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August 2011 Moms
Winomama
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What's the worst gift LO has received?
Winomama
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In the spirit of the article on the front page about the worst gifts to give (which is super rude and ungrateful), what are some of the doozies LO has gotten?
I will start: DH's aunt bought 4 or 5 old, worn out, stained, white baby T shirts and used homemade sponges and stamps to decorate them. The color scheme is poop green, poop yellow, brown and purple. The crowning glory is the shirt that she wrote "Gangster of Love" on. DH said "WTF is this?" I nicely said, I'm sure she means well. I was very thoughtful of her.
Needless to say, LO wore a shirt for the pic in the thank you card, and wears one to bed if all his other pjs are dirty.
P.S. I just googled the phrase, "Gangster of Love". I had no idea what it was from all this time. I like some Steve Miller Band, but this song is just plain awful!
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Re: What's the worst gift LO has received?
I think we need to see a picture of the Gangster of Love shirt
I don't think we've gotten anything TOO bad, but there still have been a few things that gave us a good chuckle and/or made us go WTF
The one that comes to mind right now is a bunch of old dusty plastic dolls that came from DH's grandparents. In their defense, they are getting pretty old and I am pretty sure they sincerely thought their gift was awesome.
Our neighbhours also love to give us all their old toys that their grandkids used to play with when they would come and visit. Their youngest grandkid is 10 years older than DD1, so all the toys have been collecting dust and mold for 10 years or so. But again, I really think it comes from the right place, so I just smile and thank them and then dispose of the "gift".
I went and read the article, and while I don't necessarily agree that those are the worst gifts ever, it reminded me of another "good" one.
DD2 was born at the end of July. I received a 6 mo sized Summer dress. Of course the tags were off because the person who bought it was convinced I would love it (either that or they got it on clearance and it was non refundable/non exchangeable anyways). The person who gave it to me even told me they "erred on the side of caution by buying a larger size". Um yeah. A size that my kid wouldn't be wearing until winter. Oh well.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoooooooooooaaa!!
Step back and rethink what you're saying here!! It is by far one of his most famous songs.
Terrible onesie idea on MIL's part. Terrible. Don't take that out on SMB. I wonder if the onesie has tainted you and you can't listen to the song with an unbiased set of ears.
I'm about to give a terrible gift this Christmas. I'm giving my sister a financial self-help book. Trust me when I say she needs it. I don't care what anyone else thinks. This is an appropriate present and even if it isn't I don't care enough about what anyone else thinks to change my mind on the matter. I will absolutely take the heat for being a tacky gift-giver one time in my life.
Anything that says "Princess" all over it. Yeah, let's work on raising a spoiled brat before she even knows the meaning of the word... I don't understand the appeal here, frankly. Yet this stuff sells like hotcakes.
For her 1-year-old birthday, she got some Elmo doll that apparently has a cold, because it coughs and sneezes and asks for tissues and does all kinds of gross stuff. To me this falls into the same category as farting Santa dolls. I guess some people think it's cute? Again, I don't understand the appeal.
This year LO got a package from her grandma with a bunch of random items (wrapped) but some were just loose and unwrapped, including some of those baby cereal pouches. Yeah... we haven't done infant cereal in like a year. Oh well. I guess it'll go in the emergency kit in my car or something.
I don't think there's anything wrong with this. My boss gave me a Suze Orman financial workbook (this one: https://www.amazon.com/Suze-Ormans-Financial-Guidebook-Steps/dp/0307347303) and I've gotten a TON of use out of it. I'm pretty responsible with my finances but there is always more to learn. I'm not a huge Suze Orman fan (she's too pushy/accusatory for my tastes, though usually rightly so) but liked this workbook a lot. It goes a lot further than basic budgeting and credit advice to help you evaluate how and why you formed the attitudes toward money/finances etc -- digging deeper into family history, personal fears, belief systems and that sort of thing.
Yup, exactly. It is hotter than the surface of the sun here so no camping. Not sure what inspired this gift but I lied and said we liked it.
My MIL really tries. But she feels she HAS to send something whether or not she can afford it. So she'll buy something from the thrift store and spend three times what she spent shipping it.
The worst thing so far was a used, stained pajama top, no bottoms.
I try to tell her not to send anything, but I think if she keeps insisting I'll teach her about free shipping and/or shopping from the clearance section online.
This wasn't really a horrible gift (some of the PPs are SO funny!), but when DD is born, she received this super duper fancy dress in 12 months size. It was obviously very expensive, and I had no idea where she might wear it. The bad part was that there was this entire laundry list (pun intended) of special washing instructions: hand wash only, lay flat to dry, do not iron, no bleach or stain-removing chemicals could be used on the fabric, etc. etc. etc.
She wore it once (we got lucky that we were invited to a fancy brunch during the brief time it fight her properly) and after spending two days of soaking, scrubbing, and trying to get out fruit stains, I packed it away. It was a beautiful dress, but not very baby/toddler-friendly!