Tessangel Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 getting a gift from because you know you aren't gonna like it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessangel Posted October 31, 2005 Author Share Posted October 31, 2005 I would have to say my MIL she should stick to gift cards! She always buys the kids gifts that are too young for them and buys my DH a sweater he hates and me a shirt that is way to big! UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erh12275 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Don't really have anybody. Shoot I am lucky if I get a gift at all. Dh is not the type to shop. I usually just pick out what I want and tell him it's from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best4less Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 My MIL- worst gifts ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmcca Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 My sister we have totally opposite tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle_elf Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I think I'm very lucky in that respect. I don't think I have any bad gift givers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkydiva Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 MIL!!! She always wants to get me clothes, and I don't like sharing my size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrn8 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I have an aunt and uncle that I'm not too close with, but they always send these craft-show type gifts that they make themselves. I appreciate the gesture, but a card would be just fine by me, so I don't have to hang on to the stuff just because it was a gift from a family member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMommy Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 My mother!!! She always gets me jewlrey that I don't like or some nicknacks (and I hate nick nacks..they'e too cluttery). We just have completely different tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandy Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Don't really have anybody. Shoot I am lucky if I get a gift at all. Dh is not the type to shop. I usually just pick out what I want and tell him it's from him.Same Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena_398 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 My Dad is pretty tough to shop for. he hates anyone to spend money on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_mulkey Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 My MIL. She always goes overboard on my boys and DH. But I usually get a key chain or candle. I wish she would just save her $5. It is kinda insulting when my boys and husband are surround by gifts and I have a small key chain. Especially when my parents do the same for me as they do for DH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DigDoug Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 My step grandparents. One year she gave me this teal sweatshirt with horses ironed on to it and my name in glitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couponmamaoftwins Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 My step grandparents. One year she gave me this teal sweatshirt with horses ironed on to it and my name in glitter. I've seem a few of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2ella Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 my grandmother..you just never know what it will be...like last year when she gave dh a Steak and Shake g.c....we have never even eaten there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoXmom Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 My step grandparents. One year she gave me this teal sweatshirt with horses ironed on to it and my name in glitter. OMG if there was a prize for the worst gift ever you DD would definitely WIN ! I can't find a trophy for you so here's a little dance LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBA Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 would have to be my maternal grandmother. Its usually bubble bath in a scent I don't like (I usually take showers anyways lol) or some makeup scent that is either to dark or light for me. (she doesnt bother to ask what we'd like to get) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairydustcrissy Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 My step grandparents. One year she gave me this teal sweatshirt with horses ironed on to it and my name in glitter.And are there any pics of you and this beautiful shirt???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kberrios Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 What is it about MILs? I'd like to think it is not deliberate but who knows. Of course my MIL gives crappy gifts to everyone. She puts zero thought in it and now that I think of it, she usually does not buy the DH & me anything, But boy she expects them...from all of her kids. She won't even check the mail except around her bday, mom's day and Christmas. The really weird thing is that my mom gets her something every year and the MIL will kill herself to get my mom something, even if she gets nothing for the grand kids or kids. She reall wants to impress my mom for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DigDoug Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 And are there any pics of you and this beautiful shirt????LOL - I hope not, but I'll look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gporter34 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I don't want to point out anyone in particular but over the years I have gotten my fair share of crap gifts.lol Everything from "no-name" dusting powder (which I can't stand, btw) to the nastiest smelling perfume. Even got some of those cheap-o pictures for the walls that look like they have been run over by a truck when they first come out of the box.lol There are certain things that I don't even want anyone to get for me because I am picky about them. Perfume, I only use two kinds (Lancome Miracle, and Chanel Chance) and purses (I am a purse freak and I only like certain kinds.) I don't expect anyone to buy those because those are the things I treat myself to when I can. Those are the ONLY things I am that picky about so it leaves alot of gifts that are way cheaper. But every year someone gives me at least one bottle of perfume and a purse. It is actually quite funny. I just smile and say how much I LOVE it and go on about my business. I would NEVER say that when I get home, my girls will get to pick what they want.lol They love it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomacey Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Oh MIL.... hands down! Let's see, some of the prizes over the years... 1. matching beatnik pullovers for dh and I 2. spa wrap (one year) and pajamas (another year) that would have fit 4 of me 3. sleeveless Winnie the Pooh teeshirt for me/sock monkey ornament for dh 4. size 10 turtleneck for dd who was TWO at the time 5. desktop golf for dh ... when he didn't work at a desk! 6. a bathroom sink and wingback chair for a doll house for dd (problem was... she didn't have a doll house ) Oh the list could go on and on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimfp Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I can honestly not remember a "crap" gift (as someone put it). There are things I've liked more than others, yes, but nothing I just never used/didn't like. Usually the few that do buy for me (my parents, FIL/SIL and my DH; that's the extent of my family) know what I want/would use. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiejwp Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I would have to say my MIL she should stick to gift cards! She always buys the kids gifts that are too young for them and buys my DH a sweater he hates and me a shirt that is way to big! UGH do we have the SAME MIL?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellex Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 My EXmil is a sweety but christmas well She would buy stuff a year ahead. So sizes never fit my kids. She bought things at yardsales.(notpoor) and every year she bought me clothes I held it up we all laugh and it went right into the wrapping paper trash. But the best one is she gave my 14 year old a white sweatshirt.. looked cute she puts it on. WE died laughing,, on the front it said MOMMY TO BE good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnainKY02 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 My MIL. My husband collect Coca Cola stuff. So, one year, she got me Coke stuff. Last year she got me a gardinia bath set. (I don't like flowery sents. And everyone knows it.) One year she got me a big bottle of musk. (Again another one of those things that everyone knows that I don't wear. I hardly ever wear perfume and when I do it is something fruity. Musk smells like cat urine on me-- no joke.) Another year, she got me these big, awful earrings. They were these 2 inch wide silver filagree diamond shaped montrosities, with dozens of 2 inch long tiny chains hangin off of them. Studs and small hoop are all I ever wear and all she has ever seen me in. Not sure if she thought that I needed a style change or what. :) I have a little girl who was around 6 at the time. Since her ears are pierced, I thought that I would give them to here to wear for dress up. She wouldn't even take them. She didn't know where I had gotten them, when she looked at them, she said that they were too ugly. Then came the awkward part, my MIL asked my DH why she hadn't seen me wear them. He is an excellent fibber though and told her that I loved them, but that they kept getting hung in my hair and pulling on my ears, so I couldn't wear them. My husband and I have been married almost 10 years. Sometimes when I go to open presents from her, I wonder if she has ever met me. But, I love her, and would never tell her that I didn't like anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 The wicked SIL from the north. I despise her so any gift I get from her is despised also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooot Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Hello, newbie here...I'll start by saying that I spend all year listening to my kids, DIL and grandchildren to find out what they are interested in and what they would like for a gift for Christmas. Obviously some don't do the same. Two years ago my stepson bought for me the ugliest frog I have ever seen, it's wooden and has a hole in the center for a stick that is removed and run up and down the back of the frog to make it "croak". Never have I mentioned that I like frogs of any kind. I realize it's the thought that counts but this was bought just to buy something, no thought whatsoever. One year my sister gave me a set of serving dishes that she had tried to sell in a garage sale and could not since they were cracked, I could not believe my eyes when I looked inside that box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gporter34 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 I should add that the person who buys me the crap gifts always gets everyone else great gifts!lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorkydiva Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 What is it about MILs? So true! Last year, MIL gave me a container of Cottonelle wipes then proceded to explain how to use them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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