What's the wackiest gift you ever got?

[kdibattista]

Me?? We went to DH's aunt's house for Xmas Eve a few years back. This was the first holiday that we spent with them as DH was then recently reunited with his birthfather. I don't even remember what we brought for them but it was something like you would give to a hostess (a bottle of wine or flowers or something). It was just a gesture that we appreciated being included to the dinner. Well, I guess his aunt must have felt bad that she didn't get me anything (I never expected anything) because she disappeared for about 15 minutes and came down with a "gift" for me. It was a floral spray (circa 1980) that was faded and had dust all over it. I'm assuming she took it off her wall and gave it to me... in a Happy Birthday gift bag . I wasn't going to hurt her feelings so I went on and on about how lovely it was and how it would match my decor perfectly

I guess you can understand why that reunion was shortlived .

 

[EthansMom]

My Grandma used to be pretty good at coming up with goofy gifts. One year, she gave me a bra. It was totally the wrong size and style for me. Plus, who wants to get a bra from Grandma? I think she bought it for herself and didn't like it.

Another year, Grandma gave DH and I a knife with an etching of a moose on it. I understand she and her husband went to Alaska on a trip, but a picture of the two of them in Alaska would have made a much better gift IMO than a cheap knife with an etched moose.

Finally, in my late 20s, I told Grandma that I appreciated the thought but she should save her money and use it to treat herself to something nice that she wouldn't otherwise do like go out for lunch or have her nails done.

 

[rie'smom]

When DH was still my boyfriend,he gave me a set of Corning Ware and a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings-huh? I really had to consider this guy-CORNING WARE?????? I decided to marry him and this year on Dec. 26,we will have been happily married for 25 years. BTW,he got way more playtime with the cookware than I ever did!

 

[snowwite]

A clearly USED old pocketbook with crumbs in it

 

[GEM]

For our wedding we got a fake orchid in a little Asian looking pot. The card said, "May your love grow and bloom like this beautiful flower." (Which was, of course, plastic.)

 

[TJ's Mom]

I worked at a school for a few months before I got married. The teachers there threw a bridal shower for me which I thought was a very nice thing since I barely knew anyone. Every once in a while I would open a horribly tacky gift (think ceramic bald eagle). On the card would be the name of person I did not know. I would just look around and smile saying thank you and how beautiful it was - "I have the perfect place for this!" After a few horrible gifts, the laughter started coming. They were fake gifts from fake people! I can't wait to do this to someone else!

 

[ntburns22]

I can't between 2: First FIL gave me a coupon for Christmas $5 off $25 or more at Applebees. Or a certain wedding gift. We were married on New Years Day and we recieved a set of Christmas dishes with the mark down sticker still on it.

 

[ktpool]

Picture this. First Christmas at MIL's house. Very nervous bride. Opens big box. Expects something nice for the new apartment. Gets....


Giant box of toilet paper - cheap toilet paper! Then, the next box...canned goods.

Every year has been the same. Canned goods, cereal, flour, sugar. It kills me every year when she says, "I picked up this 10 lb. bag of sugar because it was on sale for .50 cents." Well yeah, I SHOP AT THE SAME STORE! AND I DON'T BAKE!

Okay, some people may like getting canned goods and paper towels and toilet paper. But for every holiday??

 

[rie'smom]

Picture this. First Christmas at MIL's house. Very nervous bride. Opens big box. Expects something nice for the new apartment. Gets....


Giant box of toilet paper - cheap toilet paper! Then, the next box...canned goods.

Every year has been the same. Canned goods, cereal, flour, sugar. It kills me every year when she says, "I picked up this 10 lb. bag of sugar because it was on sale for .50 cents." Well yeah, I SHOP AT THE SAME STORE! AND I DON'T BAKE!

Okay, some people may like getting canned goods and paper towels and toilet paper. But for every holiday??

I think we have a winner!!

 

[DISUNC]

Last Christmas I received a big plastic bowl with a lid for "EZ Shaking the batter onto Chicken" when one makes Fried Chicken.

I NEVER made Fried Chicken in my life!

 

[beckmrk04]

Picture this. First Christmas at MIL's house. Very nervous bride. Opens big box. Expects something nice for the new apartment. Gets....


Giant box of toilet paper - cheap toilet paper! Then, the next box...canned goods.

