My SO and I got an early gift that fits in this thread. We got a pair of glass candle sticks, not such a horrible gift but its the design. They’re just a bunch of glass spheres stacked on top of each other, it makes the whole thing look like some sort of sex toy or kegel exercise equipment. They just don’t look like candle sticks but instead like we forgot and left something we shouldn’t have out in the open. I’m hoping they don’t look like this to everyone and I can sell them on ebay.
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Worst present: Last year, from DH. I had printed out the exact page with the exact color and size of a sweater I wanted. I open the box and – different color, wrong size. WTF? “Oh, I thought you could just return it.” MAKING ME RETURN SOMETHING IS NOT A PRESENT! It’s TORTURE.
I told him this year do not get me ANYTHING. Seriously. NOTHING. Pay the vet bill or a month’s worth of lessons. :sigh:
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Worse:
the dvd of “wild hearts cant be broken”. I cringe when the horse jumps off the high dive…[/QUOTE]
I actually love this movie…I’d be stoked if I got the DVD for Christmas! :lol:
One of the nurses I work with got an ironing board for Christmas a few years ago. It was from her thoughtful husband, and they are still married.
A LARGE PRINT copy of the Bible. Ouch. (Catholic edition though, much to my surprise, given the evangelical gift giver.)
here goes… worst give (not horse related):
imagine this… 13 years old, more or less the ugly duckling of the 8th grade, yeah acne problem a little worse than other kids, braces, and glasses. it’s christmas. i’m on break away from the bullies provided by my wonderful jr. high.
i open my gifts. some pretty nifty stuff (breyers, cds, etc) and feeling pretty good about this years loot until i pick up the last of my presents from my mom. so i tear open the package to find a bottle of clean and clear acne lotion. open the next package and find a bottle of astringent. another package and get a thing of oxypads. acne wash. needless to say i opened these uhm gifts in front of my whole family! my aunt yelled at my mom for being insensitive, me being a typical teenager stormed off to my room, my dad felt like a jackass and my mom justified it all by saying ‘well she does have that zit problem and they were on sale!’ i’m nearly 30 and to this day open any and all gifts from my mother with great hesitation.
as for worst horse gift… nothing sticks out in my head. i do get some bizarre stuff from my in-laws and my mom still (think spirit horsey tee shirts in size xxx-l when i wear a small/medium sigh to “wear around the barn”) or my mil buying me western stuff to ‘wear to your fancy shows’ when i’m a jumper/eventer. shrugs nothing worth getting my panties in a bunch unlike opening a whole bunch of zit stuff in front of your entire family as a teenager…
A friend of my MIL gave us an outfit for our newborn. It was a onsie made to look like a western shirt complete with top stitching, western yoke and pearl snaps, and matching cowboy booties. Sounds cute, right? Well, the onsie is size 6 month and the booties were too small to fit.
My husband flipped out when I asked for a Dyson vacuum cleaner two years ago. He was scared I was trying to trick him somehow. I love that thing! :winkgrin:
My cousin’s girlfriend posted this link to my SO’s Facebook page as a “good gift idea”. :lol:
I couldn’t stop laughing and being totally creeped out, all at the same time.
No one in my family has yet topped my mom’s crazy Aunt Irene. The year I turned 11 - about 2 years before I actually hit puberty - my gift from her was a set of matching floral-print panties, training bras, and a teddy bear.
To this day, I cannot comprehend what possessed the woman to send this… much less where on earth she expected me to wear it??
Worst horsey gift? Heh. My mother continually finds random horsey things to gift to me. (She tries, she really tries…) My least favorite thus far is the ornament that looks more like a chestnut flaxen giraffe leaping a tall building in a single bound than like an actual horse…
Oh dear gawd how sad is this: I was reading through and laughing, got to this one and got to giggling…then realized it was MY post. Now I’m really laughing, and good timing too because today is the end of my work week and man did it SUCK!
How about the bath scrub that I gave to my MIL that she gave to my SIL to give BACK to me because she was sure she would slip and fall in the shower if she used it. I no longer give anything for that crazy woman - DH takes care of her. And I’m the one that’s medicated!
My saddest Christmas was my first Pony Club Christmas party… I was so excited for it (I was maybe 9ish?) Went to the tack shop and carefully picked out some nice brushes and hoof dressing for my gift exchange “wrapped” in a grooming tote. I couldn’t wait to see what wonderful horsey present would be bestowed upon me…
I got a non horsey selection of pads of paper, pencils, and a giant pencil shaped eraser the size of a carrot. 
I went to the bathroom and cried.
Somewhere in this thread is the post about the gawdawful wall sconce SIL gave me.
THIS year things will be different.
After the last two disasterous visits I am refusing to go to her house or buy her anything. Mr P will be instructed to refuse anygift for me.
Sign me:
FED UP
I thought I suffered alone! Worst ever was when I was 16, and lusted after all clothing J. Crew (dating myself). I got a black sweatsuit outfit with white horse silhouettes up each leg, and a big white horse on the shirt and pink lettering saying Horses. As grunge was all the rage, yeah, not so much. And I got a horse book - but it was aimed at the toddler set, pretty pictures and all! I remember wondering why my grandma didn’t get my ballet dancing cousin ballet stuff, the soccer player soccer stuff, etc. Of course, none of the cousins are still obsessed with those sports, so maybe Grandma knew I was the crazy one:)
I think it was last year that my DH bought me horsey earings from a going out of business tack store.
My ears are not pierced (nor any other part of me), but not returnable as the tack store was going out if business…
My mother and sister sometimes express their displeasure with my husband…by ignoring him. Last year, for Christmas, he bought them both the same gift…a personalized coffee mug with his cheesy smiling face on it… printed on the mug was, “I Love my son-in-law!” and “I love my brother-in-law” respectively. I almost wet my pants.
Alter, I think I like your husband.
I really think my worse present will top everyone else’s.
From my now ex sister in law (thank goodness)
One of those plastic dishrack drainers with the rubber mat under it.
Unbelievable. So much thought went into that “gift”. And the MONEY!!
OMG probably 1.98!!
Ssshhh, don’t tell
Don’t tell my sister I posted this but, my sister thought that the footed one piece pajamas (like little kids wear) would be a perfect gift in case I needed to check on the horses at night. Of course, can’t fit the feet into any of my boots. :lol: Oh, and they are covered with tweety bird. (I did use to have tweety slippers though) :lol:
Loved reading these, didn’t know bad gift giving was so rampant although the ones that bother me the most are the really thoughtless gifts. I don’t think I am hard to shop for, and would prefer gift cards to places. I guess it just bothers me when someone else uses buying stuff as away to make themselves feel good rather then the recipient.
Dreading going to my in-law’s for giftmas. I got lucky growing up, my mom always was awesome at getting me stuff I liked, some of the horse stuff she got me I am still using. My MiL (step) hates me for no apparent reason to the point of completely ignoring me for a week while we were staying at their house. My FiL is super but leaves all gift giving stuff to his wife who looooooves to shop and has filled the basement with useless junk, she likes to buy multiples of the same thing so I can predict the shirts Mr. Dangerbunny will be getting will be the same as the last four years, that he didn’t wear.
