what's the WORST gift you've ever gotten?

[Wine&SilverBlue]

hehehe just curious ;)

[AlphaFrog]

A set of Parfume/Deoderant...and AFTERSHAVE!!!! It was from the fiance last Christmas...and I thought he just bought it, not knowing the difference, BUT when I was packing to move down here I found it again and he asked why I never used it...I said because it was for men and he said "But it smells good"...yeah...for YOU....not that he needs any more calogne-he's got enough for the next 15 years!

I guess it's the thought that counts (and the gold necklace/earrings that accompanied it)...

[swissmiss04]

That would have to be the granny panties I always seemed to get from one of my relatives every Christmas. Not only were they big, scary granny panties, but they were always at least 2 sizes too big. And I had to open the box in front of my entire family, which completely sucks when you're 10. I am so glad when that stopped!

[AOIIsilver]

Hands-downworst present: a USED "harvest gold," 1970's blender for my wedding anniversary....:rolleyes:

[Senusret I]

I HATED getting socks and underwear for Christmas.

Now, I hate shopping for socks and underwear, so I welcome them as gifts.

Ironic, eh?

[honeychile]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Hands-downworst present: a USED "harvest gold," 1970's blender for my wedding anniversary....:rolleyes:

I'm not sure that I'm even going to try to top that! Do you still speak to that person?

[piphimaggie]

probably the "antique perfume sprayer" that turned out to be a PLANT MISTING BOTTLE! There was NO WAY you could fill that entire thing up with perfume...you would have needed like 5 bottles! :p

[AOIIsilver]

Originally by Honeychile
I'm not sure that I'm even going to try to top that! Do you still speak to that person?

Honey, I am STILL married to this man, but his gifts have improved considerably...well at least for anniversaries....

Birthdays are a different story...One time he tied to my office door a moldy boquet of flowers (that were STILL in the Wal-Mart sack with the recpt!!!) from the "super discounted, expiration-date" flowers. Not a good birthday gift...No, No, No...:o

Silver

[honeychile]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Honey, I am STILL married to this man, but his gifts have improved considerably...well at least for anniversaries....

Birthdays are a different story...One time he tied to my office door a moldy boquet of flowers (that were STILL in the Wal-Mart sack with the recpt!!!) from the "super discounted, expiration-date" flowers. Not a good birthday gift...No, No, No...:o

Silver

I'm sure that Mr. Silver has some other very good qualities!!




Please say it's so!

[chideltjen]

I had bought a new cell phone right before my birthday so I wanted cell phone faceplates. Little did I know I would get THREE of them. One was from my grandma, which I decided to keep. The other two were from my now ex bf. He discovered I had one too many so he decided to take one back and get me something else.

Never did get anything else. So yeah... for my 20th b-day my significant other got me a $2 cell phone plate from a flea market.

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by Wine&SilverBlue
hehehe just curious ;)



One time I thought I had genital warts after having sex with some random chick I picked up in a bar in Gainesville, the next day (the day after I had my freak out moment) I opened my door to leave for class only to find a box full of wart remover stuff. I ended up just having a rash from my bathing suit rubbing on me but I'll never forget that box of wart remover stuff. There must have been 50$ worth of shit in that box. :o

[_Lisa_]

Before my grandmother died, every Christmas, I could look forward to "Days of the Week" underwear for kids. Even when I was 12, 13, 14, etc. One year she died right before Christmas & had already purchased & wrapped gifts. Instead of finding "Days of the Week" underwear & cheap jewelry she had bought me a beautiful turtleneck sweater, matching gloves, & a gorgeous gold necklace. I still regret not being able to thank her for that gift, but I still feel bad for all the "empty" thank-you's I had said each year before.

[KSigkid]

A set of REALLY cheap pens for my high school graduation; unwrapped and with the price still on them.

[AEPhiSierra]

my mother got me life insurance for my birthday last year.

[Diamond Delta]

Originally posted by AEPhiSierra
my mother got me life insurance for my birthday last year.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That sounds like something my mom would do!

This is not a bad gift, but it is funny. My mom sends me care packages with really wierd stuff in it. One time it was the huge welfare size bottle of ketchup, socks, bug spray and a 4 boxes of mac&cheese. WTF?!

Another time I got 6 recipes, 10 grocery coupons for $$ off, notebook paper, a baseball cap, 3 more pairs of socks (all Halloween themed) a few boxes of pasta, a jar of sauce, and a phone card. She's so wierd.....

[sageofages]

Originally posted by Senusret I
I HATED getting socks and underwear for Christmas.

