worst x-mas present ever recieved

[MunchkinsMom]

“Snitch” tried to find out what he wanted - no luck. Tried the other approach, he just buys it anyway. Guess I am back to gift certificates/cards henceforth.

On the topic of bad gifts, the first year I was living with my ex-husband, for Christmas he bought tv tables (he loved to eat in front of the TV). He said he recalled that I said I would like to get some for the house (so he would make less mess eating off the coffee table). Big sigh, not exactly romantic, I suppose it is the thought that counted? Oh, and the next year, his mother bought me one of those horrendous Cabbage Patch kids, since it appeared that I was not going to give her grandchildren. I never took it out of the box, sold it in a tag sale when we got divorced.

[Wayside]

[QUOTE=MunchkinsMom;5340750]
“Snitch” tried to find out what he wanted - no luck. Tried the other approach, he just buys it anyway.[/QUOTE]

If it were me, I’d probably snatch it up, and stick it in a box after he came home with it, and tell him he had to wait until Christmas to use it, but I’m not very nice, so take that with a grain of salt. :lol:

[lesyl]

@Long Spot;5333123

Sister in law got hubby and I a fleece blanket that turns into a cape with Star Wars sh*t on it.

Gee, thanks. Can’t wait to write that thank you card. Any suggestions for proper thanking are welcome.

Somewhere in a galaxy far far away a young Jedi is searching for his lost cape. We appreciate you providing us opportunities to draft a story for a play to base the next Star Wars movie screenplay.

[Equibrit]

A lime green nylon macrame frog wall hanging.

[MunchkinsMom]

@Equibrit;5340939

A lime green nylon macrame frog wall hanging.

Wow - that sounds horrible! Hopefully not from a family member, which usually means you have to at the very least drag it out for display when they come to visit?

[Alagirl]

@MunchkinsMom;5341493

Wow - that sounds horrible! Hopefully not from a family member, which usually means you have to at the very least drag it out for display when they come to visit?

the dog ate it last night

[Equibrit]

@MunchkinsMom;5341493

Wow - that sounds horrible! Hopefully not from a family member, which usually means you have to at the very least drag it out for display when they come to visit?

It blew out of the car window into a lake on my way home.

[Alagirl]

@Equibrit;5341576

It blew out of the car window into a lake on my way home.

ah, you rehomed the frog!

[derby_queen]

Haha okay, the worst xmas “horsey” present I’ve received was a sweater from my grandma and yes sadly it fits me but she got it from a catalog that recommends the clothes for 4-12 year olds…and I’m way older than that! It’s a very “little girl” looking jacket haha

[HorsesinHaiti]

[QUOTE=Wayside;5338447]
I had a similiar gift certificate years ago, and I managed to use it just before it expired. Ironically, it was the worst haircut I’ve ever had. Apparently my idea of low-maintenance and the stylist’s idea of low-maintenance were two very different things. I expected wash and go, and she expected me to do something to it with a hair dryer and a brush. I don’t even own a hair dryer! :lol:[/QUOTE]

I didn’t own a hairdryer here until I started having to travel a bit for work - our electric system doesn’t handle them well. I’m with you on low maintenance. My idea of low maintenance is that the cut can go several months without seeing the hairdresser, since it may take me that long to get to one!

Some day I’ll get out of a ponytail…

[JanM]

Thank you card phrases (maybe we need a spin off for thanking people who gave us junky stuff we didn’t need or want)

1. We’ll think of you every time we use your gift (and wonder what the hell you were thinking)
2. How thoughtful of you to remember us in this way (and the goodwill people will sell it for us)
3. You must have spent so much of your precious time selecting this, and we appreciate it so much (leave the part about posting it on this thread and you’re good).

[RacetrackReject]

Is it time to resurrect this thread yet? I’m sure someone has some additions to make before Christmas this year.

[AppendixQHLover]

OH yea…it is that time of year again.

I am not married now so my SIL won’t buy me horse stuff that I will never use.

[vxf111]

I love that this thread comes back yearly

[Mtn_trails]

I thought of another but not horse related. The first year DH and I were married my MIL got me those little fold up tents to put over picnic food and got my husband two beer mugs that had pics of pheasants, deer or some other animal of prey since he was a hunter, that they got at the 2nd hand store where they worked. Gee thanks.

[Airfern]

Worse:
Pat Parelli training tapes. ( I know I will probably get flamed for this)
Tie dyed, tee shirts with horse head graphics
the dvd of “wild hearts cant be broken”. I cringe when the horse jumps off the high dive…

Best
All the Breyer horses I got as a kid ( sadly donated to a neighbor’s kid when I went to college)
My dressage saddle my hubby got me as a steal from ebay
And a portfolio of horse prints from Wesley Dennis, the artist for many of the Margurite Henry books. Here is a link to one on ebay ( not mine I would never sell my copy)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PORTFOLIO-HORSES-Wesley-Dennis-M-Henry-/200225490066?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item2e9e5e8492

[LisaB]

holy cow, I’ve hit an all new level of bad gift giving.
I have a baby.
I can’t wait to see what folks try to buy him that’s ‘horsey’.
Already the in laws have gotten him dangerous toys and clothes. I don’t know where they find them ,but they want him dead. I’m sure of it. They even tried feeding a 4 mo old potatoes for Tgiving ‘because it’s Thanksgiving and he has to eat something’. WTH?

[KayBee]

[QUOTE=Trixie;2055456]
My mother and I have the holidays down. She tells me what she wants, my father gives me his credit card. I buy it, whatever it is, in whatever color and size she wants, and have it wrapped, then give it to dad with credit card back. That way, she gets what she wants and he doesn’t buy her another stupid perfume gift set. When he was guessing, it was just disasterous for all.[/QUOTE]

My dad actually does well for my mom, except in the perfume department. He’s bought her enough bottles of her favorite perfume to last 3 people their lifetimes – and I do mean this literally. She finally had to tell him to stop (especially because she only wears it on special occasions – christmas, new year’s, and the occasional evening out).

[Ghazzu]

A rattlesnake head under glass.

[DeeThbd]

[QUOTE=Ghazzu;6020135]
A rattlesnake head under glass.[/QUOTE]

As a dinner (ie pheasant under glass) or as a decoration?:lol:
Dee