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Wool Socks that were the itchiest things that I ever wore.
I have, on several occasions, received soap for Christmas from my mother. I will probably get soap again for this Christmas too. I once received an office chair from my father which I used for about 6 months, then after I moved away, my sister kept it. Last year, one of my better presents was a tie, which I always tell people is the worst present you can give a man. I am wrong about that though. Soap is the worst present.
TCB wrote:
I have, on several occasions, received soap for Christmas from my mother. I will probably get soap again for this Christmas too. ... Last year, one of my better presents was a tie, which I always tell people is the worst present you can give a man. I am wrong about that though. Soap is the worst present.
You sir, sound like a man who fails to get a hint. A big hint.
the first Nike+ sportsband watch. one run in humid weather and the screen disintegrated. found out later that it was recalled. piece of crap.
A cheap plastic hair brush given to me by a step grandmother in 1997.
Little did I know that this would be the only thing brushing my hair for the next 13 years and counting.
pedometer
My family not being there
A reflective vest and a head lamp. Never used that shit.
My mom always gets me expensive gifts that I didn't ask for, I don't need, I don't want, and that I have no use for. It bugs me because I'm quite poor and would appreciate practical things (which I ask for) that cost less than half as much. One christmas she got me three $50 T-shirts, one of which was fluroescent pink and another which was a long sleeve dress shirt (haven't worn it a single time in three years). Another time she bought me a $30 water bottle (among other things), even though I didn't ask for it, already had several water bottles, etc. Ugh, every single year she spends a lot of money on bullshit but refuses to buy me something as simple as a pair of running shorts, food, gloves, etc etc etc. I'd rather she didn't get me anything. At least then I'd know she didn't waste her money.
A hideous creepy homemade corn husk doll that my stepdaughter made. It looked like something that was in the movie "Children of the Corn".
6packjack wrote:
You sir, sound like a man who fails to get a hint. A big hint.
This is what makes the gift so terrible. She gives everyone soap and then everyone feels like she is hinting that they smell bad, but knowing my mother, I can tell you that that is not her intent. So all of you out there, NEVER give a man soap as a gift. It just makes people feel insecure.
TCB wrote:
6packjack wrote:You sir, sound like a man who fails to get a hint. A big hint.
This is what makes the gift so terrible. She gives everyone soap and then everyone feels like she is hinting that they smell bad, but knowing my mother, I can tell you that that is not her intent. So all of you out there, NEVER give a man soap as a gift. It just makes people feel insecure.
Isn't that the same thing as getting any sort of hygenic gift? Like deodorant or cologne for example.
Some steak knives off my dad years ago
I was a vegetarian
Reflectology wrote:
TCB wrote:This is what makes the gift so terrible. She gives everyone soap and then everyone feels like she is hinting that they smell bad, but knowing my mother, I can tell you that that is not her intent. So all of you out there, NEVER give a man soap as a gift. It just makes people feel insecure.
Isn't that the same thing as getting any sort of hygenic gift? Like deodorant or cologne for example.
deodorant is also a terrible gift. cologne is not a bad gift because it is usually something you wear as an accessory and is usually a luxury item you wear on special occasions. its not a necessity. toilet paper and tooth paste are bad gifts because you use them everyday and it would be inappropriate to give them to someone. i should clarify that giving soap to women is not bad, but men don't want to smell like lavender or grape seed extract or anything effeminate.
Gently used compression socks.
An ex-galpal knitted me this big, red THING. I never could figure out if it it intended to be a scarf or a bed-type thing for my dog.
(Aside: we parted company three months later, as another guy had appeared on the horizon whom she'd known before I.
This after we'd dated for a month, at which time she said she'd "...marry you tomorrow if you asked me", then 6 weeks later she called me to tell me she was engaged to the other guy.
Six years later I meet the one with the son, an ex, the guy living in the house and the two OTHER kids living elsewhere that I addressed in another thread.
Guess I have bad luck? Go figure.)
pretty much anything my mother buys for me, my wife, or kids. she just buys crap all year long and wraps as she goes along so she doesn't even know what she is giving people. thing is, she usually buys 2 or 3 of the same thing. my brother and i will get the exact same crap. my wife, my sister, and my sister-in-law will all get the same crap.
she smokes at least 3 packs a day so everything smells and we have to leave all gifts on the back porch for a few weeks (no joke). her house is like a cheech and chong movie, but cigs not pot.
About a couple of years ago I lived in a house with two other roomies. The other two had known each other a long time and I was definitely odd girl out, but things were cool, roommate-wise. Then came Xmas. They gave each other really nice things, and I bought a couple decent gifts for them as well, but one didn't give me anything and the other gave me a used jewelry box with scratches on the outside.
It hurt my feelings to be thought of that way, that I was only worth either nothing, or a used present.
Chicka in AZ wrote:
About a couple of years ago I lived in a house with two other roomies. The other two had known each other a long time and I was definitely odd girl out, but things were cool, roommate-wise. Then came Xmas. They gave each other really nice things, and I bought a couple decent gifts for them as well, but one didn't give me anything and the other gave me a used jewelry box with scratches on the outside.
It hurt my feelings to be thought of that way, that I was only worth either nothing, or a used present.
Wow that sucks. Much worse that a present that isn't your taste, doesn't fit, looks odd, etc.