Now, I hate shopping for socks and underwear, so I welcome them as gifts.

Ironic, eh?

LOL...when my children were smaller (younger) I ALWAYS gave socks and underwear for Christmas. Just for fun. When my oldest daughter moved out on her own, the first or second Christmas she asked me "You are going to give me socks and underwear for Christmas, right?" I said "why?" "Because I really need them now :)" LOL It has become pretty much a "given tradition" that Mom will give socks and underwear at Christmas. Heck, my grandson NOW expects it for Christmas (cause his mom does too)!

[jharb]

I win, for my 21st birthday originally I got this necklace that was really small and ugly from my parents, my mom hated it and sent it back. She tells me I can have anything I want and the next thing I know she's telling me that she and my dad ordered me a new mattress and box spring. It's a FULL size...not a queen size. Also that's supposed to be my 21st birthday present?!

I thought 21 was supposed to be full of fun presents! :p

[OrigamiTulip]

I once got a can of spam. The giver was a secret buddy for a conference, and she knew I was a vegetarian. Turns out had bought it to deliberately hurt my feelings. Everyone else got fun gifts like water guns, toys, and silly string to play with on our 26 hour bus ride, and she gave me spam :rolleyes:

[dzandiloo]

My grandmother gave me a used purse one year that she got from a garage sale (she was a garage sale fiend). It was this really ugly yellow canvas thing w/a plastic handle where they engraved some personalization...like a name, which WASN'T MINE! I think is said "SHELLY JO" or something like that. Not even close to my name!!!

Side note-If you've ever read the letter that Dear Abby used to reprint just about every Christmas from the disgruntled grandma who was tired of giving "generous" gifts to her grandchildren, only to receive no thank you note in the mail...yep, that was my grandmother. Generous = used junk or $2 cash. I'm going to hell for speaking ill of my deceased grandma...she had good qualities, but gift giving was not her talent.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by dzandiloo


Side note-If you've ever read the letter that Dear Abby used to reprint just about every Christmas from the disgruntled grandma who was tired of giving "generous" gifts to her grandchildren, only to receive no thank you note in the mail...yep, that was my grandmother. Generous = used junk or $2 cash. I'm going to hell for speaking ill of my deceased grandma...she had good qualities, but gift giving was not her talent.

My paternal grandmother gave each of her grandchildren exactly $3 every year for Christmas. Well, since my parents were each the youngest child of several, and I'm so much younger than my brother, my grandmother must have gotten tired of that $3 expense. By the time I was about 15, I told her to keep her money, that she needed it more than I. She never once gave me an argument! :rolleyes:

And yes, I wrote the darn thank you note before I spent the $3 every year. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Lady Pi Phi]

I love getting socks and underwear for Christmas. My mother always does that. I am forever losing socks in the dryer and then stealing my mothers so she's always getting me socks. I have never once got granny panties for as a gift (my mother knows better than that). Usually I'll get a gift certificate for La Senza (Canada' answer to Victoria's Secret) and go and get my own.

I don't think I've ever gotten a really bad present. Except maybe a bible. My granmother is a devout Southern Baptist and I know she meant well when she got me that, but I am not religious. I don't have the heart to say anything to her about it and she's forever trying to save me. I think I've opened it only a handful of times to look something up.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

If you don't like the gifts that you receive from your boyfriend or husband, give him a few suggestions. When you pass a store or get a catalog and see something that you like, point it out and tell him. I am lucky that my bf gives good gifts, like a trip to the Bahamas. :)

My sister gave me my worst gift, and she still feels bad about it. She gave me a bagel cutter which was essentially a big block of wood with a hole in it. The problem is the opening was only big enough for tiny Lenders bagels. Her bf at the time laughed at her. "You couldn't spring for some bagels." It was funny, and I still have it. I actually didn't mind it at all.

[astroAPhi]

Originally posted by dzandiloo
Side note-If you've ever read the letter that Dear Abby used to reprint just about every Christmas from the disgruntled grandma who was tired of giving "generous" gifts to her grandchildren, only to receive no thank you note in the mail...

Is there a problem with saying thank you in person or over the phone or do people need a friggin contract that you received your gift and you pretended to like it?

I got a box of tea one year. While some might think this would be an exotic and nice gift, no. It was a freakin box of Celestial Seasonings that cost no more than 3 bucks at the grocery store. Thanks, Uncle Bill and Aunt Jeanette! :rolleyes:

[TrueBlueKappa]

I think I can top everyone:)
Last Christmas, my grandparents gave me a can of Hormel chili with a mini microwavable bowl, and instructions on how to open the chili can, dump it into the bowl, add some cheddar cheese, and stick it in the microwave. WTF?!?
I love my grandparents, but man, they are horrible with gifts!

