Worst you have ever gotten....

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Ok the thread about the Worst Gifts of 2008 gave me inspiration on this one.

What's the worst gift you have received?

One year for Christmas, my ex's mom got us burial plots. Now I guess it is the thought that counts but why give those to us on Christmas lol.
 
I can't think of any particularly horrible gift I've received...but for our wedding, DH and I decided we would buy eachother a gift the day after the wedding, we went our separate ways in the mall for a couple hours, and all I bought him was a tie - I spent the rest of my money on a bathing suit for myself (I'd forgotten it at home).
 
It's kind of the worst, but also the funniest.
Last year Jordan and I spent Christmas with his family (we switch off who gets us on the holidays). It was the first time I spent them with his family, and it was also the first holiday after our engagement. His Dad's parents are very old fashioned (we sleep in separate rooms when we go there), and also EXTREMELY cheap. Every year they get a proof set of coins, and some money for Christmas. I was not expecting anything at all.

So imagine my surprise when Granny starts talking about how wonderful I am, and how nice it is to have me there for Christmas. She then starts talking about how she had asked Debbie for a gift idea (something Penn State, naturally, cuz they could go to any mall near them and find PSU stuff) but she didn't want to do that. So then she was going to get me driving gloves, but she didn't know what color coat I had.

So instead, I got a tube of hand cream (to keep my hands pretty now that I had that ring on my finger) with a $20 bill rubberbanded to it, and an oven mitt. (I don't cook.)

We STILL laugh about that :p
 
I started dating DH when I was just 16 years old and I really liked ladybugs at the time. I even got a tattoo of one when I was a senior. So, every single gift-giving holiday since then (its been almost 11 years), my MIL has given me some sort of tacky, obnoxious ladybug item.

ladybug croc buttons (I don't own crocs)
ladybug basket
ladybug plant holder
ladybug flag for front of house
ladybug lawn ornament
ladybug t-shirt
ladybug pajamas (these were actually kinda cute)
ladybug earrings
ladybug necklace (she gave me the same necklace two christmases in a row)
ladybug window clings (seriously?!?)
ladybug doormat (my wedding shower gift)

I'm sure there is lots more, but I can't think of them.
 
I thought I had it bad until I read pewtertm!

But, I ALWAYS get double knit crap from my MIL that I wouldn't even wear in the 70s if I had it! Ugh!
 
Hmmm... when I was little, my grandparents inexplicably got me a plastic ball and bat set. I couldn't imagine why they'd get little bookworm me something athletic.

More recently, when the LoTR movies were coming out, my ex bought me this necklace.

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I'm not even THAT geeky. I made him return it, but appreciated the intention.
 
My father used to think it was really amusing to get us kids some really crappy gifts. I remember one year, being 8 or 9, he gave me a roll of duct tape and a note that said something like "Here's hoping you learn when to keep your mouth shut this next year."... Well, he has artificial legs from the knee down so that night I used every last bit of it to duct tape his fake legs together. LMBO
 
My MIL gets worse every year. Last year DH got batteries and an indoor thermometer. I got a can opener and kitchen towels. :blink:

The kids get weird crap too.. like JJ gets baby toys.. and Abby gets weird stuff.. it's like she has no concept of how old they actually are.

This year.. she called DH the day after thanksgiving and told him that she bought us a flat screen tv for Christmas.. and it was $600 but since she didn't normally spend that much on us, she wants us to pay her for half of it. Which.. fine.. whatever.. but seriously. :blink:
 
*lol* Sara, WTH?!

I need to do that with my parents. 'Yeah, hi Mom. Guess what I got you for Christmas?! The dream vaca to Australia you've wanted! Yeah, yeah, I know I'm amazing. Thing is... I only have $150 in my budget for presents for you & Dad, so you'll have to pay the rest. Merry Christmas!!'
 
LeeAndra said:
*lol* Sara, WTH?!

I need to do that with my parents. 'Yeah, hi Mom. Guess what I got you for Christmas?! The dream vaca to Australia you've wanted! Yeah, yeah, I know I'm amazing. Thing is... I only have $150 in my budget for presents for you & Dad, so you'll have to pay the rest. Merry Christmas!!'
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LMAO...that's awesome. Except, ummm...my SIL actually DID that for her parents' anniversary. "Happy anniversary...we want you to come to Jamaica with us...but we'll only pay for half, you have to pay the other half, OK?". For real.
 
kscwgirl said:
This year.. she called DH the day after thanksgiving and told him that she bought us a flat screen tv for Christmas.. and it was $600 but since she didn't normally spend that much on us, she wants us to pay her for half of it. Which.. fine.. whatever.. but seriously. :blink:
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no no no no NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! say it isn't so...that has to be THE single MOST tacky thing i HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT. THE. CRAP.
 
