What's the worst/weirdest gift you ever got?

[goofygirl]

I think Stepharoonie! wins so far!


Dumb gifts I got from my grandmother:

She likes to send things that are obviously from the dollar store.

flashlights

makeup cases

makeup mirror compact

ugly stuffed toys

notepads

ugly datebooks

She also went to WDW this year and sent me the soaps from the hotel and napkins from WDW (?????) Not the kind of souvenirs I was looking for!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

This year at a friend's party, we each had to bring in a $20 gift.

My gift that I received was Japanese Sex Rope.





I traded it for an iron.

 

[goofygirl]

My gift that I received was Japanese Sex Rope.

Wondering what the heck that is...and what you do with it...but I'm afraid to ask!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

Hehehehehe

I'll say this: it was very embarrassing, and my boyfriend and I could not get rid of that gift fast enough

 

[elmosmom]

This is a great thread! I sure got some good ideas for next year!
DH aunt gave me 2 packs of cigarettes and a bottle of aspirin one year. The next Xmas I got a Turkey baster and pine cones with wiggly eyes. The last gift she gave me was a used, milk glass compote complete with rust marks,and a very cheap ugly horrible candle. She then complained to family that I was ungrateful and rude for not thanking her.
In case anyone asks, where the heck do you buy a Japanese rope thing!

 

[BedKnobbery2]

Oh man, these are great. My now-deceased Great Aunt was the master bad-gift giver. In her defense, I will say she was very wealthy, and shared all of her wealth with a charity that meant the world to her, which I think is incredibly admirable. However, she had a definite prejudice for the boys in our family.....my brother would get things like a $500 custom fit suit (this was back in the 80s), and she'd give me one of her old sweaters. Keep in mind, she was about 4 feet tall and super-thin. I'm 6'1" and plus sized. LOL God rest her soul.

 

[MeanLaureen]

I'm sure I have a lot of gifts I could post here that came from my Ex Inlaws but I've tried to put them out of my mind (well, they were out of THEIR minds!) I'll try to remember them later today.

I do remember one thing. They would hang stocking in front of their chimney for themselves, the kids and their spouses. They were all nicely done with glitter and cross stitching... and then there was mine...

a stocking from the dollar store with my name written on it with a black Marks-a-lot

 

[cajunmommy]

Definitely not in the same league as some of these bizarro gifts, but here's mine... ... ...

Technically this doesn't qualify, because my DH & I received this as a wedding gift - a black ceramic toilet ashtray placed in a gift bag that was covered in green & silver dollar sign print. Never did quite get that one.

We did manage to pass it on by including it in one of our family's steal-a-gift exchanges. Of course, we improved the lot by hiding a restaurant gift certif. inside!

 

[RUDisney]

I forgot before about the time my MIL brought us the "perfect picture" for our wall. It was an ugly still-life picture of a peach tree.

My DH got right up when he opened it and took down a wall decoration that I had up and put the picture in its place.

When she left, the picture went to the attic and the floral decoration went back up.

The picture has since been donated to the school's flea market.

 

[Chim Chiminy]

I completely forgot about this one.
For Christmas, when I was 10, I got------a tonsilectomy!!!!
The worst part about it was 1. I didn't know about it ahead of time. 2. My parents took me to the family gathering at my grandparents before hand, where I got to watch everyone else eating Christmas goodies and opening their presents. I wasn't allowed to eat AND I didn't get any presents.
I was so sad. Who in the world gets their tonsils out on Christmas Day???
The only good thing I can remember about that day, is they got me into the hospital in time to watch the WDW Christmas Parade.
Bad thing is, the hospital ran out of ice cream and sherbert. All I had after surgery was Jello, and I hate Jello.

On our first Christmas after we had married, my aunt gave my DH a pair of Christmas-y boxer shorts. In a size XXL.....My DH is in the Army(does PT daily) and at the time only weighed 120 lbs. Definately not a size XXL.
Last year as a joke my BIL put a fuzzy mens thong in DHs stocking, he got the thong from a friend who designs exotic mens underwear.
We still have both and periodically laugh about them. I always joke that he should take the fuzzy thong with him next time he has a training exercise.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Wow! Are people really this wacky??

The only odd "gift" that I can think of off hand is when I worked at IBM and the department manager (a professional, educated woman, working in a finance department) gave money cards to everyone...empty. Not sure what she was thinking. ??

 

[RUDisney]

Originally posted by Chim Chiminy
I completely forgot about this one.
For Christmas, when I was 10, I got------a tonsilectomy!!!!
The worst part about it was 1. I didn't know about it ahead of time. 2. My parents took me to the family gathering at my grandparents before hand, where I got to watch everyone else eating Christmas goodies and opening their presents. I wasn't allowed to eat AND I didn't get any presents.

Why didn't they give you any gifts? Didn't they think you would make it through the surgery? Did they not want to waste their money.... in case...?

