Partner's rubbish birthday present

[k8bailey]

My partner is 27 this week, his parents gave him 3 pairs of socks, the wrong size, and 1 can of Lynx which says 'not to be sold separately' on the side, so it was obviously one of a multipack (can he expect the other one for xmas?!) This was all wrapped in Minnie mouse wrapping paper!!

His parents are fairly well off, 2 foriegn holidays a year, out drinking or having a meal almost every weekend, not that it's about how much the gift cost, but its hard to say that it's the thought that counts, when there clearly wasn't a thought - neither of them even knew how old he was this year, from the look of the card, i'd say they thought he was turning 7.....

Tell me about your rubbish birthday presents to cheer him up - I once got an AA winter car kit with de-icer, scraper, jump leads etc in it, from my dad....didn't have a car at the time though!

[ummmm]

My ex brought a case of beer round his parents house because they had family visiting. He got the same case back for his birthday....

His Mother's a class act...

[rowanwitch]

My sister and I compete for the naffest gift.... but worse was from my ex husband for my birthday... a bunch of 5 of those horrendous football head chrysanthemums all different colours
A) I can't do chrysanths they give me a blinding head ache
B) they are impossible to arrange on their own and look good
C) he left them in the boot of the car all through a hot day so they were virtually dead

[joeluke]

Best way to deal with crap presents is to give even worse presents in return

My tight@rse sister gives the freebies she receives from selling Avon to my Mam as Xmas gifts

[Gavmacp]

Bought my wife a bag of compost for our anniversary!
She went out the next day and spent a large amount of money on jewellery.
They say it is the thought that counts but whoever said that was STUPID!!!!!!

[micmak]

Maybe they can afford foreign holidays and weekends wining and dining because they give such rubbish gifts.

[LoftyLottie]

I got a roll of that oilskin type table cloth stuff that you wipe clean for Christmas one year from my parents in law!! I was delighted.

[rowanwitch]

The scroller jig saw was good....

[craft1948]

When I lived in my last house my brother was always buying me expensive smellies for the bath............I only had a shower so the daughter used to get them.

[k8bailey]

well the dvds, xbox game and huge tobelerone from me and the kids cheered him up, and this thread has given me some ideas for xmas pressies for his folks for the next few years, so thanks folks :)

[Twenty20]

Good heavens, he's 27! Maybe they're telling him, subtly, that perhaps he's just a tad too old to be expecting presents from mummy and daddy?

[notasyoungasiwas]

An ex bought me a bird feeder for Christmas once cos I like wild birds and a friend bought me an ice cream scoop once and I don't have a freezer ....

[chelle7272]

A couple of years ago my paernts bought me for christmas some silver arm wamers (don't know if that's even what they're called - like legwarmers, which i thought they were,but for you arms!) with plastic 'gems' stuck on them and a triple pack of gaudy glitter eyeshow. Not my sort of thing to say the least...

[joko]

check out this site and think yourselves lucky! http://whydidyoubuymethat.com/

haha ... i am not ashamed to admit that i actually like some of the stuff on there! ... such as one of the picture frames.. kind of metal filigree with coloured bits i think....
with some people on there though, it seems their idea of a bad gift is merely one that is not quite their taste, rather than it being a bad, thoughtless and mean spirited gift, as some woudl think those items perfect for them...

for instance for me... i would hate it if you bought me an expensive pair of gold and diamond earrings with a single diamond.... nothing wrong with them and most women would utterly love it...but just not my taste or style - i would never wear them and probably sell them



twenty20 - how sad for you that you think gifts are only for children... i feel sorry for you and your family if thats your attitude...clearly you have no idea what giving gifts is all about...

[notasyoungasiwas]

Twenty20 you think 27 is too old for pressies?! Me and my bro will never see 50 again, yet we still get (and give) pressies from our parents. It's all part of the fun of family life.

[Jenarry]

My mum has never been very good at pressie buying. for my 17th birthday she gave me a silver plated brooch of a horse's head. I had never worn brooches and had never liked horses. to this day i wonder what she was thinking.
From an ex as a thankyou for loaning him money and taking him out whilst he was out of work for a while, rather than paying me back when he got his 1st pay packet from his new job he gave me a box of out of date chocs and a scary looking adult toy.
we didn't last long after that!!!

[fairycakes69]

My MIL gave me padded pink satin coathangers for my 23rd birthday, and 15 years later the same again for my christmas, poor hubby had to put up with the rant all day. I decided to re -gift them back to her on mothers day, ( well she must have liked them to buy them). Gather I must have been in her bad books those years. The worst I heard of was a MIL giving her DIL a pack of brown envelopes and some one else used nail varnish.

[momcj]

My sister-in-law got my Aunt an extra big tub of vaseline! That was the best-still makes me laf. Me mum intercepted and didnt give it her! My brother-in-law got my sister a day as a zoo keeper-which might sound good to some, but my sister is not exactly an animal fan and was not overly excited at the prospect of a day in animal muck! She got money back and went to a spa!!

[johnk]

Got cigars off my Mum for years. I don't smoke!!