Every year has been the same. Canned goods, cereal, flour, sugar. It kills me every year when she says, "I picked up this 10 lb. bag of sugar because it was on sale for .50 cents." Well yeah, I SHOP AT THE SAME STORE! AND I DON'T BAKE!

Okay, some people may like getting canned goods and paper towels and toilet paper. But for every holiday??

That is hysterical.

 

[WonderfulDreamer2]

My DSis got a 2 pack of sink drainers from her MIL. For Christmas. I almost peed in my pants when she opened it.

 

[DISUNC]

Okay, some people may like getting canned goods and paper towels and toilet paper. But for every holiday??

I Know! I usually leave that stuff out on my porch in a paper bag before Thanksgiving! Except the Toilet Paper!

I always wondered where it went?

 

[Hillbeans]

From my Ex-Director as a wedding present- I got a Religious quote (not of the same religion I am a part of) in am 8x10 frame that could not have cost more than $1.00 as it broke into pieces when I picked it up out of the box.

 

[singingpixie]

OK, I've got a couple, I'll start with the one I actually got.

The first Christmas after DBF and I started dating (had only been together 3 months), his family sent up a couple gifts for me. One of them was a red lace thong.... the lace was shaped like a butterfly.... and it had a WHISTLE attached to the front. My "mother in law" got me a red lace thong w/ a WORKING WHISTLE! What in the world is the whistle used for???
(Now after knowing them much longer, I found out that it is tradition to give out trashy underwear to just about everyone in the family.)

A couple others that happened to my family members:

My dad is notorious for forgetting special gift-giving occasions, so he tends to run out that day to whatever store he's near and picks something up. One time my mom got a collectable spoon with a picture of the statue of liberty. She doesn't collect spoons. Another year, she got a decorative clock with medical things on it: stethoscope, bandaid, etc-- obviously supposed to be given to a doctor or a nurse. When she asked him it's significance, he said "um.... because you take care of people?"

My aunt had quite a doozy one christmas though. Her MIL got her a fiber optic cornucopia (sp?). No clue what that was for!

 

[ktpool]

I Know! I usually leave that stuff out on my porch in a paper bag before Thanksgiving! Except the Toilet Paper!

I cannot even tell you how many bags of flour and sugar I have thrown away, given to the food bank or shoved into one of the drawers of my fridge!

I am not that domestic (obviously!), so of course she gave me a sewing machine and sewing lessons for Christmas one year. Not to worry, I also got the t.p. quota!

She said "you can sew the kid's summer clothes cheaper than you can buy them." ummm...have you shopped at Wal-Mart for Geranimals? $1.99 shorts and tees! Believe me, I will pay MUCH more than that not to have to sew. It would take me hours to make a pair of shorts - my time is more valuable than that!

PS..no offense to those that sew. It is just no a passion of mine

 

[mickeysgal]

Well, I guess his aunt must have felt bad that she didn't get me anything (I never expected anything) because she disappeared for about 15 minutes and came down with a "gift" for me. It was a floral spray (circa 1980) that was faded and had dust all over it. I'm assuming she took it off her wall and gave it to me... in a Happy Birthday gift bag .

What would have been even funnier was to go on a hunt through the house to see the wall where it was taken from. Most likely if it was up there for years, there would have been a faded imprint of it on the wall.

These stories are priceless.

My BIL once gave us a package of supposedly gourmet long-grain wild rice for xmas. How do you thank someone for that? Rice for everyone!

 

[camreesmom]

I worked at a school for a few months before I got married. The teachers there threw a bridal shower for me which I thought was a very nice thing since I barely knew anyone. Every once in a while I would open a horribly tacky gift (think ceramic bald eagle). On the card would be the name of person I did not know. I would just look around and smile saying thank you and how beautiful it was - "I have the perfect place for this!" After a few horrible gifts, the laughter started coming. They were fake gifts from fake people! I can't wait to do this to someone else!

This is hilarious. I'm going to have to remember this one!

One of the girls in our office always gets really strange gifts from her DH at Christmas time. We still laugh about the time she got the Downy Ball and a sample size package of laundry detergent....kind of like the ones you can buy from a machine at the laundromat.

 

[snowwite]

My dad got a "bolo" tie for bday and another for xmas. It was actually a pr of raw hide shoelaces amd my aunt gave him one for each occassion.

 

[Aurora63]

I once got a Chia pet. I had asked for it for my borthday (as a kid) as a joke. My parents took me seriously.