most insensitive gift ever...

a beach chair, a compass and a 1 gallon (used) gasoline can. Sadly, these might have been the better of the gifts from this EX.

My step grandmother used to save the toys that used to come in cereal boxes and give them to my brother and I for Christmas.

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I am a salt-aholic. I have always been one. For Christmas when I was 16 my dad bought me a salt lick. The kind you put out for deer or cows... Gee thanks dad... I guess he was thinking about what I liked...

These had me laughing so hard! I had to have sounded insane! Hehe..


This past Christmas my present from my MIL was this UGLY little plastic decoration from the dollar store with a little fisherman on it..yes I love fishing decor for my living room but it was not pretty AT ALL..and it was wrapped in used kitchen window curtains..and in a hello kitty bag.
She gave my 1 year old son a bunch of used toys from goodwill and some dog toys..YET she bought her aunts 2 grandkids from another town those big Little Tikes (or w/e brand) grills brand new!
She gave my hubby (who is tall and thin) a tank top that I believe was a 2 or 3x..he wears med./large. Also Jingle Boobs that she had bought on clearance the year before, and a pretty fishing decor shadow box(which should have been mine) Yes, he loves fishing, but couldn't care less how the house was decorated.

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?

I know this one when confronted my husband just looked at me and said "what your not MY MOM" mmmmmhmmmm

My husband (then my fiance) gave me a vibrating bath duck for christmas one year - fine if given in private, but he'd wrapped it up knowing I would be with my family (including my very elderly grandparents) when I opened it, and he'd be safe and sound several hundreds miles out of hitting distance! He found it hilarious. Luckily I managed to pass it off as just a bath duck.

My ex gave me his old play station 2 for my 21st birthday so he could have room to get the newer one at the time. I don't even play video games.

Thats 12 kinds of wrong!!

Mine would be the engagement ring my ex gave me.
It was huge, fake and $25 off of ebay....really?:noway:

He was even shocked when it turned my finger green...idiot

Thank goodness hes your ex!

My step grandmother used to save the toys that used to come in cereal boxes and give them to my brother and I for Christmas.

Also

I am a salt-aholic. I have always been one. For Christmas when I was 16 my dad bought me a salt lick. The kind you put out for deer or cows... Gee thanks dad... I guess he was thinking about what I liked...

LOL! This reminds me of something... One year my grandparents asked my niece what she wanted for Christmas. She jokingly said "pickles!" 'cause she was 12 and was eating a huge dill at the time. She did love pickles. So sure enough, they got her a GIGANTIC jar (not sure the weight but was about 18" tall) of big dill pickles for Christmas! When she opened it she laughed & laughed and thanked them profusely! She was thrilled - and not only ate them all (eventually) but drank the juice too. Weird girl my niece.... lol

Most of these are very funny, however, some of you need to get over yourselves! Come on, no one owes you a present!

The year I first learned to drive, my partner bought me screenwash for Christmas! He figured it wasn't something I would think of myself. We're still together though (and I still hardly ever remember to buy my own screenwash).

One year as a penniless student I had the bright idea of buying some pretty Christmassy gift boxes with separate lids, lining them with cling film and then filling them with jelly (or jello for those in the States). I gave these to my college friends as an end of term gift - still not really sure why. Seemed to go down fairly well though

I have never heard of screen wash!

screenwash is a blue liquid that goes in the car to wash the windscreens - might be called something different outside the UK. You can buy it at the petrol station or supermarketvery cheaply but it works better than plain water apparently

windshield wiper fluid LOL I love interacting with people from UK and learning new terms

My Gf of 12 years gave me a phone charger for my BD. So beat it wasnt funny.

Ok, here's my contribution, one year my husband and I didn't make any plans for Valentines Day until the last minute. He was an hour late getting home, he'd stopped by Walgreens to buy me some chocolate, a light-up rose and valentine-y candle holder. I was a little annoyed because I was hungry and I'd told him earlier I wanted to go out to dinner and of course he was late. I give him my gift, I was pretty proud of it, it was a home-made card...and the glitter and letters hadn't even dried on it yet! Needless to say he got to pick the restaurant!

