some sort of really cheap ugly scarf, or gloves or something. I feel really bad, b/c I know she really tries with her gifts, but honestly, both FI and I would really prefer that she just give us a gift certificate or something. Am I really terrible for writing this?
I love my mom but she is terrible with gifts! She tries to buy me clothes but its bad. Last year she got me this sweater that was the color and looked exactly like muddy moss. She gives us "housewares" that are that country knick knacky look.Plus she refuses to give gift receipts with the items and says to ask if you need to exchange something and wants to know why and has to go with you.
My grandma is terrible too, which is were my mom probably gets it. One year she got my fiance a red sparkly candle ?!?! and then gave me this plastic light up tree. She does this with all her grandkids.
In my family you would frequently get undies and socks in your stocking and everyone was embarrassed by it but nothing tops this...one year my psychotic ex stepmom got me a red lacy thong... which matched the one she got herself and my stepsister...yea.
I hate to sound ungrateful, but sometimes I wish people would just save their money!
Gosh, I'm feeling lucky after reading all these gifts! I can't think of any super bad ones I've gotten off the top of my head, certainly nothing like the bunny suit from A Christmas Story.
@vistagirl, my kitties leave me "presents" of mice, gophers, birds and geckos all the time! Usually they're dead though, much better than a live snake, yikes!
My FMIL got me a tealight holder, in the shape of a bird.. I don't do birds.. lol I have to put it out though because of my FI *rolling eyes*
My FMIL got me a beautiful pair of earrings from Italy when they went... but never noticed that until that point, I'd never had my ears pierced. (Now, I have no idea where they are.) Good thing she's pretty forgetful and has probably since forgotten that gift! FI and I had a good laugh later about it. It wasn't bad, it was just kind of funny that no one thought about it!
Pants that tie like a sarong, like these, but in beige: http://esiamcenter.com/shop/wrap-pants-tie-pants-skirt-pant-c-72_166/fl164-taupe-gray-skirt-pant-wrap-around-pants-p-1696
From my mom, who I think realized what she had done as I opened the package. She kept saying "I can just picture you striding around campus in them." Yeah, because I want to be the pariah in the sarong-pants. Thanks.
@mimosa.... i think with the hetic christmas season your little bird tea light could have an accidental fall to the ground :)
but dont go on about how much you loved it with MIL because she might replace it
my ex got me a wind charm that was pink and had playing cards/vegas stuff all over it. i'm not into gambling or vegas. and i lived in an apt, there was no place for a wind charm. i think he just got it for me because it was pink. he was always a bad gift giver. my fi is so much better with gifts.
LOL! This is great, ladies! Serves as a good chuckle for the day. (Sooo not in the mood to work coz no projects coz most are gone for Christmas so hangin' out at WB. Addictive!) Keep 'em coming!
My ex's mom was a sweet lady but she got me a large cat in the hat stuffed animal one year. I do not collect cat in the hat anything and I was like 22 at the time.
An aunt got me a necklace that was a red and white bandana with wooden american flag cut outs on it. I was 13. Like I was going to wear that?
But the same year she got my mom a pink ceramic pig that had millions of little holes all up and down it's back. It took us years to finally figure out that you're supposed to put food on toothpicks and stick them in the holes! Gah!
My dads wife makes quilts/quilting stuff and although I have gotten some nice things from her (potholder, apron) she has made me these awful and tacky pillows every year that have a photo of either my face, someone in my familys face or some stupid quote on them and they are the worst colors (think fuschia, teal, and bright purple) that dont go with anything in our house!! They always either end up in a closet or the dog will chew them up! Im really hoping we dont get one for our wedding present!!!
Oh ladies, these are making me cringe!
My ex boyfriend gave me the worst present I've received. We'd been dating for about 4 months, and it was my birthday. We were on summer break from college, so he and I weren't in the same state. I would have been happy with a DVD or something simple, nothing expensive...etc...
I got a big envelope in the mail, and tore into it like a scavenger, to find...a coloring book. My mom started laughing. I was so confused. No crayons to go with it either! It was just the most random thing ever...and there was no background story as to why he picked it, other than "you are really hard to buy for!" WTF!
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What was the worst present you got? (Doesn’t have to be just Christmas present.)
Mine was a super sparkly purse that my auntie claimed to be an “antique”. It was not “me” at all. I have simple/subdued tastes when it comes to my accessories. This was the time when the movie Titanic came out and the “in” thing was antique-y type accessories. A week later, I saw it in a dollar store. (PS: Love my auntie still. =)