What is the worst present you ever got?

[reecejackox]

A card game.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

A lotto ticket.

Stop it, you aren't clever, you are cheap.

 

[disykat]

I started to type a story and it made me too mad to continue. Suffice it to say that our marriage has thrived for over 30 years only because we do NOT exchange gifts anymore!

 

[OhDannyBoy]

I started to type a story and it made me too mad to continue. Suffice it to say that our marriage has thrived for over 30 years only because we do NOT exchange gifts anymore!

So it either was used for cooking, cleaning, or exercising then?

 

[disykat]

So it either was used for cooking, cleaning, or exercising then?

If only!

 

[ftbaker1313]

I was ten or so when I received a Christmas gift of a flannel shirt, Chewing tobacco and socks. That same Christmas my Grandfather received a package of comics books and a model train. I am named for my Grandfather and someone was not paying enough attention. Later when I got to my Grandfathers house we traded gifts, but until then I was not real happy.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

A pencil. I was kinda underwhelmed.

 

[Mysterian]

A brick of fruitcake, The Book (bible for kids), and Malcolm Jamal Warner's autobiography "Theo and Me".

 

[AvidDisReader]

My rich uncle bought we a small hand held transition radio--that did not work.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

One year my sister got a super-cool kid sized pinball machine from my Dad's parents. I got a pair of leg warmers.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

A package of white tube socks when I was about 10. My grandparents were loving but poor, so I thanked them but I was pretty disappointed.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

My rich uncle bought we a small hand held transition radio--that did not work.

Wealthy people give the best gifts. My weathiest relative gave DH & DS the same shirt two years in a row. I'm sure she stocked up at some super duper clearance sell for $5 a shirt & forgot which one she had given them the year before. That's just one of many cheap gift stories I could tell about her, but I'll leave it at that.

 

[VandVsmama]

One time, my mom gifted me an outfit that was appropriate for my grandmother - but I was in my late 20s. She was not pleased that I didn't like it.

Another time, she gave me a set of 8 small juice glasses and said, "I don't like how big all of your glasses are, so these are for me to use when I come to visit." I exchanged them at the store for something else. Then the next time she came to visit months later, she made a bee line for the kitchen cabinet because she wanted to see HER juice glasses.

Another time, somebody gave me a sewing machine but I hate to sew.

 

[ronandannette]

So it either was used for cooking, cleaning, or exercising then?

I read a funny quote some random place just lately "If you need a can opener, buy a can opener. DO NOT get one for your wife for her birthday."

Wealthy people give the best gifts. My weathiest relative gave DH & DS the same shirt two years in a row. I'm sure she stocked up at some super duper clearance sell for $5 a shirt & forgot which one she had given them the year before. That's just one of many cheap gift stories I could tell about her, but I'll leave it at that.

I dated a guy from an ultra-rich family once. He was a bit of a rebel and although also ultra-rich himself, he delighted in bringing the rest of them back down to earth. That Christmas he gave them each an exquisitely wrapped case of Kraft Dinner because, hey - they already had everything else.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

An ugly holiday sweatshirt from my brother and his wife. I’m sure she thought it was just beautiful based on how she dresses but it was hideous. It went in the rummage sale the following year.

 

[Lilias]

My brother-in-law and his wife got everyone else pretty cool, normal presents (makeup, socks, lotions, whatever).

I got cat food.

CAT FOOD.

I think I win?

 

[holden]

A pink sweatshirt....for my sweet 16...from my boyfriend.

PS - I married him despite the gift.

 

[amcnj]

I guess when I was young opening a box and finding things like socks and underwear was not a thrill. I know they were necessary, but not as much fun as opening a box with a toy inside!

 

[SandyinMonterey]

A hot dog cooker that looked and worked like a toaster but was for hot dogs.

 

[Immadismom]

I had an aunt who loved to re-gift stuff. For my first wedding, I got a box that included an electric knife that had a tag on it from a store that had closed years before, an ironing board cover that had been taken out of the package and re-packaged, and a cheese board that had been used & still had some cheese residue on it. I still have the electric knife, but not the husband!! Lol!!