[_Opi_]

The worst gifts are the ones that I can't remember. I cherish the gifts my friends give me and family gives me cold hard cash :p Can't complain there!

[Rio_Kohitsuji]

A Chia Pet. I'm being serious. It was from my brother-in-law...I rewrapped it and gave it to him for the next Christmas...:p

Now..the worst was from my exboyfriend. For our 2nd Christmas together, he bought me a mini-makeup bag set from friggin' Odd Lots. It was red/gold/black/ with little Asian people all over it..it was the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Of course, it had the tag still on it...for $2.99. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[aephi alum]

I've gotten so many bad gifts! My parents were always very good to me, but the rest of the family never seemed to get it through their heads that just because I was a girl didn't mean I liked girly things. I got frilly dresses and ugly sweaters that my mother made me wear once each, when the appropriate relative was visiting; I got a Barbie doll that I played with exactly once; I got one of those baby dolls where you give it water and then it pees... All I wanted was some Legos and maybe a nice outfit or two.

I think the worst gift I've ever gotten was a wedding gift from my husband's cheap cousins. They are actually quite well-to-do, but they always give cheap gifts. It was a stainless steel 2-tier serving dish. I am 99% certain that it was a re-gift and that the original gift-giver couldn't have dropped more than $50 on it. Maybe for a housewarming or engagement gift, but for a wedding?!

The same cousins gave my husband a dictionary for his bar mitzvah! Worse, it was part of a lot that had been misprinted and was missing several letters of the alphabet. Yeah, they got that off the clearance rack. :rolleyes: We've been invited to their son's bar mitzvah; I suggested he give the dictionary back. :p

[Tom Earp]

My Auntie had more Boy Friends and Husbands than I could keep up with! Slut that I loved dearly, one time gave me a tube of Bikini Underware;) Christmas of all times when open gifts in front of Family!

Everyone wanted me to model!:eek:

[adpialumcsuc]

My grandparents (I do love them) gave me a set of plastic plates from the $1.00 store. I know they don't have a ton of money and I am constantly telling them not to get us anything, but this one just made me laugh.
They made up for it though when they gave us $500 for our wedding.

[BabyP]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
A set of Parfume/Deoderant...and AFTERSHAVE!!!! It was from the fiance last Christmas...and I thought he just bought it, not knowing the difference, BUT when I was packing to move down here I found it again and he asked why I never used it...I said because it was for men and he said "But it smells good"...yeah...for YOU....not that he needs any more calogne-he's got enough for the next 15 years!

I guess it's the thought that counts (and the gold necklace/earrings that accompanied it)...


you can always give it to another male friend for christmas or birthday :) that is what i do when i get some stuff i dont need or want....give to someone that will make them happy.
my friend didnt like this perfume someone gave her and i mentioned i liked it, she gave it to me and i bought her a hard to find perfume that I remembered that she mentioned that she loves and she was so happy and shocked at christmas ;)

[mmcat]

a large very ugly green mug

[KellyO97]

A set of kitchen spoons. It was my birthday gift from my boyfriend (my first birthday that we celebrated together). I was so upset (for some odd reason--I don't know what I expected.) However, I am very particular about what I buy people for gifts and I put a lot of time into the process. I thought he had just run out and bought something without putting any effort into it. It turns out he thought he had been especially thoughful--I had mentioned that I needed kitchen utensils while we were in Target a month earlier.

Well, I still have them, and I use them everyday. I guess it wasn't such a bad gift after all. And his gift-selecting skill have improved greatly over the years.

[TigerLilly]

Originally posted by Rio_Kohitsuji
A Chia Pet. I'm being serious. It was from my brother-in-law...I rewrapped it and gave it to him for the next Christmas...:p

I dunno, I think it be fun to get a Chia Pet for Christmas. Maybe I'm just quirky like that. :D

[SiKeS]

Gift certificate to a bookstore.

[DGqueen17]

My cousin who is the same age as me got our male cousin who is the same age as us, a macoroni angel christmas ornament.

He ate it. He really did.

[XOMichelle]

Originally posted by SiKeS
Gift certificate to a bookstore.

That's a very nice gift. Bookstores always sell magazines and stationary even if you don't read books.


My worst gift was given to me by my Dad. He gave me the movie "True Lies" for Christmas. It's a great film, but I had never seen it. He got it for me so he could watch it!

