most insensitive gift ever...
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My ex husband once bought me a fish for valentines day. For HIS fishtank. I was thrilled.0
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three books were left unwrapped and with no card on the gift table at my wedding, one was an old guide book for wives on keeping their husbands happy, another was a about the importance of love and respect, and the third about surviving divorce. I'm guessing they were from one of the people in my husbands family who when informed about our getting married, told him it was a mistake and all marriages end in misery and divorce.0
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I almost got killed one year for buying my wife a blender for her birthday.
What saved me was the next box she opened that contained big margarita glasses and ingredients for various cocktails!
Had me worried for a minute or two.... thought she was going to storm out before opening the second part of the gift.0 -
I NEVER EVER buy something for the household as a personal gift for my wife. Those items should be part of the household budget. I also NEVER EVER buy clothes, unless emails me the store, the size, the item number and a picture.
Luckily, Jan likes things that refract light, so I can never go wrong. On top of that, lately, she has taken to telling Holland EXACTLY what she wants and Holland relays the info to me or takes me by the hand and leads me directly to whatever Jan has requested.
As for what I get -- I ask for the same thing every time. Knob Creek and/or La Gloria Cubana Cigars. I rarely get them. Everyone says that they don't like getting me the same thing every time. So I usually get something for the BBQ (That I don't need) or something for the kitchen (which I don't need) Then I hide them in the back of the pantry somewhere to regift in a couple of years and run to the liquor store to pick up some Knob Creek. That way I have something to sip on while I am on line ordering my cigars.0 -
my dad gave me the free shampoo and conditioner he got from a hotel room. Boxed up and wrapped as if it was a gift. :huh:
Also, he buys crazy crap at garage sales all the time, hoping to sell it on Ebay, and when it doesn't sell, he gives it to me. :huh:0 -
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.
My MIL does her Christmas shopping in the trial size aisle of CVS. Shaving creams, razors, shower gels, deodorant...you name it. Breath mints too. A big old bag of it. Ironically, she's got the worst b.o. of anyone I've ever met and her breath could take paint off the wall. She also buys clothes that are several sizes too big for me because she's convinced that we wear the same size. When I tried to gently point out that I don't wear a 3X (biggest I've ever been is an 18W, which is big, but is still not a 3X), she responded by continuing to give me the same size, but to cut the size tag out. (Yes, the fabric one that's attached to the garment.) So now she's wasting her money on ugly clothes that are waaaay too big for me, but can't be returned because she's cut off all the tags.
My MIL thinks that she and I are the same size too. I have about 4 inches on her in height, she has skinny little legs and is roughly apple-shaped. I'm pear-shaped. She keeps trying to give me hand-me-downs.0 -
oh, i just thought of another one that's not really insensitive so much as creepy and awkward - one year my MIL's man-toy came over on my birthday with a gift. . .a super-comfy plush bathrobe, the kind that comes in a gift box with slippers and stuff. i put it on immediately (i was marching around the cold house in jammy pants and a tank top on that particular evening) and went to show my MIL.
she immediately told me that it was the exact gift set he'd given HER for her birthday that year - she got the pink one and i got the white one. and now every winter i get the mental image of him taking the robe off her before i put that plush wonder back in the box and decide i don't wanna wear it this year after all. . .0 -
This is fun Crazymama!
Before we got married, my husband gave me a cook book produced by the Shriners. There was a sticky note inside (which I still have and love to torture him with) that says "This book has a lot of my Grandma's recipes in it, I thought you might want to learn how to cook like her". Uh huh.....I'll give him a small pass since he was about 19 or 20 at the time.0 -
oh, i just thought of another one that's not really insensitive so much as creepy and awkward - one year my MIL's man-toy came over on my birthday with a gift. . .a super-comfy plush bathrobe, the kind that comes in a gift box with slippers and stuff. i put it on immediately (i was marching around the cold house in jammy pants and a tank top on that particular evening) and went to show my MIL.
she immediately told me that it was the exact gift set he'd given HER for her birthday that year - she got the pink one and i got the white one. and now every winter i get the mental image of him taking the robe off her before i put that plush wonder back in the box and decide i don't wanna wear it this year after all. . .
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I get great "regifted" presents from my MIL..... satin green sheets......package of embroidered hankershiefs (sp?)....sewing kit (I don't sew) boot warmer...REALLY? ......tons of floral Muumuus like she wears......
And once for my xmas...we did an exchange at my old place of employment and a gal got me a red lacy nighty size 3xl.....okay.....I know you think you are trying to help my sexlife and spice it up but for one I don't or never have worn a 3xl and if I did I would NEVER wear a nighty that revealing...this is something you buy yourself or your significant other buys!! Goodwilled it!!0 -
This past September, my husband and I ripped out ALL of the carpeting in our house and replaced them with beautiful & expensive hardwood flooring.
For Christmas this year, he bought me .....yup wait for it .....a vaccuum.
We have no carpet left? I just spent thousands of dollars removing it ....wtf is this vaccuum for?
Apparently it was for the 5x8 area rug we put under our coffee table.
Best part is, when the whole house WAS carpeted......he said I didn't need a vaccuum and our 'broken' one would do just fine.
yup, thanks.
