Awful gifts: S/o of Being honest about liking gifts

amother

Periwinkle

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:16 pm

I got a gift with the persons monogram. Its quite visible too. Lol

Kiwi13

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:22 pm

A whole bunch of cheaply-made shower radios as wedding gifts, but it was our own gosh darn fault. My husband insisted on scanning that particular item to our registry and accidentally scanned it about 8 times! Can't Believe It

ExtraCredit

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:42 pm

amother [ cornflower ] wrote:

Two wedding presents stand out. I got a pretty silver honey dish that didn't quite fit into its base. When I tried to return it, the store asked "where's the rest of it?" Turns out that the biggest piece (the silver part that the glass insert was supposed to be in) was missing! Surprised

That's how we got it. Not sure what happened there.

We also got a pair of Amazing Savings-like glass candlesticks from a super-mega-wealthy couple. Which was fine. Except that they had melted wax in them LOL

Mocha, you gotta agree that this is funny!

amother

Fuchsia

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:47 pm

My husband bought me potpourri envelopes as a gift. For those of you who think it’s better than nothing, it’s way worse than nothing Mad

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(I later found out that my clueless hs sil bought it because my husband asked her to buy something. I almost killed her.)

amother

Olive

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:51 pm

Ha! My dh knew I love to read. So a week or two after we got married, he bought me the latest bestseller : *That's me, Tzviki Green*

sky

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:55 pm

My problem is a gift you don’t know what it is. Don’t ask the gift giver what a
4 section decanter is because they may not know either:
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amother

Silver

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:56 pm

My in laws came to visit us after a trip to Europe. They had brought gifts for all of us:

Expensive clothing for the kids
A brand name leather belt for my dh

Then they handed me a gift bag and I peeked inside and saw what looked like a wallet. I thanked them profusely. When I opened it I saw that it was actually a little zipper case with very cheaply made toenail clippers and a nail file, complete with rust spots. I suspect that they remembered at the last minute that they didn't have anything for me so they ran in to some discount store and grabbed whatever. It was.. interesting.

amother

Apricot

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:56 pm

When my daughter was born we got a beautiful baby boys outfit...from my sister in law that is super close to me. Turned out she called the boutique to order from and said she wants something “with bows.” The people in the store heard “boys.” I returned it and got my daughters kiddish outfit from there. We had a good laugh.

Genius

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 10:58 pm

sky wrote:

My problem is a gift you don’t know what it is. Don’t ask the gift giver what a
4 section decanter is because they may not know either:
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You win

ExtraCredit

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:03 pm

sky wrote:

My problem is a gift you don’t know what it is. Don’t ask the gift giver what a
4 section decanter is because they may not know either:
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Put one part alcohol to 3 parts water for ‘a bit tipsy but not drunk’ results.

liveandlove.ima

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:10 pm

ExtraCredit wrote:

Mocha, you gotta agree that this is funny!

On a light note it totally is! okay, I hate it that im the one hating here Can't Believe It

so I'm not

ExtraCredit

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:11 pm

mocha wrote:

On a light note it totally is! okay, I hate it that im the one hating here Can't Believe It

so I'm not

You had good intentions. Don’t worry. Cool

liveandlove.ima

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:18 pm

ExtraCredit wrote:

You had good intentions. Don’t worry. Cool

Thanks for getting me, always 😍🥰
So, what awful gift can I get you?

Hidden:

~~awful~~ good enough?

ExtraCredit

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:22 pm

mocha wrote:

Thanks for getting me, always 😍🥰
So, what awful gift can I get you?

Hidden:

~~awful~~ good enough?

Awful would be a cone without ice cream

Hidden:

ra_mom

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:33 pm

Supposedly you can place four different liquors or syrups into this and pour all out at once. Major cool Laugh

Must be fun to clean.

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amother

Violet

Sun, Nov 08 2020, 11:36 pm

amother [ Olive ] wrote:

Ha! My dh knew I love to read. So a week or two after we got married, he bought me the latest bestseller : *That's me, Tzviki Green*

Love this!

amother

Blonde

Mon, Nov 09 2020, 12:07 am

amother [ Cobalt ] wrote:

Why don't you wish for a gift you would like??? LOL

Because if I got to a point of not liking a present, then it means I must have gotten so many that I do like.

amother

Taupe

Mon, Nov 09 2020, 12:25 am

I received a callus remover foot cream from a student's parents as an end of the year gift when I was in my 20's. I did end up using it & certainly appreciated the thought.