[sageofages]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
My worst gift was given to me by my Dad. He gave me the movie "True Lies" for Christmas. It's a great film, but I had never seen it. He got it for me so he could watch it!

Ohhhhh....Mr Sageofages does that so frequently, that I just say "I hope you enjoy your movie". Even our sons realize he is doing that, when he does it.

Just burns me up....

[Nikki_DZ]

Originally posted by XOMichelle
My worst gift was given to me by my Dad. He gave me the movie "True Lies" for Christmas. It's a great film, but I had never seen it. He got it for me so he could watch it!

I used to do this TO my dad.

My father is very much the type who, if he needs something, he goes out and buys it for himself. He's next to impossible to shop for. When you do buy him something, he never uses/wears it (seriously, the man has a walk-in closet full of shirts that my brothers and I have bought him that still have tags on them). In college, when my money was tight, I started buying him things I would like, too. "Gee, dad, you don't like those Nike running pants? Let me take them off your hands." He finally caught on the year he got a pink sweater from J.Crew for Christmas :)

[adpialumcsuc]

Originally posted by sageofages
Ohhhhh....Mr Sageofages does that so frequently, that I just say "I hope you enjoy your movie". Even our sons realize he is doing that, when he does it.

Just burns me up....
This reminds me....One year my dad gave my mom a golf net for the back yard. She didn't play golf. He apologized and said that he would get her something else. Next she got a leaf blower. Mom doesn't do outside chores. So finally he got her a new camera but decided that he would let the other gifts go to waste.

[Thrillhouse]

From one of my favorite movies:

A gunrack? I don't even own a gun, let alone many which would necessitate the need for a gunrack.

[kappaloo]

My uncle used to buy me god awful clothing. T-shirts with prints that were just horrible or that sweatshirt that was 4 sizes too large (I often suspect I was regifted that - it was my uncle's size).

[AOIIsilver]

He ate it. He really did.
Oh, my! Had it been covered in clear coat?
Silver

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Stolen CD's. Not shoplifted, just stolen out of some else's car. From a boyfriend. For Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa.

[tinydancer]

Originally posted by Rio_Kohitsuji
A Chia Pet. I'm being serious. It was from my brother-in-law...I rewrapped it and gave it to him for the next Christmas...:p
HAHAHA - one of my friends received a Chia Pet one Christmas from her mother-in-law. She said "I knew she hated me, but I never knew how much!"
I once got a cheap-o toy frog from a teacher at school ( we drew names) and everyone in the school knew how much I hate frogs!

[JennRN]

Religious videos( birthday present) from my grandparents....I think they were still hoping I'd be a nun or something.

At one of my bridal showers, my husband's relatives( his aunt and uncle I think) who lived out of state sent us some awful, scratchy, ugly sheets sets. What made them really awful though, was the fact that said relatives own a furniature store, and these sheets were the kind that they use on display on the beds in the store. My husband was so mad. :p

Mr. JennRN's worst gift was also from the above mentioned relatives. One year for Xmas they gave him luggage locks, and coasters with kittens and flowers on them. He was 26. :D

[DGqueen17]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Oh, my! Had it been covered in clear coat?
Silver

I don't think so, it had glue on it though.

[surfngurl]

I got a George Foreman grill for my 18th from my mom... but I live at home and we already have an indoor grill that's bigger. It hasn't left the closet since.

[LucyKKG]

Is it funny that I would be totally cool with some of these "terrible" presents? A Chia Pet, kitchen gear, etc. Well, I do like gardening and cooking so...

One of my aunts always give these weird artsy gifts that are often homemade. My mom got this flower in a glass ball that glowed when you plugged it in (paperweight?) one year. My sister pipes up, "It's a major award!" ("Christmas Story" anyone?) Sooo funny

Oh and last Christmas, my mom and I tried to start a joke gift that would passed around. We gave one aunt (actually the same artsy one) a Mr. Potato Head, but I guess she honestly liked it. We tried to jokingly go, "Oh, I wonder who'll get that next year!" but I think she's keeping it.

Oh and hell yes on the Wayne's World quote!

[libramunoz]

I think I was 9 and my older cousin (he was 11) gave me a toy jet fighter plane. At that time, I was very much a girly girl. Carried around my baby dolls and played with Barbie. A fighter jet--that was still in the paper bag. I guess it was the thought that counted.

For my 10th birthday--same Aunt as below, gave me a handmade Rosary. In retrospect it was beautiful in all ways. It was pink, which I loved. However, for someone that isn't Catholic, what in the world she gave me a Rosary for I will never know. Let's just say that, that year, Barbie had some beautiful jewlery.