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My husband is a trained chef, however, for whatever reason, the man can't cook rice. WTF? Anyways, I love rice & i make it constantly with no problems whatsoever (uhhh hello, it's easy). Anyways, for mother's day this year he bought me ....yup wait for it .....a rice cooker. I looked at it and said "what the hell is that?" his response was "a rice cooker" to which i responded "IM a rice cooker, why would I need that?"
men.......seriously.
i guess it beats my very FIRST mother's day when HE slept in until 1pm, didn't buy me a card, no gift, no breakfast, no nothing. He needs help. How is he alive?0 -
Two years ago, I received an electric kettle for Christmas from my husband of 20+ years.....I was devastated. Though I had recently developed a taste for flavoured teas, which I'm sure made it seem logical to him, I was crushed that I had become the type of woman to whom it was appropriate to give an electric kettle for Christmas. As a bonus, he threw in some puck lights, so that when I opened the closet, I could see what was inside. Thoughtful.
Now he gets an explicit, detailed list with strict instructions, including directions to the store, and thinly veiled threats not to vary from it...this year I got a Kobo.
He thought it was stupid. I rarely put it down.
Hollycat
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I almost got killed one year for buying my wife a blender for her birthday.
What saved me was the next box she opened that contained big margarita glasses and ingredients for various cocktails!
Had me worried for a minute or two.... thought she was going to storm out before opening the second part of the gift.
LOVE IT! I think I would have been saying "there better be margarita glasses coming" lol0 -
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.
HAHAHAHA I AM SORRY BUT THIS MADE ME SPIT WATER ALL OVER MY KEYBOARD! YOU POOR THING!0 -
My grandmother sent me a cross pendant necklace after I told her very explicitly that I'm not religious.
She also told me upon hearing that, "Well when you need a Bible in your life, I'm here."0 -
These are hilarious! Made my day :laugh:0
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On my second date with a complete idiot he told me, "do you know how hot you'd be if you worked out?" I didn't dignify that with a response - I was kind of stunned.
On our third date (2 days before my birthday) he gave me a 30 day membership to a gym with a week of personal training.
Yes, that was our last date - but I did use the membership - for about 4 days
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so i'm on the way to the gym getting more and more mad that i'm not getting an answer to my text from the ex about something important.
and SOOO since i was getting more and more mad a thought popped into my head and it made me laugh. the most insensitive, idiotic, dumbass gift he ever gave me was:
(drumroll please)
a janitor bucket and mop.
you know, those yellow buckets where you put the mop in and then squeeze the water out...ooh and it had wheels too.
*face palm* 10 years wasted with this dingbat...
now your turn...
Why the hell would he give you that?!
cause he's a total douche canoe
i guess that was his way of saying "here, do your job better" becuase he did say out loud after i had our daughter (two weeks after i had her mind you) "april, i'ts your job now to take care of this house" as i stood there slackjawed as i hadnt been to sleep yet and it was 6am and i was all puked on by newborn. yeah, a total peach. ayear later, i was out!0 -
three books were left unwrapped and with no card on the gift table at my wedding, one was an old guide book for wives on keeping their husbands happy, another was a about the importance of love and respect, and the third about surviving divorce. I'm guessing they were from one of the people in my husbands family who when informed about our getting married, told him it was a mistake and all marriages end in misery and divorce.
That's just MEAN!! Wow.
Mine doesn't compare to these gems, but one Christmas I bought my ex something I new he'd really wanted plus a book - with meaning: we'd met acting in a play together that was based on the book. We'd been dating for about 5 months. He got me a some stupid gag gift.
To be fair, he did feel bad when he saw the comparison and tried to make up for it by getting me something else (I don't even remember what), but the damage was done. That relationship didn't last to to the 6-month mark!0 -
One year, my ex-boss got all of us remote control fart machines. But it was better than the spatula his wife (also a boss) gave us.0
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I love, love Christmastime, but have always dreaded opening clothes presents. My parents always buy me clothes, and my dad ALWAYS makes sarcastic jokes about them being too tight when they are, about the size when they're not, about giving me receipts so I can exchange them for bigger sizes, whatever. So, I've learned to really dread that part of Christmas, and gifts in general. I hate when people buy me clothes. Hate. It.
Last Christmas, pretty near my highest weight, my husband was out Christmas shopping when he called to ask me what size pants I wear. I was like, "Why? Did my parents call you? Please, please, please tell them not to buy me pants. Please try to steer them away from clothes." I named several things I would love instead; just please, by all means, I told him, try your best to avoid me getting clothes. I literally started to cry I was so freaked out/frazzled by the thought (and then started a crash diet that went up in flames shortly thereafter).
He came home, wrapped up a couple presents he'd bought me, and then said I could open one early if I wanted. I opened up -- you guessed -- PANTS! He'd bought me pants, and not just pants, but pants that were WAY too small and wouldn't even fit me even if I were that size (they were cut for "curvy" women, and I'm very straight from waist to hips - always have to have the hips/thighs taken in). I started balling, he couldn't figure out why (thinking I only didn't want my parents to get me clothes), and he told me they reminded him of a pair of red pants I'd loved (when I was 80lbs. lighter!). So it was kind of sweet (b/c he remembered the red pants I loved), kind of a slap in the face, and kind of infuriating.