How sad for a 10 yo.

MaryAnn, maybe she wanted to give them a place to put any other money they'd receive over the holidays.

 

[Chim Chiminy]

Originally posted by Chim Chiminy
I completely forgot about this one.
For Christmas, when I was 10, I got------a tonsilectomy!!!!
The worst part about it was 1. I didn't know about it ahead of time. 2. My parents took me to the family gathering at my grandparents before hand, where I got to watch everyone else eating Christmas goodies and opening their presents. I wasn't allowed to eat AND I didn't get any presents.
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Why didn't they give you any gifts? Didn't they think you would make it through the surgery? Did they not want to waste their money.... in case...?

How sad for a 10 yo.


I am really not sure why I didn't get any gifts. My parents are a little wacky, perhaps they really thought that a tonsilectomy was a great gift. After all, no more tonsillitis!
Perhaps now, 19 years later, would be a good time to bring it up.
Or maybe she has been trying to make it up to me by sending me great gifts, like the be-ribboned cowboy hats and Pocahontas robe.
Can't wait to see what arrives in the mail this year! Our gifts usually arrive in mid-February, my parents have a really poor concept of time. Maybe we will get more smoked salmon that mom gets on clearance at the after Christmas sales.....

 

[RUDisney]

Please, please ask for us.

I just realized that you live in Hazleton. We were supposed to eat at Top of the 80s tonight, but DH came down with a cold and sick stomach, so I guess it's delivery chinese food for us. We live in Dunmore.

 

[powellrj]

I think I just got it today. We had a $15 exchange at work and I got a bottle of no name perfume. The gal next to me said nothing can be so bad that you can't use it as room spray and sprayed it into the air. Guess what, there is something thats so bad it can't be used as room spray. People would walk by our table and ask what that awful smell was. There was a guy who was packing up his loot and I said "would your wife like a bottle of perfume?" He was all excited and kept saying you mean I can just have it for free????? Little did he know I would have paid him to take it from me!!! I hope he doesn't remember who gave it to him because his wife may never forgive me! By the way, the party was wonderful and I had a great time, so I really can't complain too much!!

 

[caseylouandtyler2]

I guess this qualifies as "odd."

DH received a toilet bowl plunger for christmas one year from his brother.
There MUST be a joke associated with this but neither DH or I seem to know the joke.

Same year I got a plastic hot pepper shaker from MIL. I don't use hot pepper. DH and I laughed at this for a good couple of months.

Not Christmas, but for my birthday this year MIL gave me her USED 10 year old coat size 12, She bought a new one on her trip to Maine. If I was to wear it, which I won't, It would probably fit around me three times. And she has had this coat for 10 years at least. WHAT was she thinking. Oh I know because she called me to tell me she tried to give it to SIL but it was to small for her and she didn't want to put it into good will because it was too expensive of a coat.

Did I mention she's had this coat for 10 years.

Looking forward to this years dud.

 

[vald1977]

Okay, this thread definately needs a bump to the top!

The worst Christmas gift I ever recieved was from my mom. I was 12 years old at the time and my brother and I would write out our Christmas lists each year. I had about 10 - 12 items on my list and one was a Scientific Calculator that I needed for Science class in school.

The week before Christmas comes and my mom puts all the gifts under the tree. There was this one big box that I couldn't figure out but it had my name on it so I was SOOO excicited to see what was in it. Christmas comes and I save my big box for last. Inside was an adding machine, the kind you plug in to the wall and takes a roll of paper! The sad thing was she really thought I would love it. Oh yeah, that's just the type of thing of 12 year old wants to cart to school for Science class . "Teacher, I need a seat in the back of the room so I can plug in my calculator!" .

When I was 16, she gave me a sterling silver set of teddy bear earrings and a necklace. The teddy bears were like 2" big and puffy. Sorry, not my style. Sometimes I wonder if she knows anything about me. But, hey, at least I am pretty sure all of my gifts weren't used, right ?

Now we have dh's Great Aunt to give us the strange gifts. Each year she brings a change purse and hands out a quarter to everyone and then passes around a bag of Happy Meal toys and everyone is to take one. Dh's youngest brother is 20.

 

[larry's girl]

I got a bird feeder once that looked like a shallow ceramic bowl on the end of a stick. Not only was it really ugly, I lived in an apartment at the time and didn't have a yard to put it in! I got this as my "bonus" at work, and my boss had to tell me what it was! I would have really preferred the money she spent on it instead of the bird feeder!!

 

[Texian@WDW]

When I was about 12, I got a black-light. That's all. No black-light posters, no black-light paint to make a poster - nothing. Worse than that, I found it early hidden under the couch and confronted my mom. She said to go ahead and take since I found it. Not only was it the only thing I got that Christmas, but I didn't get it on Christmas and it was unwrapped. Bummer! Maybe she was trying to teach me a lesson about snooping.