Worst present ever...

When i was about 8 someone bought me a red rum (the horse) pencil sharpener.

Mine was a box of ''goodies'' from oh on our first Christmas.. it had those fluffy chenille pink stripey gloves/ some awful gingerbread smelling something ? a magnetic chain and someother awful stuff- the day after boxing day I made him take me to la senza got some lovely pj's and too boots for perfume ? the others got chucked in the bin

My old housemate once gave me a fragrenced candle and holder set.....fine except that was the present I gave her the year before!!! Busted!

Fil bought us a toilet seat a few years back for Xmas. The one we had was broken I admit but as an xmas pressie?!

I got a bag from my MIL one year that must have been for a child. It was an across the body one but when I put it on it came above my waist. Will also add it had some sort of weird cartoony type people printed on it too. I gave it to my 10 year old sister in the end, she loved it!

Also wasn't sure whether to be offended or not last year when she bought me Dove Pro Age cream ?

I got a padded coathanger a few years ago from a friend of my Mum and Dad.

One year my Nan got me a lamp, shaped like a handbag.

Like this

She used to go to prize bingo, and saved all her prizes up to give to her 22 grandkids at Christmas ?

Wow er, that's......lovely?

It is, isn't it?? ?

The first Christmas my H and I were together we had a £20 limit because he was unemployed at the time.

I, even though I do say so myself did brilliantly, got him some really thoughtful stuff. He got me the Ollie Murs Winners story book (i had never watched X Factor in his presence) and the Micheal macintyre autobiography (never expressed an interest in him)! I still married him, and we joke about it now, but at the time I was gutted that he hadnt done better.

My auntie is notorious for getting odd gifts..one year she got my dad and extendable wing mirror, you know, that people with caravans have when they tow their caravan? yeh hes doesnt have a caravan and never expressed an interest in owning one ?

That year she bought me a pink wig ?

We had a £20 Xmas once. I managed to buy 4 little thoughtful presses, picture frame with nice pictures in, nice scarf etc etc.

Mrmini bought me "the best of disco" cd (have I ever mentioned I have a panchant for 70's music) and toy hello kitty, and a box of Ferraro rocher. I have the inkling he went to tesco on Xmas eve and got them all.

I've never let him forget it.

I don't think I've ever received a bad gift. Last year, my MIL bought me a gorgeous No7 nail manicure kit thing. I couldn't use it though as I bit my nails, so had no nails TO manicure. I love it now, though, as I've got nails now!

OMG, I've just thought of one actually.

It was the first year my mum and dad seperated, and I guess he wanted to get us something awesome to beat my mum's presents. Well, my dad bought me a Palmtop organiser. Y'know, one of those electronic organiser things. I'd NEVER shown an interest in them ever, yet he bought me one. It was a really good one too, and I was too nice to tell him it was a pointless gift, as I was in school and never organised ANYTHING. I would pretend to use it, just to keep him happy.

Luckily mum and dad are now back together, so no more random gifts ?

My ex husband was useless. In the end told him just to give me some money as i used to get some awful stuff.

The worse one was locking wheel nuts for my XR2 at the time and a car cleaning kit. Twunt

Last year I got this

Made super small because its potentially NSFW

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Sexy Santa bra and pants set

.....from my parents ?

Almost a year on, there are still no words

Full size pic here for the pervs

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Pretty much everything my FMIL gets me for xmas is odd. Last year she bought me a 'lamb fun board'. Just in sace you are wondering a 'lamb fun board' is a tiny chopping board in the shape of a lamb....She also got me a pair of pyjamas last year, which under normal cicumstances would be quite a good present, but I don't wear pyjamas I prefer night dresses. Also, they were a size 10 and I don't think I have been a size 10 possibly ever. She spends absolutly loads of money, at least £100 per person but none of it is ever any good.

This won't seem so bad this year given the current fashion, but when I was about 13, my gran bought me a burgundy, velour onesie, that buttoned up to the neck, with an embroidered flower motif on the chest. My sister got a matching one.

Poor gran never got it quite right. We think she ordered our presents from the adverts on the back of Woman's Own - the ones where you can buy stretchy trousers in every size from 12-50.

FROM YOUR PARENTS ?

For H's 30th birthday - his mother sent him this:

I don't know what possessed her to think he would want that as a 30th birthday present - we have sh!tloads of clocks in the house - one in the sitting room, two in the kitchen (a wall clock and the oven's clock), one in the dining room, plus our house telephones display the time, and we both have mobile phones which also give the time. Every time I see it, it reminds me of those daft "executive toys" which were popular in the 80s/90s.

MIL doesnt like me so makes it her mission to buy me crap presents.

I dont like pink, I dont wear pink, I dont own pink. She knows this.

