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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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One year C’s mum bought me three boxes of cereal.
She bought C’s brother’s girlfriend an expensive necklace and earring set.
I had been around a year longer than her, who had only been around a month and a half.
And she knew I didn’t like the cereal she bought me.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"my ex in laws were very practical people one year they bought us giant sized tin foil & cling film. lasted years
See, I’d appreciate that!"
at the time I thought wtf but actually it was a great gift  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"my ex in laws were very practical people one year they bought us giant sized tin foil & cling film. lasted years
See, I’d appreciate that!
at the time I thought wtf but actually it was a great gift "
My best friend always buys me a jar of coffee when she comes round for dinner as it's more useful and practical than flowers. I love that. |
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"Aftershave, it’s possibly one of the most gifted present I receive. Oh another bottle of aftershave, why thanks. I’ll stick it with the other 50 bottles I’ve got  "
Always wondered why ‘smellies’ were an appropriate gift |
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One year, I asked my then husband for a big roomy hoodie to slouch around in. I wore size large, so asked for a women's XL or a men's large. He bought me a women's medium, "thought you'd like it better."
The worst part was that he bought me a nice nightie--size 2XL.
He obviously never looked at me. |
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"One year, I asked my then husband for a big roomy hoodie to slouch around in. I wore size large, so asked for a women's XL or a men's large. He bought me a women's medium, "thought you'd like it better."
The worst part was that he bought me a nice nightie--size 2XL.
He obviously never looked at me."
My in-laws once bought me size six pyjamas. They knew I wasn’t a size six, they just didn’t want to offend me by getting me my actual size |
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By *ady23Woman
over a year ago
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"One year C’s mum bought me three boxes of cereal.
She bought C’s brother’s girlfriend an expensive necklace and earring set.
I had been around a year longer than her, who had only been around a month and a half.
And she knew I didn’t like the cereal she bought me. "
ooh dear |
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Bought my boyfriend at the time a lovely mountain bike (showing my age, when they first came out), I got a broken rechargeable torch and a badminton racket (I don't play).
Never got flowers for Valentines, instead a 60p packet of flower seeds!!!
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Worst thing I ever received was an animatronic Billy Bass singing fish
God knows what the people who got it me were thinking, but it's about the only thing I've ever given to a charity shop at the first available opportunity |
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A CD of Dale Winton’s favourite choice pop songs. Some really nice disco stuff on it and I loved it. The person who got me it in the Secret Santa despised me but I loved it! Even got them a thank you card to make them squirm!!!! |
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I probably mentioned this last year, lol. The relative who got me a generic gift voucher. That's fine! But, it was because they didn't know me, I was hard to buy for. The strong implication in that interaction was that I was a bitch  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Oh and another colleague was given a pair of crotchless knickers by her son and daughter in law. That was an awkward Christmas lunch.
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Get some for your MIL. Please do it !!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Oh and another colleague was given a pair of crotchless knickers by her son and daughter in law. That was an awkward Christmas lunch.
Get some for your MIL. Please do it !! "
god could you imagine |
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I brought my ex an iPad, an iPhone and an iPod. The year I got her an iRon was awkward...
Seriously I’ve not had a bad gift as an adult but when I was a kid an aunt brought me a football kit, trouble was it was for my team’s despised rivals, I couldn’t hide my contempt and disappointment. I learnt at an early age that my face tells a thousand stories! |
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Bought the wife a washing machine
She had been going on that we needed a new one
Thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone...
In my defence I was very young and inexperienced and will NEVER EVER!! make that mistake again |
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"Bought the wife a washing machine
She had been going on that we needed a new one
Thought I'd kill 2 birds with one stone...
In my defence I was very young and inexperienced and will NEVER EVER!! make that mistake again "
you learn the hard way sometimes |
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My mum is the worst at present buying, I even send her links to the item at the cheapest price... she still goes off piste...
Last year I got a silent pool gin glass and a mini bottle of the gin.. I love the gin but would have preferred a big bottle and no glass! Glass is still in its box in cupboard
She got me a bay tree too, I mentioned I wanted one a few years back, I have one growing in my garden... yet she brought me one...
When I got my first laptop years ago she got me a laptop bag, was the most chunky manly bag ever, I even told her not to buy me one as I’d seen one I liked and was planning to get...
