orangedaisy Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 My older brother. He is the worst gift-giver ever. He is just so clueless as to what we like and he never asks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candy Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I have to say...my mother is alot like shellex's exmil..lol..she has PLENTY of money..not rich..but enough to buy a few decent gifts considering all the junk she buys all year long..but she is an addict......auctions..yard sales....whatever...and she will pay $50 for something she swears is worth ten times more..and guess who gets this wonderful addition of useless stuff?.....lol But we know how she is.....and we simply smile,ty..and then pack that crap up usually...lol. Last year she gave my 39 yr old dh at the time...a very...ummmmm...ugly old fashioned..off the wall....can't explain it....leatherkinda jacket....that barely went around is waste..lol....but she means well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanni Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 My sister.......the last gift was a ceramic naked women, each of her boobs came off, one was a salt shaker and one was a pepper shaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryka Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 My grandmother. She doesn't speak english and I don't speak spanish. Last year she got me a ceramic cow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraczek Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Definitely my MIL. I think she goes out of her way to buy me the most useless gifts she can find. Every year I tell her if she feels it necessary to buy me a gift I'd rather get a gift card or $. Personally I'd rather she didn't buyu me anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gporter34 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 My sister.......the last gift was a ceramic naked women, each of her boobs came off, one was a salt shaker and one was a pepper shaker. OMG! This sounds like something my sister would do.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyj0_99 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 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 me3. sleeveless Winnie the Pooh teeshirt for me/sock monkey ornament for dh4. size 10 turtleneck for dd who was TWO at the time5. 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.....What is it when people get older....... do they really forget common sense??? I'm reading # 4. Size 10 turtleneck........ or do they just not care???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treasure60 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Believe it or not it's my MOTHER. She really tries but for some reason she hasn't bought me anything that I really like since I was in high school. If she gets me clothes it's the wrong style or color and she has this thing of buying me things for my kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copados1993 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 My sister.......the last gift was a ceramic naked women, each of her boobs came off, one was a salt shaker and one was a pepper shaker.Was this suppose to be a gag gift??? I think I would have died laughing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 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.Believe me I know how you feel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 no one really gives me anything i like unless i tell them exactly what to get, and i'm not a hard person to shop for, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamiL Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 LOL, my grandmother! Every year I get a bag full of the ugliest Christmas ornaments she could find at the day after Christmas sales and every year I get some awful Vera Bradley bag from my aunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abentley Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I have always wondered the answer to the question "if I was the only one"!! Guess not!! I may of had some misses in the gift department, but honestly some people just don't care about what they give. Then it becames obligitory, and doesn't that kinda defeat the whole spirit of giving gifts? We happen to have a really "branchy" family tree, and some not so blended branches. It is upsetting to me every year the disreguard for people, especially little kids feelings when they are the ones recieving the "gift". The worst was having a nephew ask if they could open their gifts from my DH Dad and stepmom while we were there. She had to say "no, because we don't give the same gifts to all the grandkids", right in front of my children!! My kids took the clue and we excused ourselves so the other kids could unwrap their gifts. betcha can't guess that they were HER grandkids!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 So I guess by far the mil's take the cake ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I have always wondered the answer to the question "if I was the only one"!! Guess not!! I may of had some misses in the gift department, but honestly some people just don't care about what they give. Then it becames obligitory, and doesn't that kinda defeat the whole spirit of giving gifts? We happen to have a really "branchy" family tree, and some not so blended branches. It is upsetting to me every year the disreguard for people, especially little kids feelings when they are the ones recieving the "gift". The worst was having a nephew ask if they could open their gifts from my DH Dad and stepmom while we were there. She had to say "no, because we don't give the same gifts to all the grandkids", right in front of my children!! My kids took the clue and we excused ourselves so the other kids could unwrap their gifts. betcha can't guess that they were HER grandkids!!!!That is so sad , but that is the same way some in my family are. It would be different if it was for me of dh..but little kids..come on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abentley Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I got a curtain rod "wrapped" in a garbage bag once!!! From, you guessed it, my MIL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biomajor Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 my MIL gave me a strawberry stem remover thing last year LOL I didn't even know such a thing existed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandyJervas Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 My sister used to get me some horrid things when I was younger thinking they'd look cute ewww she learned and just gives me nothing now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WELUVKDS79 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 My mom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I got a curtain rod "wrapped" in a garbage bag once!!! From, you guessed it, my MIL!!I am sorry , but that just gave me such a laugh this evening. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenniferharrison82 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 On that note, I totally think it is the thought that counts...sometimes it is as if she goes shopping for months to find the most horendous present to get me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WELUVKDS79 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 My mom will dig through trash etc to give people gifts...it's really tacky.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cami_reardon Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 My Step-Mother_in_law, definately! She usually gives us things that just don't make sense or she knows we already have. And they are usually freebies that she's gotten off then net (and so have I already). Sheeeesh!! At least she tries though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping mom Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I am one of the fortunate few. The gifts I get I like. I have an MIL and a Step MIL who are thoughtful and good shoppers. Every year they ask for a list so I give them seperate ones no two items the same. Maybe that is why I like what I get. Mom and Dad have always been good gift givers too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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