most insensitive gift ever...

ajbeans

Our first Christmas together, I received a fully loaded red tool box!:noway::grumble: Hahaha!:laugh:

He has since grown tremendously and has evolved thankfully to more appropriate
gifts. Like jewelry, flowers and even a Nikon D60 one year for my favorite hobby!

Are you kidding? I'd love to get that tool box! But then again, I'm kind of the dude in our relationship. I'm the one who fixes all the things (like the vacuum cleaner that just broke), and he's the one who remembers all the important holidays and anniversaries. :laugh:

Kolohe71

For my 7th birthday I received a whole crate of oranges (yes, the fruit) from my 85 year old great aunt. She was so proud of that gift and was visibly upset because I wasn't more excited about receiving it.

33 years later, I now realize why she was so proud of that gift.... When she was a child there was very little refrigeration so a crate of oranges in January was akin to a box of gold.

In hindsight a very thoughtful and generous gift, but at the time...:noway:

_SusieQ_

This wasn't insensitive, just strange...

When I was dating my husband (we were around 18 and 19) my mom bought him a t-shirt that had 3 ducks on it, and said "We be bowlin'...." He IS a bowler, but also isn't 12 years old and hanging out at the skating rink....We laugh about that shirt to this day.

Jena_72

My MIL gave me a magazine for Christmas one year. A magazine. Not a subscription, just a magazine. Another year, she gave me 3 forks.

WTH!?! :indifferent:

fabi8081

This stuff is hilarious!!!:laugh:

fabi8081

my sister, years ago, gave me a gift certificate..........................to Dr. Kovorkian.....

note.........hes the suicide doctor .....

hmm, not nice sis..............

Ok that is funny!!! I couldn't stop laughing!!!!!
That is by faaaaaarrrr the best!!!

TDGee

Damn, This is a tough room! I guess I won't say ANYTHING about the year I bought my wife road flares for her birthday. It's a long story, but I can see there would be very little appreciation for my gift.

TashaP2011

I think the 3 forks should be framed in a shadow box and hung in the dining room. I would love to see the reaction it got! This has kept me entertained for far too long!

dragonbait0126

this past christmas my best friend gave me a bedazzled hat that she made and it had pink stones all over it. 1) i don't wear baseball hats 2) i don't wear anything with rhinestones all over it and 3) i hate pink.

kapeluza

I haven't received anything that bad but my mom gifted a horrible gift to my MIL.

Last Christmas she told me she got my MIL a very nice 4 set crystal wine glasses from Macy's and that it had been on sale. So I gave it to my MIL on my mom's behalf without any worries. When she unwrapped the box from the decorative wrapping, in front of my husband and I, I noticed it had like that clear transparent tape keeping the box closed. And it looked like tape that had been lifted once or twice, you know like when the tape looses it's adhesiveness, that is how the tape looked. And the box looked a little banged up on the corners, very minimal but still evident. Well, she (MIL) proceeded to open the box and the wine glasses were individually wrapped in NEWSPAPER!!!!!! It was then that I realized that the box was SECOND HAND!!!!!!!!!!
My mom loves going to consignment/thrift stores, so I immediately realized she had gotten this at the consignment shop and that it wasn't "new". Oh man, I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me on the spot. I just smiled and hoped my MIL wasn't offended lol.

Melinda1987

I was working in a factory and there was a Chinese woman who worked on the same line I did. After I'd been there a few weeks, I realized that, though she spoke rather broken English, that she understood most things just fine. She often pretended to have language issues when she felt it convenient. Anyhow one day she said "My sister is so mean! She sent me some clothes in the mail. They are HUGE! They are more your size. The neck on one of them drapes so low it basically shows my boobs! I will bring it in for you - maybe you can wear it." Um... ok... You just called me a fat cow, but I'm s'posed to appreciate this because yer giving me a "gift" ???

brewingaz

Damn, This is a tough room! I guess I won't say ANYTHING about the year I bought my wife road flares for her birthday. It's a long story, but I can see there would be very little appreciation for my gift.

Oh I don't know. I mean, what if she breaks down late at night and could use them to alert drivers she's there? Keeps her safe. Shows you love her. I think it's romantic. Women just don't get it.

kapeluza

My 6th fiancée (I've had 8, including my 2 husbands) gave me an engagement ring he gave to another woman. He forgot he showed me this ring on our 1st date. I kept it, but made him get me another (which I also kept). I needed to come off the market.

NEVER GIVE BACK THE RINGS!!!!!

My ex-fiancee gave his current wife the same ring we were engaged with. I wore that sucker for 2 years, BAHAHAHAHAHA....
Now she walks around acting all proud with her big fat diamond ring and when I see her, I just think, "ha, you are wearing second hand sister"!
I personally would never keep the ring. Bad juju.

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SMarie10

My college boyfriend's valentines gift to me was the Velvet wallhanging of the dogs playing poker.... Yep, he really gave me that...
My roommates would not let me put it up in our apartment because it was such an awful gift. I did not want to hurt his feelings, so put it up in my bedroom for 2 days before I finally took it down and gave it back to him.. He was truly baffled as to why I didn't like it.
Must be a guy thing.

shallo

For my 7th birthday I received a whole crate of oranges (yes, the fruit) from my 85 year old great aunt. She was so proud of that gift and was visibly upset because I wasn't more excited about receiving it.

