ever got a present that you hated?

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I remember getting a ton of photo albums and scrapbooks for my high school graduation. Seeing that I didn't make any lasting friends or memories, or took any pictures, they were all a complete waste.

i never get anything good. my family always stereotype me as a girl and get me jewellery. this is even after i told them i dont like jewellery, despite the fact that i dont wear the stuff and never have. i also get dresses, frilly things and theyre always pink. always. i hate pink, i hate dresses, i hate frills. all this is very obvious from the fact that i dont wear them and tell people i hate them. they also get me clothes many sizes too large for me. thats how well they know me. people winge about how im practically anorexic then i get size 14 clothes. and worse than that is the fact that they spell my name wrong on the card. it just shows how close we are and how much the gift is a cheap, empty sentiment. i got a pocket year planner once. someone clearly forgot my birthday and stopped in at the post office before giving it to my parents. or the high heels my parents got me for christmas. we spent years arguing(lengthily, violently, loudly) about how i hate heels and how i should be more of a woman and wear them and thats what they got me for christmas. or the book i got from my dads aunt about a woman whose sole purpose for a year was to find a husband- just because i like reading doesnt mean i will read total crap. besides, everyone know i like speculative fiction. that was a long rant. sorry.

Many times. Sadly, I can't think of an example off the top of my head beyond one of the pettier ones, when I got Ghirardelli chocolates for Christmas instead of the Lindor truffles I asked for. Ghirardellis are good, but boring nonetheless, and I really wanted to try Lindors. I saw a whole row of them on my parents' bed, preparing to be put into gift bags for various family members. I thought one of them was for me... but alas, no.

I finally bought myself a bag of Lindors a week later, and found it to be as yummy as I'd expected.

My default reaction to receiving presents was complete neutrality. I quickly learned to try to look happy, even though I often was happy with the gift anyway. My smile always feels fake though.

As such, receiving an unwanted gift draws the same reaction from me.

I have found that any gift I don't want, somebody else does. That actually makes me pleased to receive a gift regardless of my preference, though I do prefer gifts I personally like.

Often I find inexpensive gifts I wouldn't have thought of are the best.

But I never feel feel I have a problem hiding my disappointment, the problem seems more to be showing my gratitude. I would have to ask somebody else how I appear upon opening presents, my judgement may not be the best.

I hate getting or giving gifts due to the emotional response required.

I tend to get sets of purfume\soap\body lotion etc. which I don't use anyway, and wouldn't be able to stand the smell. (and I have very sensitive skin too)

My mum always gets really awesome gifts for other people, and I get crap.

That's funny. I do not like others buying me clothes either, ever. Eventually my mother understood. It only took many many years. My mom had the audacity to keep buying me shirts even in my earlier 20s. I am glad we are both past that now.

Here is how I fix the gift giving problem. I ask people what they want, then I but it for them. Recently in our family this often means we will be buying each other gift cards. Once for Christmas my haul was about 4 different gift cards to different places, in addition to the 4 Subway gift cards I got.
Nobody in our family appreciates surprise gifts. So, it has been a long time since I got a "bad" gift.

My advice: Ask what gift they want before giving it to them.

My pet peeve is when I get the closest alternative when the thing that I want isn't available. I'm very particular about what I want. Anything even slightly different might as well be something else entirely.
Just come empty-handed and say that the store was out of stock. I'm cool with that.

oww yes in my early life all the time and i would feel so bad for the person who bought it for me..
i would pretend to really like it and play with it when they can see me all the time.

i don't have this anymore because i know forbid everyone to buy me presents for my birthday, i just want people to have a great time.. i don't really get the purpose of a birthday..?? can anyone explain me? the only thing i can figure out is that people love celebrating without having to achieve things.

I like clothes, but I do not like the clothes my mother buys. Somehow they're invariably long sleeved with a collar right around my neck, and this makes me feel extremely claustrophobic.

She also has a tendency to buy things in colors I hate to wear.

This thread just stirred an "Oh, now I get it" moment. One Christmas my former mother in law sent me a sexy lingerie, I just now got that it wasn't for me personally, it was for my then wife to wear...oh, now I get it...

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Haha! That was awesome, Shrox.

Agreed! This one year, all I wanted was a Furby (it was this gremlin-esque robotic stuffed toy thing), and apparently they were very popular. Because there were none left, I got the cheap knock-off that smelled like burning plastic when I played with it for too long. I was pretty angry for a few months, and it still kind of annoys me. However, that was also the year I learned that Santa doesn't exist, so that may have had something to do with it.

It was my birthday yesterday and i personally don't celebrate it so i asked everyone to get me nothing.
i feel even bad asking 5 dollar from my mom, i only have her buy my food and drinks.

i never had any gifts that i didn't really like cause i always told them what i wanted, it has happened that my far family buys something just to break the ice and i didn't like it at all.

Many times. I asked for an X-box 360 (this was about a year after they came out). I got a wood lathe. Why would i want a table mounted piece of machinery that spins wood at 3000 rpm?