AnnieBananie said:
My father used to think it was really amusing to get us kids some really crappy gifts. I remember one year, being 8 or 9, he gave me a roll of duct tape and a note that said something like "Here's hoping you learn when to keep your mouth shut this next year."... Well, he has artificial legs from the knee down so that night I used every last bit of it to duct tape his fake legs together. LMBO
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i pee'd myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D
 
For our wedding, my great-grandmother gave us a used hand mixer. For our first Valentine's Day together, my DH gave me the live action Pinocchio movie (with Jonathan Taylor Thomas) that we had never seen before...yeah, that's romantic. :confused:
 
lizzyfizzy said:
no no no no NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! say it isn't so...that has to be THE single MOST tacky thing i HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT. THE. CRAP.
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She's crazy. Seriously. The chemo and the radiation, they have done a number on her. :blink:
 
Jeff's semi-used to it by now. he goes.. oh honey.. we have to pay for half of our christmas gift. LOL
 
LOL! These are hilarious! I can't remember a really bad gift but my MIL is notorious for shopping at Value Village & thrift stores... I get a lot of stuff from there.

The best/worst/funniest gift she gave was to my SIL. My SIL was getting married and was obsessed with babies. All she talked about was her wedding and babies. Drove us all crazy. So MIL bought her a piggy bank that was shaped like a sperm.... I am NOT joking. We thought it was hilarious when she opened that at her bridal shower, hahah!
 
scrapperjade said:
LOL! These are hilarious! I can't remember a really bad gift but my MIL is notorious for shopping at Value Village & thrift stores... I get a lot of stuff from there.

The best/worst/funniest gift she gave was to my SIL. My SIL was getting married and was obsessed with babies. All she talked about was her wedding and babies. Drove us all crazy. So MIL bought her a piggy bank that was shaped like a sperm.... I am NOT joking. We thought it was hilarious when she opened that at her bridal shower, hahah!
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Well, your MIL is kinda crazy like that, hahaha. ;)
 
Mine isn't nearly as bad as any of these. My BF from freshman year of college came out with me and my family for my birthday dinner. We went to REd Lobster and my parents paid for the meal. Afterwards, he tells my parents that he will take home because he wants to take me to get my present. He takes my Borders and asks me to pick out a book. He insists I get a Danielle Steele novel since I had never read them (I hate romance novels and always have) and then proceeds to spend 20 minutes picking out some science book for himself. My book cost maybe $5 bucks. Worst...gift.. ever. Needless to say, that relationship ended quickly after that.
 
A couple of years a go my dad got me a bright red Michael Jackson kinda style leather jacket.....lmao!! and it was 2 sizes too small!!(thk God) It was hilarious....silver snaps, zippers on the arms...it was awesome lol!!!!! And he was seriously excited over it too, couldnt wait, he really thought it was the best gift ever.

In fact I'm mean for posting this, he'd be heartbroken:(
 
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OMGosh this thread has me peeing my pants!

A Burial Plot
Tampons
paying for half a gift
taping legs together
sperm shaped piggy bank

I am dying here! And also feeling very happy that I've never got a terrible gift. The only thing I ever felt bad over was one christmas a few years ago when DH went to a store called Wet Seal to buy me clothes. They were all belly shirts and very low waisted jeans. He had good intentions but heck I've had two kids, gained a ton of weight in all the wrong places to wear those kind of clothes and never wore them even when I weighed 100lbs.
 
My mother bought my daughter a set of slippers and me a picture frame wall hanging thing I had told her I liked. A few days after she GAVE it to us she called and asked me when I was going to have her money. I asked her for what and she said for the things she had bought me. I really thought they were gifts. I was really upset but paid her back....EVENTUALLY. Even after I paid her back she kept calling me telling me how I owe her money. The thing is it kept going up each time. It was not a huge amount either. Twenty dollars is all. Then it went up to 21 then 25. Not good. She never did this with my sisters and brother. In fact she bought my sister 3 computers!!

kscwgirl said:
This year.. she called DH the day after thanksgiving and told him that she bought us a flat screen tv for Christmas.. and it was $600 but since she didn't normally spend that much on us, she wants us to pay her for half of it. Which.. fine.. whatever.. but seriously. :blink:
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as for the worst christmas gift my MIL buys my husband and me every year this cheap meat/cheese set with jellies and mustards etc and it just sucks. My husband likes it but even he is tired of it
 
Oh gosh, some of these are so funny. Mine isn't that bad. My husband once bought me one of those shoe organizer things that hang on the door - for the one pair of sneakers and one pair of dress shoes I had. I'm not a shoe girl by any means. LOL That's really the only bad gift I've gotten.
 
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