Last year I got pink gardening gloves and pink hot water bottle

Year before I got a fluorescent pink make up bag with picture of a cat on it. I dont wear make up and again pink hotwater bottle.

Year before I got a fluffy pink pillow and matching hot water bottle.

At one point I owned 7 pink hot water bottles all never used. I ended up giving them all to work

Worst present I ever got...

H used to buy me sexy lingere, chocolates, flowers and champagne. He was away a few years ago and missed my birthday so he brought me this delightful 6inch high flashing Las Vegas sign. Nothing else just that.

WTF!!!

When I broke up with my ex his mum clung to me for dear life. She always wanted to meet me for coffee and have a catch up. Almost a year later and I had started seeing my now OH. She bought me something very similar for xmas. How inappropriate!!!

lol

Glad I'm not the only one. I think he literally panic bought on Christmas Eve! He's made up for it since though. Although last year we had to return the boots he got me as they were faulty, each time a new pair were ordered they were faulty too, so we gave up - I'm still waiting for a different pair! Gotta love him though!

I had really wanted a nice girly picnic hamper set (I was thinking along the Cath Kidston line) and my work colleagues bought me what can only be described as a blue teenage boys rucksack with some plastic crockery inside. It was sweet of them to remember but wasn't really what I had in mind. My dad ended up using it and loved it!

My ex spent £50 on a giant Lindt father christmas. You might think this is amazing, it was about 70cm tall - it really wasn't. When I'd been hinting at the gorgeous bracelet I wanted, and was on a diet, I was more than dissapointed, especially for £50 on bloody chocolate!!! I only managed a quarter of Santa's head and felt sick! I think ex ate most of it and it eventually got finished in July!

theres no way itd last til july in my house ?

Lol opposite for me, last year MIL and SIL both bought me clothes & pyjamas in size 14-16 - I have been a size 10 my whole life! I don't know what possessed them! Also, they were thick fleecy PJs, when I actually sleep in a strappy top and knickers cos I get too hot, and they bought me plain, long sleeve, high neck tops, that are not me AT ALL. I could also tell one of the tops was from an M&S multipack... god knows who ended up with the other half of the multipack!

Lol you think that, but when you actually have it it's a different story... put me off chocolate for ages!!

There is a German childrens' book about a girl with the same name as me and that name is in the title of the book too. My name is unusual, especially in my generation, so what are the odds - people seemed to think it was a great find for a Birthday present for me. From age 7 or so on to 12ish I got at least two copies, if not more, for each and every Birthday!

My grandma tries really hard to buy things that she thinks the family will like but always gets it a bit wrong. My birthstone is amethyst so I am guaranteed something purple coloured every year however not one specific thing stands out as the worst. One year I got a toy post office, which was great, but she forgot and bought me the same thing the following year.

However, she once gave my sister a jumper with someone else's name in it, so it was very clearly second hand and my auntie and uncle once gave my mum a shellsuit (and this was only a few years ago !!!!!!!) that they happily told her was from the local recycling centre as he worked there and someone had dumped a job lot of them in the tip !

My dads youngest brother and his wife are seperated, but they are still very good friends, go on holiday together with my cousin and she is still very much part of the family, but every year the other auntie and uncle buy them a box of crackers, some 'posh' cheese and a bottle of port, between them.

Oooh can I join in!!

My ex parents in law were a little odd. They once gave ex-H and me a large cardboard box for Christmas, saying there were lots of little presents inside. Hmmm. OK, it seemed they had cleared out their junk cupboard.

In reverse order, the "top" 3 presents were:

3. A horrible figurine that we'd previously seen in their flat

2. A leaf-shaped silver plated food tray (yes, very 70s!) with some ancient food matter stuck to it

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An amaryllis bulb (the type in a gift box for planting). The flower bulb was completely dried out and pretty much disintegrated into a papery mess. The box was very faded, but we could just make out something saying "plant before 1982" ?

My H's aunt gives us some strange things. We have had "the gift of a chicken in africa" , a chicken shaped purple salt and pepper pot, a single lynx deoderant for h and a mini toothpaste for me.(wrapped) 6 bags of crisps, a pack of mince pies. Then she goes to opposite extremes and gave us a cheque for £600 for the wedding!!?

My Dads twin (rip) was weird too she was not a nice woman and didn't like us so would give us things to upset my Mum. For my 18th she posted through the letterbox (knowing we were in, there were banners, balloons all over the house and music on and loads of cars in the drive) an unwrapped black umbrella with a postit note with simply " VANILLA POD".

I also remember I had bought my ex a really nice watch and some trainers for Christmas. He gave me a rubber plant and a pack of wine gums. I cried. A lot. We split up later that year. Twunt.