So, which of you do you think got the worse present here? I'm truly curious. I know I'd much rather get chocolate and some v-day junk than a homemade card.

the only gifts my husband kept when we broke up the first time were the ones i made him myself. NONE of the stuff i bought in stores can be found now.

Did that include cards made of glitter? I mean... if you're sewing a blanket, or making a scrapbook or something I get that. But what's a person supposed to do with a homemade cards? Put it in a box somewhere to never be seen again? Hang it on the wall?

I guess in general I have a different perspective on presents than most of the people posting here. My expectations are low, because what do I really need? If I get something practical (a tool or household item) that we need I figure that saves me from having to buy it in the future. That's a good thing. If I get something trivial that's good for entertainment (movie, candy, etc) I figure that's good for me to have fun for a bit. If I get something I can't use I return it, give it away, or throw it away. I dunno... just thinking out loud I guess.

Ok, here's my contribution, one year my husband and I didn't make any plans for Valentines Day until the last minute. He was an hour late getting home, he'd stopped by Walgreens to buy me some chocolate, a light-up rose and valentine-y candle holder. I was a little annoyed because I was hungry and I'd told him earlier I wanted to go out to dinner and of course he was late. I give him my gift, I was pretty proud of it, it was a home-made card...and the glitter and letters hadn't even dried on it yet! Needless to say he got to pick the restaurant!

So, which of you do you think got the worse present here? I'm truly curious. I know I'd much rather get chocolate and some v-day junk than a homemade card.

the only gifts my husband kept when we broke up the first time were the ones i made him myself. NONE of the stuff i bought in stores can be found now.

Did that include cards made of glitter? I mean... if you're sewing a blanket, or making a scrapbook or something I get that. But what's a person supposed to do with a homemade cards? Put it in a box somewhere to never be seen again? Hang it on the wall?

I guess in general I have a different perspective on presents than most of the people posting here. My expectations are low, because what do I really need? If I get something practical (a tool or household item) that we need I figure that saves me from having to buy it in the future. That's a good thing. If I get something trivial that's good for entertainment (movie, candy, etc) I figure that's good for me to have fun for a bit. If I get something I can't use I return it, give it away, or throw it away. I dunno... just thinking out loud I guess.

My most prized gifts that I have received over the years for Mother's day are the cards that my kids have made. A store bought card does NOTHING for me. They are so generic. When my hubby gives me a card I pretend to be so touched but inside I am wondering if he even read the darn thing. Don't get me wrong, if my hubby got me a card for no reason I would be very touched but I am talking about the obligatory birthday/anniversary card. I have kept every home made card my kids have given me. My favorite are the ones with poems they wrote for me. Don't knock a home made gift. They come from the heart!

A vacuum cleaner with a note that said "I noticed you didn't have one the last time I visited you". I had cleaned the apartment throughly before they had visited including vacuuming.

My current boyfriend is an absolute gem, and I am so glad I dumped the last guy otherwise I would have never met my current.

My ex, owned about 10 genuine Rolex watches..yes, he was very flashy. So for Christmas, I got him a really nice leather watch case that could fit the same amount of watches, and the top was glass and you could see inside, etc etc.

Now, I wear yellow gold. That is what I like... I am traditional and I never got into the white gold/platinum thing. I wear my jewerly and you can see all of it is yellow gold.

For Christimas, he gave me a WHITE gold heart necklace. Like a puffed heart. As soon as I opened the box I knew it was cheap, even the box was like fake blue pleather. I was like "ok thank you but it doesn't match anything I wear? " and he said that white gold was more CLASSY than yellow and he was only going to buy me white gold. I put it on for the day but it kept catching my hair and I knew it was junk.

So we broke up a little while later (not for that reason but that was a sign) and one day I went to Walmart to pick up something and I walk by the jewerly kiosk thing and out of the corner of my eye, I see that they have all those little navy blue leatherette jewerly boxes.

So while he was wearing his dozen Rolexes, I got a necklace from Walmart, that wasn't even my style!!