Worst gift you've ever gotten

stoneycakes

What's the worst/funniest thing you've ever been gifted?

stoneycakes

I got a personalized item with my name misspelled.  I didn't have the heart to tell them.

s0ulchicken

DHs grandparents do a gift exchange every year. One year I was gifted a sterling silver star fish thingy. I thought it was a soap dish, and thanked the giver for the unique soap holder.

It was a napkin holder. How the heck do you put square napkins in a star shaped dish?

Spapeggy

We got 2 snuggies as dirty Santa gifts. They were stupid.

LoveActually4

DH got me a slap chop.

SGC29

My aunt got me a Barbie for Christmas one year. I was 17.

Helenahhandbasket

A while back I worked somewhere that did secret santa. 

My secret santa was a dude that gave me one of those "free with purchase" makeup kits -- which I actually would have liked-- had someone not (his wife I am assuming) had already used the eyeshadow and blush a few times. 

IMO work gift exchanges are the worst.

s0ulchicken

BunkinMama said:

Latex gloves.... thanks mom

What? Was there a practical reason behind this?

I am now considering putting Latex gloves in my bag for Nana A's gift exchange.

MetrosPhoenix

Spapeggy said:

We got 2 snuggies as dirty Santa gifts. They were stupid.

I love my snuggie! A friend left it over my house and after I used it once, I told her she wouldn't be getting it back.

The stupidest gift I ever got was at my bridal shower. My aunt gave me a teapot with six different kinds of tea, which was great-but when I opened the boxes of tea, half of them were missing or a different brand! She also bought an off brand humidifier in an open box for DD's room.

BlueRidge8

I got stuff like this regularly from the ILs. Last year, though, they got me a CG to a local day spa place and I've raved about it enough all year that I hope they will rinse and repeat this year.

(I didn't tell them that I've used it on bikini waxes tho)

missyishere

DD gave me a nice gift of not sleeping and screaming her first christmas.  

SummerSnow11

Either the weight watchers cook book or the bootleg DVDs. Different years but both from the same aunt. To be fair, she is not all there. We always thank her nicely no matter what she gets us.

Oh and one year grandma got us those one size fits all stretchy shirts that look kind of like popcorn? I don't know how to describe them.

Rae1105

I got the Twilight New Moon board game.... I hadn't even read the books at this point.

MetrosPhoenix

stoneycakes said:

I got a personalized item with my name misspelled.  I didn't have the heart to tell them.

DH did that to his own sister!

stoneycakes

Spapeggy said:

We got 2 snuggies as dirty Santa gifts. They were stupid.

What is dirty about a snuggie?

NotSharknado

A censored hand soap dispenser.

It's a funny gift but I loved it.

ToastieSimons

MIL bought me 2 bags of goldfish.  I was gluten free after a celiac test came back funky (and had been for a year).  She told me to just give them to DH.  I was even pregnant with their first grandchild.  But they went to the city to buy SIL's boyfriend at the time the cookies he just loves and they couldn't remember which ones they were, so they bought 2 different kinds.  SIL is notorious for going through boyfriends, they broke up about 2 weeks after Christmas.

RayRay007

Well the one that immediately springs to mind is a wedding gift we got from DHs crazy aunt. It was a victorian garden statue of a lady. It wasn't our style at all, and we didn't even have a yard! 

LaurelBee

My sister gave Dh a blanket with horses on it. You know the kind sold out of vans in empty lots? Yeah, that kind. Dh was super nice about it and thanked them. That's when they started laughing and admitted that wasn't his gift- they actually got it from Bil's gram and regifted as a joke.

Jokes on her bc it makes an awesome picnic blanket.

babyf86

My DH and I were gifted a dollar store table cloth and 4 cloth napkins... What makes this gift even worse is that it was a wedding present from 4 people that attended our wedding!

MrsT0514

Years ago, for Christmas, when my father and I were still talking and had a tiny resemblance of a relationship (but still quite awkward and strained), he got me a box of weird decorative leaf cookies. Apparently he didn't know what to get me (we barely saw each other or communicated much) and thought I could "keep the box and use it as some sort of storage".