When I was 26/27 my Aunt gave me a "desk toy" for Christmas--because she'd "forgotten" me, even though she was staying with my Mom and me at our house.

[christiangirl]

Once, my dad gave me foot cream. :confused: Last year, he didn't give me anything so I guess the foot cream wasn't bad in comparison...a true testament to our relationship. :rolleyes:

[ASUADPi]

a pillow for Christmas after I graduated from college. :rolleyes:

[lovespink88]

OH!! Fun topic! I had an ex who was a bad gift giver!

He started off as a good gift giver...for our first Christmas together he got me a really pretty necklace and this stuffed animal (mind you that was an inside joke, and it was also high school). Simple, but cute. For Valentines day, I got a dozen roses and really good chocolates. Overdone, maybe, but still really nice...and like I said, REALLY good chocolates! lol

However, we ended up dating for 2 and a half years, and he just got really lazy and cheap. I hate calling people cheap, but he was VERY cheap. I'm not saying he had to splurge on me, but he had no expenses (besides gas, which he split with his bro) because his parents paid for everything. And he had a job, so he had money coming in. Again, I'm not saying he should spend tons of money on me...but he shouldn't be so blantently cheap...ah, you'll see what I mean...

Next Christmas I got Elf on DVD. Good choice--so far, so good. I go to put it in the DVD player, and I realized it doesn't have the plastic covering on it. I open it up, and take out the disc and realized theirs finger prints on the back. I asked him if he opened it, and then he told me he got it in the used DVD bin at Blockbuster. Okay, it was just a DVD, no big deal.

Next summer my b-day comes around. A lot of our mutual friends got really into frisbee that summer. Someone got this super cool light up one that you can play with at night. I mentioned I wanted one...not like OMG I HAVE TO HAVE ONE! But rather, if I saw one at the store, I might by it. My birthday comes, and I got a light-up frisbee. I think I played with it once.

Now here comes the lazy part...he started to not even try getting me presents on his own. When a present event came around, he just said we could go to the mall and he'd by me something (as long as it was around 25 bucks of course). He even pulled that on our 2 year anniversary. He said he wanted to get me a bracelet but he didn't know what I would like...so we go to a couple of jewelry stores, and I see one I like for $60. He asked if we could keep looking. I ended up with the $20 fake silver bracelet from one of the carts in the center of the mall. It eventually turned yellow.

Now, my current boyfriend did not start off well. However, we weren't dating yet, so I gave him a break...it's pretty funny to think about now, though, lol

My bf, who was then just a friend, my roommate, and his roommate, all became really close friends our first semester of college. We did a present exchange between the four of us, but it was kind of like, me and my roommate bought a joint gift for each guy, and him and his roommate bought a joint gift for each girl. The future bf and I were hanging out the day after they had gone shopping for our presents. He told me he was really excited to give us our presents--he thought they were good. I told him he could tell me what they got for my roommate. They bought her an LA Angels hat. Now, she's not sporty AT ALL, but she just pledged Pi Phi that semester, and because she talked about it non-stop, they had learned how angels are one of their symbols. When he told me that, all I could think was, "WOW, how sweet...these guys actually picked on up something like that...I can't WAIT to see what they (he) got me!"

Our little present exchange comes, and I open up mine. It's this big, tacky Puerto Rican flag belt buckle. He said they saw it, and it reminded them of me, because I recently told them I would be visiting family in PR over Christmas break. I just kind of laughed it off and thanked them. Later that night I get a Facebook message saying sorry that the present didn't live up to it's hype. "I'm sure you'll find some use for it!" Oh dear...:rolleyes:

He's gotten VERY good at gifts though. :)

[paulam]

A friend of my Mother's gave us a lovely housewarming gift...an electric hot dog cooker! It was very sweet that she thought of us but we laughed ourselves silly after she left. I tried to use it once but it did not do a very good job so I had to cook the hot dogs manually...such a difficult chore!

Paula M
Sigma Delta Tau
Patrae Multi Spes Una
One hope of Many People

[wolffootball37]

Disney Anastasia computer game
pair of cheap binoculars- Was actually from my best friend at the time so im wondering what he was thinking id even need binoculars for.
"Freddy Got Fingered" DVD- with the Wal-mart 5 dollar bin sticker still on it.
"Hogwarts" harry potter t shirt. - From a girl when i was a senior in High School. Hmmm

[LXA SE285]

For anyone who hasn't read it already, this thread in the DST forum is a classic:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=12324