Gifts... What were they thinking?
 

When my husband and I moved into our last house, we threw a housewarming party. Someone from our synagogue gave us a ceramic teapot that was made to look like a table set for Friday night Sabbath dinner. The thing is fugly! (Actually, I think I know what she was thinking: "Yayyy, I finally got rid of that horrible teapot that Aunt Sadie gave me twelve years ago!" :p )

The crystal flute that I really wanted...3 years ago.
Yes, I was a music/flute major, my freshman year of college...3 years later as a vocal major I didn't really have much use for a flute anymore. Thanks mom.

I've gotten a ton of CRAPPY Christmas ornaments. Despite me frequently mentioning that I don't have a lot of storage, every year, I can expect some more fugly ornaments, or wall hangings. One of the worst was a wall hanging. It was about 12 by 14. It had a snowman with a corncob pipe in his mouth. On a sled. And said Noel at the bottom. :rolleyes:

Is it religious?
Is it secular?

Who knows???

All I know is that this year, I took it to Goodwill and donatated it.

Underwear. Granted, I was about 9 years old, but come on...surely it would've occurred to my grandmother that a kid would not want to open a package of underwear in front of all her relatives. Right???

Guess it depends on the Relative giving the Gifts doesnt it?

Do They Need This or not!

Had a Crazy Aunt that gave Me Bikini Briefs for Christmas! She just laffed and Said Remember When We Went out to see My New Boy Friend! You are My Fav. Hell She was Married!:) My Mother Was Embarresed to beat Hell, but My Aunt and I were Close!:D

My ex-boyfriend from freshman year bought me thongs from VS. My dad wasn't very happy when I opened that present in front of the family.

My mother gave me a necklace that looks like it came from the Mr. T collection. "I pity the fool!" :p

Last year from my aunt I got a hat from here hometown of Ukiah California and a twenty dollar gift certificate to sonic. The Sonic certificate would be nice except we don't have those in my state:eek:

When I was 13 my dad's mother sent me a vinyl (ok, plastic!) purse that looked like demin. I had to smile and say thanks! I got home and dug through every pocket of that thing thinking "this is a joke, there has to be money in here as the real gift"
Oh I can't tell you how HORRIBLE it was!!!

Haha - are you talking about the one with the pink, white, and green painted flowers? Comes in a walnut case? I knew about three flute players in high school who were drooling over that.

My dad's wife did the shopping one year and got me a silver hair brush, comb, mirror set, like the kind my grandmothers had on their dressers. I ended up taking it to a gag gift/white elephant gift exchange. I think I was only 30 or so at the time. Was she trying to tell me that I'm an old lady???

haha.

how about being 16 and really overweight, and instead of it being your grandmother, it being your uncle?

and how bout the underwear being from the disney store?

yeah, i didnt think you could beat that.

That would be the one...only I have the "Carolina" one that has sailboats & stuff on it.

You win. :eek:

Makes me wonder if your uncle is a "funny uncle"! *shudder*

I keep getting bath products. Granted, I know they're all the rage but I haven't had the time to take an actual bath in about 10 years. And the very thought of sitting around in dirty bathwater just doesn't do it for me.

Shower items, however, are gratefully accepted!

I refer everyone to the queen mother of shitty-gifts threads:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ght=Champipple

:D

My family loves to play dominos! :) try it you might just enjoy the game played by the rules...

I got to open my presents tonight too. My aunt got me this big, cheap-looking "collectible doll". The box was already all falling apart, and she had the nerve to still give it to me. It looks like it's probably a re-gift. :mad: I haven't been into dolls since I was 9 or 10 and I'm not into collecting things...especially something this hideous. Now, it's just taking up room in my already cramped, tiny place....until I can find somebody to dump this thing on. Muahahaha!!!!!! :p

ok, this isn't my bad gift, but my friend got a deviled egg plate when she was a teenager from her PARENTS. she is in her 30s and still talks about what a horrible xmas that was.

i did get an ugly sweaterr from a boyfriend once. it was gross.

Jenga's fun when you make it into a drinking game: http://www.realbeer.com/fun/games/games-13.php

So...I have to add my share;)

Now don't get me wrong, I love my Grandma. But sometimes I just want to be like "WTF were you thinking Granny?!"