I’d hate to think what I will get this year, I’d actually rather she didn’t buy me anything and save her money and my having to be polite about it all
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I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas"
What colour was it? |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas
What colour was it?"
Green and very old fashioned. He also had a terrible gambling habit which meant I ended up paying the instalments on it anyway |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas"
Sounds like a very practical guy. |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas
Sounds like a very practical guy. "
if his intention was to get rid of me he certainly was |
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My uncle one gave me a lovely wooden bowl filled with nuts and a nutcracker.
I have a nut allergy. 
I did once buy my grandmother a packet of 48 toilet rolls. Her house was conveniently located between my 2 main offices at my last job and I'd pop in about once a week to eat cake and use the facilities. her expression for using the bathroom was to 'spend a penny' so I also taped 52 pennies to her gift to pay her for each use. She thought it was hilarious. |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas
What colour was it?
Green and very old fashioned"
I like green! Cars, furniture, the lot
I'd love a green sofa, although not sure if the Chesterfield style would be all that comfortable |
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"Worst thing I ever received was an animatronic Billy Bass singing fish
God knows what the people who got it me were thinking, but it's about the only thing I've ever given to a charity shop at the first available opportunity "
I share your pain.
My ex's stepmother had a habit of taking "Christmas presents" rather too literally. She would buy people Christmas stuff (decorations etc.) for Christmas and hand them out on Christmas day. You know, 12 days before you're supposed to pack the whole lot away again, when you could have 'enjoyed' the thing from the beginning of Dec_mber right through to early January.
One such gift was the Christmas Big Mouth Billy Bass. Basically the standard one, but with a Santa hat glued on it, and it sang Christmas songs.
I think I still have it in a box in the loft, somewhere. |
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas
What colour was it?
Green and very old fashioned
I like green! Cars, furniture, the lot
I'd love a green sofa, although not sure if the Chesterfield style would be all that comfortable "
I like green too but if I'm having furniture in my house I like to have a say in what furniture and not be given it as a gift when we would both have use of it. As it happened he had a terrible gambling addiction and never had any money so I ended up paying the instalments |
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"Worst thing I ever received was an animatronic Billy Bass singing fish
God knows what the people who got it me were thinking, but it's about the only thing I've ever given to a charity shop at the first available opportunity
I share your pain.
My ex's stepmother had a habit of taking "Christmas presents" rather too literally. She would buy people Christmas stuff (decorations etc.) for Christmas and hand them out on Christmas day. You know, 12 days before you're supposed to pack the whole lot away again, when you could have 'enjoyed' the thing from the beginning of Dec_mber right through to early January.
One such gift was the Christmas Big Mouth Billy Bass. Basically the standard one, but with a Santa hat glued on it, and it sang Christmas songs.
I think I still have it in a box in the loft, somewhere."
Oh dear god, that sounds kind something out of one of Dante's circles of hell |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I'd blanked this from my memory. My first husband bought "me" a three piece suite. . I didn't even get to choose it, he just presented me with the receipt on Christmas morning. . We weren't together the following Christmas
What colour was it?
Green and very old fashioned
I like green! Cars, furniture, the lot
I'd love a green sofa, although not sure if the Chesterfield style would be all that comfortable
I like green too but if I'm having furniture in my house I like to have a say in what furniture and not be given it as a gift when we would both have use of it. As it happened he had a terrible gambling addiction and never had any money so I ended up paying the instalments "
Hahahahahaha so I read this as ‘suit’ and thought he had bought you a green, three piece suit
I wondered how bloody much he paid for it if you had to pay it off hahahahahaha
Makes sense now |
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My nanna always bought the worst Xmas presents.
She meant well but nobody ever got anything they liked or wanted.
The pink lace nightdress case when I was 13, is the most memorable... it was hideous |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My uncle one gave me a lovely wooden bowl filled with nuts and a nutcracker.
I have a nut allergy.
I did once buy my grandmother a packet of 48 toilet rolls. Her house was conveniently located between my 2 main offices at my last job and I'd pop in about once a week to eat cake and use the facilities. her expression for using the bathroom was to 'spend a penny' so I also taped 52 pennies to her gift to pay her for each use. She thought it was hilarious. "
That's brilliant |
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