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Worst gift ever Just send a card that says we love you

sandy081803 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:20:13 -0600

My nicee who is in her thirties still geys the cometics sets ffrom department stores that come with Free tghngs. So to give me a present I got the samples pf perfumes One I dont were heavy perfumes. There was a lipstick Wait she has known me all her life has she ever seen me wear lipstick. All this and other things she knows I do not use such as nail polish (I bite my nails why paint them.) all came in very large white fake alligator tree gift bag. When you start to give someone you leftovers think it through Have I ever seen her in anything like this and then send her a xard that says we love you. She is your Aunt she knows your broke do not send something just to have a package that says I dont know a thing about you. It was horrible and I had to really work at finding something nice to say anything about what she sent so she would not feel bad.Ugh I hate that. Ilove you or I miss you in a card or even a family picture would have been perfect. I wish people would think. Dont send people the free gifts you got as your gift from your MOM. It is so obvious and puts the person in an awkward psotion. On top of that she spent 5 dollars to ship it. Does not make anysense. But I love her.

Sandy W Florida

Worst gift

slehan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:23:04 -0600

My worst gift was a pair of skates that were too small and they couldn't be exchanged. Thanks for the contest.

Cheap beaded bookmark

willitara — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:04:50 -0600

We had a secret Santa gift exchange at our office with suggested price of $10-$15. I received a piece of elastic string with about 6 plastic beads and was told it was a handcrafted bookmark. It looked like something from the dollar store that had been marked down to fifty cents!

I once recieved as a gift a

HelenWL — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:57:59 -0600

I once recieved as a gift a seventeen year old drink mix in a gift basket along with other edibles. The gift giver was big on thrift store shopping and didn't realize how old that drink mix was. As I mentioned there were other edibles in the gift basket which were all promptly trashed.

I got a pan

donnak4 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:28:24 -0600

I got a pan

My worst gift...I hate to

starshine3 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:55:22 -0600

My worst gift...I hate to complain about any gift I've received. I'm just happy someone thought of me, because there have been times for my birthday where I've received nothing.

The only thing that comes to mind is the Christmas my mom bought me a hooded sweatshirt. It was really nice, with embroidery...of the sports team her and my dad like. I do not like sports; don't watch them, don't care for them. So it was just a really poor gift for me.

School present

jayfr — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:49:54 -0600

We had a gift grab bag in elementary school. I remember shopping with my Mom and buying a nifty present, a small metalic model for a boy. I remember the boy receiving the present saying that it was awful, and other boys agreeing. They spent the rest of the party trying to destroy it. I wish I could have traded for it, but we weren't allowed to trade. My Mom had picked it out, and when I told her the kids' reaction, she was hurt. I think I ended up picking the school Christmas present the next year, getting the same thing everyone else got, the Lifesavers Storybook. Boring gift that it was, it was accepted with silence.

My stepmother gave me some

terriblog — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:49:00 -0600

My stepmother gave me some raggy looking sweaters with no labels or tags, presumably from a thrift store. One was a a gradiant of three ugly green stripes. But she knew better to give my brother some nice looking clothes with tags from a very nice dept. store. So guess who gets left off my Christmas list since then.

A clown sweater with fuzzy

gkran — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:35:56 -0600

A clown sweater with fuzzy pom pom balls all over it.. blechh!

Freezer Pops

Taminar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:54:19 -0600

Don't get me wrong. I like Freezer Pops okay, but they are not an appropriate wedding gift. They came from my husband's best friend and his wife, who were miffed that my husband didn't get their permission to marry me. It wasn't an inside joke or anything. My husband gave them $100 for their wedding and we got Freezer Pops. This was 16 years ago, and I'm still not over it.

worst gift ever was a plant

doozercries — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:23:11 -0600

worst gift ever was a plant holder in the shape of a sneaker. i was neon colors and had a little plant in it. I got in highschool from a kid who had a crush on me. obviously, his mom picked it out! ha ha ha

Worst Gift

Lauren214 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:19:28 -0600

From my MIL was a very strong scented dollar store candle.

Grrrr ...

cslmwt — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:50:16 -0600

A tiny green plastic vase, about an inch and a half tall with a single flower made up of 5 frayed petals. It wouldn't have really mattered to me except the giver was a casual aquaintance who insisted we exchange gifts that year and told me what she wanted ... an expensive bottle of scotch.

My Worst Gift Ever

jmahurin40 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:22:39 -0600

i received some cookies from a family member that was over loaded with baking soda ! I'm sure it was a mistake but the cookies were far from edible.

Cutting Board?

DEBIJOT — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:16:54 -0600

On our first Christmas together, I had been hinting all year that I wanted a pair of leather boots from the leather shop at our mall. They sold all kinds of wonderful items. A week before Christmas I noticed a large box under the tree, wrapped in leather shop wrapping. I told all my friends that my wonderful husband had gotten me my boots. The look on my face as I opened that gift must have been priceless. Of course, I told him that I loved the wooden cutting board.

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