A garish cheap red toaster and kettle set, the kind of thing marketed for students on a tight budget.
Nice thought, and I don't like to sound ungrateful, but we already have a very nice matching chrome toaster and kettle of much higher quality which matches all the other kitchen items and kitchen colour scheme (the person knew this).
So my wife now feels obliged to put away her much-loved kettle and toaster for these new things!
I hate to say it but my wife is a bit of a mug when it comes to gifts.
She has a friend who has a daughter in her late teens. Both stipulate exactly what they want - nice clothes, jewelry, trendy perfume, and so on.
Every Christmas without fail my wife gets stuff these people obviously received as gifts previously they didn't want. For example clothes. Not TOO bad you might think, but my wife is several sizes bigger than her friend. Or a necklace, if worn, would asphyxiate her. Or sweets so far past their use by date they are toxic.
i have just remembered i have a crap present..a pair of hand warmers off this work colleague on our works secret Santa's do ( someone mentioned i had hers lol)
i have just remembered i have a crap present..a pair of hand warmers off this work colleague on our works secret Santa's do ( someone mentioned i had hers lol)
and i not opened them as they can go for someone else in next year's work do, or someone else can have them wrapped as a gift lol
When I was about 9 my mum asked me what I wanted and I asked for a snooker table and balls, she got me what I wanted but the table fitted in the palm of my hand (yes it was that size) and the balls looked like painted ball bearings in various colours, needless to say I lost the balls in minutes
For some reason, a couple of my mums friends, who I have never met buy presents for my daughter each year and they are inevitably awful.
Each year I say to my mum 'please can you ask these women to stop buying her things' but my mum reckons that would be rude so these women keep wasting their money buying unsuitable gifts for a child they don't know
For some reason, a couple of my mums friends, who I have never met buy presents for my daughter each year and they are inevitably awful.
Each year I say to my mum 'please can you ask these women to stop buying her things' but my mum reckons that would be rude so these women keep wasting their money buying unsuitable gifts for a child they don't know
Ooh we need examples!
I think its worse when youve asked for nothing. My boyfriend used to get shaving kits every xmas from my nan despite us telling her that he didnt shave!
For some reason, a couple of my mums friends, who I have never met buy presents for my daughter each year and they are inevitably awful.
Each year I say to my mum 'please can you ask these women to stop buying her things' but my mum reckons that would be rude so these women keep wasting their money buying unsuitable gifts for a child they don't know
My 3 year old nephew received a resin "Golliwogs and Pencils" ornament from a family friend who has never met him.
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Same here except the one I got was from Morrisons and it had Ant and Dec on it
Nice thought, and I don't like to sound ungrateful, but we already have a very nice matching chrome toaster and kettle of much higher quality which matches all the other kitchen items and kitchen colour scheme (the person knew this).
So my wife now feels obliged to put away her much-loved kettle and toaster for these new things!
WHAAAAAAA!?
What did you say?
I don't think I have bought socks for myself - ever!
My only source of sock - the MIL - died last year so I got none this year.
This is going to be a problem.
She has a friend who has a daughter in her late teens. Both stipulate exactly what they want - nice clothes, jewelry, trendy perfume, and so on.
Every Christmas without fail my wife gets stuff these people obviously received as gifts previously they didn't want. For example clothes. Not TOO bad you might think, but my wife is several sizes bigger than her friend. Or a necklace, if worn, would asphyxiate her. Or sweets so far past their use by date they are toxic.
That would wipe the smile off my face
Awww! Yours is better than mine. Gutted!:D
Why??
Mine is just a red Christmas bag, no Ant or Dec on it >:(
Was it by Morecambe and Wise?
and i not opened them as they can go for someone else in next year's work do, or someone else can have them wrapped as a gift lol
I cannot fault him for imagination,
You'd have to go a long way to beat this charming present.
That is awful, id have hidden that in a cupboard regardless of how much it cost.
Each year I say to my mum 'please can you ask these women to stop buying her things' but my mum reckons that would be rude so these women keep wasting their money buying unsuitable gifts for a child they don't know
I last went to Cornwall 14 years ago.
And I'm a fit and healthy, bi-pedal, 34-year old.
Ooh we need examples!
I think its worse when youve asked for nothing. My boyfriend used to get shaving kits every xmas from my nan despite us telling her that he didnt shave!
My 3 year old nephew received a resin "Golliwogs and Pencils" ornament from a family friend who has never met him.
He'll now grow up to be mildly racist.