Christmas Pressies that will haunt you...!

7 Sep 2006

I bought my ex a car washign kit once!!! she loved it she said! redface

B
x

7 Sep 2006

My brother only drinks cider and one year was hinting for a home brew kit so I bought him 6lb of apples and a steel bucket :giggle:

7 Sep 2006

My other half bought me a deep fat fryer.......
There was me, christmas morning, with this massive wrapped box, thinking I've got a fabulous pressie, take off the wrapping, see the box and even then I'm still thinking that maybe he's just used that box to wrap an awkward shaped present in.....
Oh no......
No, he bought me a deep fat fryer - "cos I like chips".
He's never lived it down...........

7 Sep 2006

A potato masher

8 Sep 2006

I once bought a mate a subscription to Playboy for Xmas
4 months later he "came out" and announced he was gay ............. confused

8 Sep 2006

Although we haven't had too many Xmas' together, I haven't fallen into that stage yet. I always put thought into it and a personal touch. You know you've got it right when you see their eyes light up and get a big kiss rather than picking bits of turkey off the floor and sitting in seperate rooms all day - kind of spoils the day a little.
So hope fully I won't be able to answer that one for quite a few years to come but have heard similar to the deep fat fryer, potato peeler and dinner service stories from friends. Is it that their partners don't put enough effort into it by rushing into a store and just buying the first thing they can lay their hands on I wonder.
I usually know in advance what I'm after and how to get my hands on it rolleyes

8 Sep 2006

worst chrimbo present??? the cheeky sod im married to gives me the money to get something i like.... wait for it .. then expects me to wrap it, put it under the tree and open it again christmas day. rolleyes

Lou x

8 Sep 2006

Slighty off track but giving and receiving presents is always a tough one for me.
Firstly I don't really like surprises so I'm always trying to ruin it by guessing what the gifts are, secondly I can't stand being watched whilst opening gifts. :scared:
I get much, much more enjoyment from buying and giving gifts, but my problems is I get so excited I find it so tough to keep them a secret. :doh:

8 Sep 2006

I got a green kitchen roll holder for christmas one year from an In-law. My kitchen was blue at the time.

8 Sep 2006

xxx

8 Sep 2006

My MIL can give some a run for their money. Some of the pressies over the last years have been: a biro pen with 4 colours you flick to choose, a pair of american tan knee highs, a melamine tray with old biddy flowers on (for putting your cocoa on). Can't think of any more but there's been loads of weird gifts.
pink x

13 Sep 2006

My darling husband has just gone out and brought me a present.
A china dish shaped like a tea pot to put used tea bags in rolleyes

Don't want to sound ungrateful but :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :roll:

14 Sep 2006

Quote by willbe_jane
My darling husband has just gone out and brought me a present.
A china dish shaped like a tea pot to put used tea bags in
Don't want to sound ungrateful but :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :roll:

I've got one of those!! Well, I actually bought it myself.....
Should hasten to add it was our wedding anniversary yesterday and I didn't even get a card!!! :upset: Worst part was, it wasn't even as if he'd forgotten.....
Feeling very neglected today.........

14 Sep 2006

Quote by Kiss
Slighty off track but giving and receiving presents is always a tough one for me.
Firstly I don't really like surprises so I'm always trying to ruin it by guessing what the gifts are, secondly I can't stand being watched whilst opening gifts. :scared:
I get much, much more enjoyment from buying and giving gifts, but my problems is I get so excited I find it so tough to keep them a secret. :doh:

I thought i was the only one like that redface

14 Sep 2006

it wasn't a christmas pressie and it wasn't my partner... so technically it doesn't count for this thread.... but I'm going to bore you all anyway! lol

My best friend once gave me a roll of Scotch Tape and a big black dispenser! :shock: it was wrapped in newspaper which seemed to have skid marks on it and was a blatant free gift from her mums catalogue order! :lol:
At the time I thought it was a strange and odd present to give... but it turned out to go from the worst present I've ever had (the presentation didn't help much! :lol: ) to the best pressie she ever gave me and I still use the holder now! smile

So never underestimate those initially cringeworthy gifts... you might just grow to love them!