My 8 year old would love that as a gift..he's a fruit addict though.

elleninez

One year for my wedding anniversary I got a tube of toothpaste. To be fair, we were completely and totally broke, but...still.

Last year for Valentine's day the (now-ex) bf went on & on about how he hated it. I told him I didn't care what he bought me, anything, cheap, whatever, as long as there was SOMETHING just to know he thought of me. Led to an argument.

He comes in on Valentine's day, throws me a chocolate rose, and says "THERE, there's your Valentine's present."

Lovely sentiment behind THAT.

mzbrandyluv

Fell absolutely head over heels for a guy (the only guy I've ever loved) but we had a very peculiar relationship. We were together, but he didn't want to "label" it...whatever...early 20's crap. I didn't care, I just wanted to be with him.

Well I went over for our usual Saturday movie night, which happened to fall on Feb. 14th. I'm sitting there and he pulls out a wrapped present for me. I open it, and it's a perfume that he picked out for me because he loved the smell of it. (I'm HUGE into scented oils/perfumes) I thought it was the NICEST most THOUGHTFUL thing...until he said "Just so you know, this ISNT' a Valentine's day gift... I just felt like giving it to you now." He must've repeated that 4 or 5 times during the course of the evening. Serious OUCH!

Merodie

TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!! I AM CRACKING UP AT WORK......TO MYSELF.....PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT ME WIERD

me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MissO﹠A

3 forks. Janitor bucket. Road flares.

You guys are killin' me.

Not the most horrendous gift as I tend to be pretty grateful, but one year my lovely, gracious MIL got everyone -- literally everyone, kids included -- bath robes. Not so bad, right? We didn't really need bathrobes though as we already had a set. Besides, they were matching navy blue and too big. My hubster takes it back to the store, returns it and uses the credit toward a really nice coffee maker. The store up and sends her an email that we returned the MFing robes. Thanks John Lewis. Thanks a lot. *head-wall*

live2smyle

MIL gave me a cross pendant.... I'm Jewish.

Hahahaha!

BabyDuchess

Ahhhh, I just love to tell this story.

My husband and I have been married almost 18 years. but back in '99 we were separated for about 10 months. We moved back in together early 2000. Along comes Valentine's Day, so I decide to bake cupcakes and cookies for him. I spent all evening making them, packaged them up all pretty with a nice card. Now, my husband is a bowler, has been bowling on leagues for years. This was bowling night. No big deal, I'll see him when he gets home....which happened to end up being around 3 am, rip roaring drunk. The next day, nothing. No card, no gift, mumbled apologies. So that night he comes home with a card and a big chocolate heart full of candy. I look at him and say, really, you think HALF PRICE candy is going to do it? So I let it sit there a day or two while I'm stewing. Finally I decide to let it go, I go to get a piece of candy and it's gone. I ask, where is the candy heart. He looks at me with fear in his eye and says, I didn't think you wanted it, so I ate it.

Drunk husband, half price candy, that HE ATE.

Awww.....man that would have been the straw......I love chocolate. :laugh:

ziggle_7

For my 18th birthday my dad bought me a cheese grader... nothing more nothing less.... should have at least bought me some cheese to grade with it -.-

Sweetcheeks278

My MIL gave me a box of chocolates one year for Christmas from the dollar store. We weren't speaking at the time and continued to not speak for another 9 mths after that!

MaryKatU

Every Christmas I hide my kid's gifts from Santa in a storage room in the basement. The door did not have a lock and I had mentioned to my husband that the kids are getting older and one of these years they may start snooping for their presents. On Christmas morning he gave me a door knob that has a lock. I know he meant well but really? A door knob??? I still give him trouble for that one.

Lleldiranne

This one is insensitive but also really awkward:

At Christmas (just 6 months ago) my dad's girlfriend invited her kids, my sister, my wife and me to the house for dinner. She gave everyone their presents but saved 2 for the very end. After everyone was finished opening their presents, she gave the last 2 to me and my wife. Everyone sat there looking at us, waiting for us to open them. She chimed in, "Open them up at the same time!"

The one she gave to me had 2 hard core pornos in it. One was 3-D and even had 3-D glasses. The other was Avatar themed. My wife got a see-through nightie.

*dead silence*

To this day I want to know what she was thinking. What part about those gifts sounded like a good idea? I just can't wrap my head around it. Even my dad was speechless since she had kept them a secret.

*blink blink* ... wow ....

ladybg81

I love this thread, have laughed a lot!
My ex father-in-law gave me a penis shaped cookie cutter for Christmas! While it was very creepy, it did come in handy for my sister's wedding shower! We used pink and blue icing....

Pink and blue icing, LOL!!:laugh:

dragonbait0126

oh my gosh...i can't believe i forgot this one...
for my 18th birthday i wanted a crockpot for my dorm room because it was one of the only electrical appliances we could have and it meant i wouldn't have to eat cafeteria food all the time. my mom did give me a crockpot but it was the used one she'd had for about 10 years. after she gives it to me (unwrapped and in a plastic grocery bag) she then tells me that now she can buy herself the a new one.

justcallmejennifer

My MIL gave me a magazine for Christmas one year. A magazine. Not a subscription, just a magazine. Another year, she gave me 3 forks.

omg too funny :laugh:

missbp

MIL gave me a cross pendant.... I'm Jewish.

LMFAO! jews for Jesus?!?!?