Whoa - I guess I needed to vent that one lol0 -
I almost got killed one year for buying my wife a blender for her birthday.
What saved me was the next box she opened that contained big margarita glasses and ingredients for various cocktails!
Had me worried for a minute or two.... thought she was going to storm out before opening the second part of the gift.
LOVE IT! I think I would have been saying "there better be margarita glasses coming" lol
lol it's like the year i told my dad that i wanted my mom to get me a cell phone that spring for when i would be travelling . . .Christmas morning, i opened two boxes of cell phone acessories (car charger, phone cover, spare battery, etc) and i was like, "dad, i don't have a cell phone" and my stepmom was all "oh, crap, i gave you the wrong bag!". turns out, the other bag had - you guessed it - a cell phone and a copy of our contract and minutes plan.0 -
you guys are AWESOME!!! 0
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These are great, good reading.
I got a present from friends. It was from a couple, and my OH got one gift, and I got the other.
When I opened my gift, it was a Kitty litter box. :laugh: We didn't have a cat. Then my OH opened up her gift. it was cat food and cat treats. That's when I found out we were being gifted with a kitten that they could not take care of.
I used to work with one of those guys with BAD B.O. Hottest day out and he would still wear his red lumberjack jacket , 3 layers of clothes underneath him, his long unwashed hair with a baseball cap.
I got his name to give christmas gifts. My mom sold avon, so I thought I would buy him some cologne, some body wash, and deodorant. A gift package for a guy who needs it.
When he opened the gifts. No word of a lie, he said "Oh, this will be great to give my wife"0 -
One year for my birthday my dad bought me a trip to Disneyland. Paid for the tickets in advance, made reservations for the train from San Diego to Anaheim, provided spending money for food and other expenses in the park.
(just wait for it)
Not such a bad thought, although I was in my late twenties and HATE theme parks and crowds (and yes he knew that, he has a history of giving gifts that HE likes without regard to what the person he is giving them to would enjoy), maybe a little clumsy but still more or less sweet.
Until you factor in that he asked an ex-boyfriend to take me. An ex-boyfriend that I hated and told my dad had tried to hit me once and who constantly belittled me and treated me like a combination maid and sex toy. When this ex-boyfriend called me to tell me what my dad had arranged I told him that there was no way in hell I was going anywhere with him and then hung up to call my dad. He informed me that he had already given the tickets, train info and money to this jerk and I would have to get them back if I didn't want to go with him AND that I was being unreasonable and an ingrate. I ended up just letting the ex take his current girlfriend because, although I was not afraid of him (the attempt to hit me caused more injury to him than to me) I just didn't feel like dealing with this crap since a trip to Disneyland was not my cup of tea anyway.
This is just one in a long history of crappy presents from my dad, but it is by far the best!
Just for the record, I am not bitter about this, it just makes me laugh. I have also gotten clothes that don't fit and are not my style with a written or stated explanation that I "could be cute if I dressed better" and books, cds, or dvds that HE actually wanted and I ended up giving back.0 -
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.
WTF? Three forks? That is so weird!0 -
One more that wasn't so much insensitive as wtf lol... My husband was apparently concerned that he was getting me a few too many woman-in-the-kitchen presents--I LOVE to bake and cook, so kitchen stuff is completely appropriate. Anyway, he was nervous he would seem sexist or something, so he put dry gas in my Christmas stocking to make up for it LOL (as in, an additive for your gas tank to help gas affected by water). He didn't get why I was like, what the? 0
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so i'm on the way to the gym getting more and more mad that i'm not getting an answer to my text from the ex about something important.
and SOOO since i was getting more and more mad a thought popped into my head and it made me laugh. the most insensitive, idiotic, dumbass gift he ever gave me was:
(drumroll please)
a janitor bucket and mop.
you know, those yellow buckets where you put the mop in and then squeeze the water out...ooh and it had wheels too.
*face palm* 10 years wasted with this dingbat...
now your turn...
WHAT!?!?!?! No wonder he's now your ex. :bigsmile: That takes the cake!! WOW!!!0 -
I got a joke filled desk calendar one year, you know the kind that have a joke for every day of the year. It was a Jeff Foxworthy's You Might be a Redneck calendar. First of all, I have expressed my dislike of Jeff Foxworthy before to this person. Second, they lived with me and could see that I have a calendar on my desk I did my school work at and a I had a planner in my purse. Third, I don't have a desk at work either. Where was I supossed to put this? They thought I would love that gift too, dumba**.0
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I used to work with one of those guys with BAD B.O. Hottest day out and he would still wear his red lumberjack jacket , 3 layers of clothes underneath him, his long unwashed hair with a baseball cap.
I got his name to give christmas gifts. My mom sold avon, so I thought I would buy him some cologne, some body wash, and deodorant. A gift package for a guy who needs it.
When he opened the gifts. No word of a lie, he said "Oh, this will be great to give my wife"
omg.....Hahahahaha!!! I almost wet myself!0
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