most insensitive gift ever...

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:

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:

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!!!

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!

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.

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.

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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.

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!

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*

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:

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!

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 ....

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.

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

LMFAO! jews for Jesus?!?!?