MrsT0514

Oh and also the wedding gift we got from DHs wackjob aunt. It was some strange decorative vase (the package was already opened) and some strange wedding book with a layer of dust all over it. Clearly she was regifting some shit she didn't want. Gee thanks.

stoneycakes

ILoveNaps said:

I posted last year about someone giving my kid used underwear, skid mark stains included.

Wow.

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MrsT0514

ILoveNaps said:

I posted last year about someone giving my kid used underwear, skid mark stains included.

Uhhh..what? That's fucking gross.

ShakeyJakey

My cousin got me some weird plug in stone thing that's supposed to neutralize the ions in the air or some shit. It's ugly as sin. I also got a universal remote while my brother got a $90 electric razor.

Helenahhandbasket

ILoveNaps said:

I posted last year about someone giving my kid used underwear, skid mark stains included.

No!

Was it a gift or was someone passing on baby/ kids clothes?  We do that frequently in my group of friends (pass around baby and maternity clothes) but I would NEVER give anything stained.  Esp not poo stained.  GROSS!

missyishere

@ilovenaps I would totally work certain words into all conversations with that gift giver. "Wow, that's so awesome you received a race. You're on such a good streak right now!"

"Hey, remember that time you completely smeared the other team in the basketball game?"

anustart

His and Hers KY Jelly...from my mom. 

jak554

Last year H got me a hooded blanket. The hood had a cat face and the back has a tail...I wouldn't have minded if the thing fit over me.

ReeseFox

Love actually4 said:

DH got me a slap chop.

Jealous! **not sarcasm**

MrsT0514

anustart said:

His and Hers KY Jelly...from my mom. 

LMAO.

LoveActually4

ReeseFox said:

Love actually4 said:

DH got me a slap chop.

Jealous! **not sarcasm**

PM me your address and I will send it to you! It's still in the box!

LoveActually4

@OnederfulMother that story actually made me misty. I'm sorry about your dad.

lollitots

OMG, where do I start? The sucky givers are my parents. I can't top the underwear, but here are some of my winners:

One year my Mom gave me a 11 x 15 profession picture of....wait for it....myself. What the hell am I going to do with a picture of myself? Put it on the wall and say "look, there I am!".

Backstory to the pic, we had family pictures taken for my parents 40th wedding anniversary. It had been forever since we had everyone together for professional pics. They also took pics of each family group and since I was the only one not married with kids (my siblings are much older, I was a late little accident) they took a pic of just me. My Mom bought each family their group pic and instead of giving me a picture of my immediate family she gave me a giant picture of my smiling face.

When I was a teen my mom also stuffed a can a sardines in my stocking. I don't like sardines. And who puts sardines in as stocking stuffers?

The last Christmas my Dad was alive he gave all the girls in the family (daughters and granddaughters) footie pajamas. He was so proud of himself for getting this Christmas shopping pretty much done in one swoop.

I have more, but this is enough for now. I will have to tell you about the latch hook rug later....

magentawarped

My grandmother got my sister and I matching t-shirts one year when we were kids. They were about six sizes too big, had jelly beans all over them and said "L.L. Beans". Oh so punny. We labeled them sleep shirts and they never saw the light of day. This is the same grandmother that got my sister one of those garden frogs. She was in college, had no yard, and doesn't like frogs.

MintBerryCrunch

One used reindeer candle holder from a family member as a wedding gift.

MamatoA2010

I've never received a bad gift (one of the lucky ones or I just can't think of one off the top of my head) but my dad received a croched "hat" for his penis as a gag gift from a high school friend. I thought that was pretty funny...

anustart

MamatoA2010 said:

I've never received a bad gift (one of the lucky ones or I just can't think of one off the top of my head) but my dad received a croched "hat" for his penis as a gag gift from a high school friend. I thought that was pretty funny...

Sounds like your dad's penis gets a lot of action, amirite? #condomquestions

MamatoA2010

@anustart- winner winner chicken dinner! You are correct lady

chardonnay24

When H and I started dating, my now MIL asked me what Disney character I liked best. I said Eeyore, because I don't actually have a favorite and he was the first one I thought of. For Christmas that year, I got Eeyore everything. Earrings, a plastic glittery watch, a sweatshirt, an alarm clock, and slippers.