Since I was little, I've gotten PJs. Or PJ/lounge related articles of clothing. First it was nightgowns (that were monogrammed, naturally;)) Then we moved into sleep shirts, to pj sets, to robes......and now to the worst - A house coat. Now not only is it a house coat, it's a baby blue house coat that has that "quilted" look to it- ya know, like Vera Bradley bags? Now Granny, I'm sure you know I love Vera Bradley....as an accessory. :rolleyes: On top of that......my sister got the same thing. Not like a housecoat in a different color....the same exact thing.

On top of all that, I had to sit there and tell her how wonderful it is....sheesh. The things a person will do to keep grammy happy, lol.

Now if only I could find someone to pawn it off on.......

The older I get the worse my gifts get. Let's see this year I got a case of Labatt Blue ( which I dont drink labatts cuz it gives me the shits) , a liter of grey goose l'orange ( even tho I drink bourbon and hate fruity liquor) oh the best was a shrimp platter and a calender with the birthdays of everybody in my family. The funny thing is the only thing i wanted for christmas was a new file cabinet and a cd/dvd storage tower, which I didnt get.

OMG - I just got one of those yesterday from my parents as a housewarming gift. :eek: My in-laws gave us a better housewarming gift.

My dear great-aunt (RIP) always gave the worst gifts. She claimed, "I know exactly what pre-teens / teenagers want." She gave me oversized sweatshirts with ugly designs printed on them, and purple leggings. If I'd worn them to school, I'd have been a laughingstock. She was a very sweet woman, and I miss her, but she had no clue what I wanted.

This year i got a skillet, from my mom, for my new appartment that i dont have yet...and the next gift my dad opened was yet another skillet and now he wants to know if he should go appartment hunting with me

I can take that liter of grey goose off your hands...;)

My car was burglarized and vandalized the week before xmas. My top was slashed in three places and my ipod and dry cleaning bag and a new vera bradley were stolen.

One of my best friends turns around knowing my ipod was stolen and gives me an ipod case for xmas (the case only fits the 4th generation ipods) and doesn't give me a gift receipt. So now I have an expensive case for an ipod I don't have and no way to return it. To top it off she gave me a pair of cute flip flops that are about 3 sizes to large for me. Hello!

One year my great aunt got me a candle from the 99 cent store as my entire Hannukah gift. Not only was it cheap, I swear it had to have been the tackiest candle in the entire store. It was a pink gel candle inside some glass thing with a fake rose at the bottom of it. Eww. If she really wanted to get me a gift from the 99 cent store, she should have just gotten me a rubber duck...

Here's a what were they thinking moment.....

A girl that lived in my neighborhood got me a sorority paddle. It would have a been a nice if not odd gift (seeing as she is not in a sorority), but this is what was on the paddle...Alpha Xi Delta, WVU, and my name. Which would have been fine if I went to WVU or even if I was in Alpha Xi. My younger sister does go to WVU and is in Alpha Xi but since it has my name on it she doesn't want it. We really don't know what to do with it. It's in a closet at my parents house.

LOL! Oh man that is some funny stuff.

I think this means you should name your unborn daughter after you, send her to WVU and have her pledge Alpha Xi.

Then regift that shit.

regift it and regift it good.

I got a whole bunch of sexy clothes from my aunts....they said they're trying to "sex me up".......:confused:

I mean, they look great on me, I just feel naked in them.......

That's pretty bad....

Did this girl know where you went to school and what GLO you were part of? Or did she just mix you and your sister up?

You can always try to remove your name and put your sister's name on it?

I got handmade ornaments from my niece and nephew. Ummm, hello people, I don't have the room to store a ton of ornaments I have a 1 bedroom. AND they're not even Christmasy. They're flowered shrinky dinks, with a ribbon on top. :( I would have rather spent the afternoon helping them make ornaments for other people, instead of getting one. The other gift my sister to her secret santa was a donation to Katrina relief.

Don't get me wrong, I donated money myself, but I think giving a donation as a "gift" is cheesy - unless someone asked for it. It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where George made donations to the "human fund".