Worst gift ever?

Mine was from my husband 50 years ago , when we were first married . He bought me a book entitled ‘Women : Do it Yourself’ …. and I have been , from that day to this!!
The following year he bought me a set of cooking pans! And got my 50th birthday he bought ME ( a woman who rarely has time for tv) a big , flat screen tv . He watches tv all the time . Wha thoughtful presents they all were!

The worst I ever heard was when DDs were young. We had to go to work with DD on Christmas day and when one woman was asked what she had received she answered " A stainless Steel exhaust", no one knew what to say but my toddler after listening to everyone's mumbles wandered off. I found her around the back of the lady shaking her head.

Reminds me of my wedding present list , just before my ex and i were married. Despite having a list, most folk just ignored it and gave what they thought we ought to have - ie 4 electric kettles (we already had one), flat sheets for a 4 ft 6 ins double bed when my list specified fitted sheets for a 5 ft bed.

We thanked the donors and sold the unwanted surplus items via the small ads in the local newspaper to get money to buy what we needed instead. One set of flanellette bed sheets were given to my mother-in-law and the other set was kept to use as dust sheets for decorating.

A window squeegy from my husband.

The first Christmas we were married, DH got me a very well-made, heavily stitched, belted, mid-hip length brown wool car coat. I had asked for a rabbits fur jacket. (I soon got a full length rabbit fur coat). I had also asked for a pair of diamond earrings, (not plus the coat, but instead of, thinking I was giving him choices). He lovingly picked out a pair of golden weave pierced earrings with diamonds smaller than the size of a pinhead just where you fasten them in your ear). My husband is wonderful and extremely generous. He just did not know how to shop for women. He got much better very quickly.

A mop for my Christmas present. From my ex husband.

Like many people, I enjoy looking at beautiful artworks. My husband knew this and bought me a book of…. erotic art. Most paintings were modern and truly hideous (enormous naked woman walking an equally enormous pig, anyone?). I was mortified, especially in front of my mother! Turned out to be prophetic and I divorced the cheating so and so a few years later!

First Christmas together I received a butter dish from DH. It was supposed to be ironic as I’d complained about butter being too hard to spread from the fridge. I did get something else too but after 43 years I simply can’t remember what.

One Christmas my dear mum decided to give each of her (adult) children a pickaxe!

A pair of cheap and nasty sheets. A wedding gift from DHs brother and wife. The.y had been married just months previously, and asked us to buy them a set of Pyrosil oven to freezer dishes. These were the latest thing, at the time, and very expensive.

For folk that buy totally inappropriate things in Secret Santa, I have many years ago, bought them a book by Andrew Carnegie “How to make friends and influence people” I also bought this for a boss when I was leaving - horrible woman who eventually was awarded an MBE for her work for the underachievers. Shows what happens in life - bully their staff and exaggerate their own importance.
OR perhaps the book I gave changed her life for the better. Hope so.

My previous partner bought me a mangle! Yes a blooming mangle! We couldnt afford a washing machine at the time and he thought it would be a great birthday present for me when I was doing the hand washing. He nearly ended up with his blooming neck through it!

Oh and one christmas for the secret Santa I received a block of cheese! Can you imagine my face when I opened it. It was mild cheddar which I never eat, so tasteless! None of us were allowed to know who had bought the presents so I never found out. Maybe someone who thought that I was a bit cheesy and tasteless! This was at work.

We have a tradition in our family of seeing who can buy the most revolting present. The rules are that they can’t be every year or occasion, so that when you get one it is a surprise. My favourites include a foul pink peacock made very poorly out of seashells, a singing and dancing Elvis pig, and my personal favourite; a light-up sacred heart picture… ?

For my birthday one year my late husband bought me a unicycle. He had put it in the spare room and covered it with a blanket. When I laughed and said where's my present I found out that was it! At the time I had a bad back and we lived on a steep corner so am not sure how or when he thought I'd use it. Another time for our wedding anniversary he bought me a wind up torch. He did also buy me some lovely presents over the years but these stick out.

Love this thread, my late MIL was the expert at "unusual" gifts, for our wedding anniversary one year we received a stainless steel serving dish, when I turned it over I found a label with her name on it., At Christmas our adult children took bets as to which one of them would receive the best or worst gift ,DD 2 who had moved into her own flat received a pillow case (used) son in law an ashtray, he doesn't smoke, DD1 bath shower gel and body cream, package broken, same gel etc brought her out in a rash! I always got regifted items , she took great delight in telling me this, my husband didn't fair any better, but....DS always received a cheque.!! I know it is the thought that counts but......She expected very expensive gifts from us, dropping hints like clangers before Christmas.

A very small jar of instant coffee from my DDs ex who was very wealthy. She was with him for 3 years, so not a new BF.

All my family knew my dad never wore braces. 1950s.

One year he received four of them. It was the only time I ever heard him swear.

Beechnut

On two separate occasions I have opened gifts from my husband and thought “What” and with one gift it was so handy I replaced when it wore out and the second I am still using and am very grateful for...... Knows me better than I do myself.

But what were they??

De icer, today

Can never have enough can openers Charleygirl5😂

My in laws bought us a hideous plug in picture with visual and sound affects of a waterfall, she even pointed out a socket next to a table with a lamp on and suggested putting on it!

A Tufty annual - nothing wrong with that except I was 15 at the time....

One year my H gave me a wooden spatula…

Today my neighbour has given me two dozen pairs of black nylon stretchy gloves…but I’m sure I’ll find a use for them?

* Beechnut* Why post this and not say what the presents were?!