Our worst presents we ever got

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About 8 years ago, I got a birthday present which was a silver bracelet that got broken a couple of times in a row during the next few months.

flowers. why do people give me dead flora?
chocolate. I have always hated it and think it is vile
religious calenders
bibles
store credit to christain book shops
tarot cards
a tshirt that proclamed "I love my lord" (at least it was my size)

Bibles and tarot cards? Surely not from the same person!

actually yes....can someone say born again christian. I also get many bibles off other family members too. Some years i will get 4 or 5 a year

The worst present that someone gave to my children was a card saying they had given a bicycle to someone in a third world country via a charity like Oxfam or World Vision.

While I can understand that it is worthy to give to charity, this is not the right way

1/ I'm too mean both to give you a present and to give to charity
2/ You mean less to me than a stranger in a third world country
3/ You're mean because you didn't give someone in a third world country a bike
4/ I'm more worthy than you because I gave someone in a third world country a bike
5/ For Easter you're getting disappointment because you didn't get an Easter egg whereas someone in a third world country got a bike
6/ You should feel guilty for feeling disappointed
7/ It's the thought that counts, how can you be so ungrateful?
8/ Where's my present?

Meanwhile as parents we have to say "Thank you" to the person in question whereas we really want to punch them in the face. This just encourages them to repeat this self righteous farce.

A hair dryer,I can't stand the noise those devilish things make.
My ex - husband got me this radio headset but where I live I don't get good radio reception just one country station and a bad oldies station,I threw it in the trash.
People know I love frogs and lizards so someone is ALWAYS giving me some cheap,corny looking resin animal,I know they mean well but I really only like nice art and not Dollar store pieces then I feel obligated to keep the hideous thing so I don't hurt their feelings.
A styrofoam owl with shells hot glued to it,ruined all those pretty shells.
A BIG cookie jar that was a big goose with a ribbon on it's neck.
White Diamonds cologne,oh God the horror,the horror I can still smell it.
A platstic yard ornament of a bird that's wings spin.
An etiquette book.
A large scary stuffed animal that terrified me as a child.
Crappy books and itchy clothes
C.D.s of bands I don't like.

1) A black T-shirt that didn't even fit me with a band logo of a group I don't even listen to (it wasn't even in the same genre. Last time I checked Elvis Presley is not Industrial).

2) A hoodie with an emo band on it. My sister really needs to stop purchasing gifts. First the Elvis shirt, now a My Chemical Romance shirt. Really??????????????? It's insulting, because I get her specifically what she requests, while she completely ignores my list. Not to mention it's getting hard to find people who actually want to be seen in the clothes she buys.

3) Rediculously expensive items. I just want practical things like a desk organizer, new hamper or camouflage pants to match a specific pattern of Woodlands.

4) Guitar. What made anyone think I wanted an instrument I cannot even play?

5) Snowboard. Really?! I'm not into sports, yet instead of the BMX bike I needed (I had no other way to get to town and I hate mountain bikes, plus I'm somewhat short (all torso, not much legs), so dismounting from a large bike is not an option), I get an expensive snowboard that I cannot even use. Hopefully my nephew will like it when he gets old enough.

6) Perhaps the worst gift ever: A sign that read "Dogs rule, cats drool." I happen to be a cat-lover and the person giving me said gift should have known this. Luckily, I knew a "dog person" who'd like the sign, so it was promptly regifted.

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I feel your pain on this one! I have fundamentalist Christian parents and a family that was composed of fairly equal numbers of Jewish and Christian people, but I am a "filthy unbeliever." There isn't one day I don't get a harrassing call from relatives telling me I'm going to hell/Gehinnom. It's now a running joke between my closest friends and myself about how many calls I had today and what was the "weekly average."

I love cats, and people seem to think that means I'll automatically love absolutely anything cat related. I've had some extremely cheap looking and badly made cat ornaments from people, some of which were only identifiable as cats because they told me what it was meant to be. I can understand if somebody doesn't have much money to spend, but if somebody's on a tight budget I'd much rather receive a packet of gum or a chocolate bar (or even nothing at all) rather than a misshapen ornament they know I won't keep.

Teatowels are those small towel like things that stay ijn the kitchen for drying dishes etc. I think the american term is dishcloth.

No gag gift, this was serious

I think I can predict Solveig's next gift - a ouija board!! !

i already got one as a gift as a child. I prefer people dont buy me gifts.

The worst present I've ever had was from my Dad - it was a pink rubber handbag. It was truly hideous. Anyone who had met me even once would know that it was not my sort of thing, but my Dad hasn't been the most attentive parent. It's the thought that counts anyway.

I've had some odd presents too, such as when my Mum bought me a make up bag with guinea pigs on because she thought they were hamster (I like hamsters, I am allergic to guinea pigs). I really like it though, because every time I look at it I remember the silly story behind it and it makes me smile.

For about 2 years I kept on getting make-up, which I tried, but I couldn't do it well and it didn't look very good. And it get messy, with my brother and sister going at it. I only got a little bit last Christmas, I hope to get none this year.

When I was 7 or 8 I got my beloved pet chicken for my birthday - cooked for dinner.
It was a big misunderstanding and no one wanted or tried to intentionally hurt me that way, but I cried my eyes out.