Weird presents.......

[Beach Mama]

you have been given!!

It's my b'day coming up on Saturday and DH in his infinite wisdom bought me a ROBOT for my 30th.... A ROOOOBBBOT. That was nearly 5 years ago, he hasn't lived it down, even his mates rib him about it - what was he thinking exactly? It bowled a ball and danced.

Needless to say I have emailed him a photo of a pendant I would like and have dropped a few other ideas - he gets shirty because I "am assuming I will get a gift" Um dame right I will get one and he clearly needs help!

Which got me thinking - what is the weirdest birthday gift you have been given!!

[Phteven]

MIL gave me a bottle of Davidoff Cool Water once. The weird aspect is that she wears it. I never use it - imagine how creepy it would be for DH if I were to get the freak on with him smelling like his mother

[Cranky Kitten]

Strangest I've ever gotten (at about 16) was from an elderly aunt, who gifted me with a toiletry pack with some pretty soaps (ok) talcum powder (a little outdated, but ok) and a box of incontinence pads (eeek!). I have to wonder if maybe she put the wrong label on it, but even so....

[feeb]

MIL gave me a bottle of Davidoff Cool Water once. The weird aspect is that she wears it. I never use it - imagine how creepy it would be for DH if I were to get the freak on with him smelling like his mother

HAHA how funny.

I can tell you a funny story that other day FIL's partner who gets along well with MIL told me that she had rolled up a facewasher (used but clean) and tied with a ribbon and was going to give to DS1 for his 3rd birthday, because he likes to have clean hands!!

[Beach Mama]

imagine how creepy it would be for DH if I were to get the freak on with him smelling like his mother

GOLD!

Feeb that is funny - why not just get him some new ones haha!

[~Hestia~]

Years and years ago I was given dispoable undies by an elderly relative, they looked like Chux wipes!

[misty]

A G-string off my MIL (then she was just my boyfriends mother!) for christmas!

[Heaven]

omg Tan, a robot!

Not weird if you get it once but it's all the time. MIL keeps buying us ornaments of a set of 3 animals. We now have 3 pigs, 3 penguins, 3 rabbits...

[diva det]

HAHA how funny.

I can tell you a funny story that other day FIL's partner who gets along well with MIL told me that she had rolled up a facewasher (used but clean) and tied with a ribbon and was going to give to DS1 for his 3rd birthday, because he likes to have clean hands!!

OMG that is soo funny feebs
at least it was clean
we have a competition at xmas to see who gets the crappiest present and i seem to win it every year
plenty of wall hangings, pictures of relatives framed, brooches, soaps, facewashes and the best was I got given a present that i have given to the person the year before!!!!
gotta love well meaning relatives

[NaeNae]

Its not really weird but more insulting. Last year mother asked what I wanted so said I needed so me pants or tops or some new flannel button front Pj's as I was still BF DD, and when asked what size I said 14. SO she got me 2 size 14 pants, 1 size 14 top and a set of size 18 Pj's with "Warning, Do not disturb when sleeping" printed on the front. When I said "these are a size 18 Mum" she just shrugged and said "oh well I am sure you will grow into them" ....... nice!

Best bifts Dh has ever got me was a pocket knife for Valentines Day (which really is awesome) and this year along with my fav perfume he gave me a rechargeable torch because "there is never one that works when I want one" Love his practical thinking.

Nae x x

[Mumma T]

Worst pressie would have to be the year I got nothing, my dad forgot to even say happy birthday and we even had leftover spaghetti for dinner, needless to say 16 year old my was upset and commented at feeling as leftover as the dinner

[peanutter]

a see through top from MIL (when dating DH) - I think it came with a camisole, and she forgot to get it?

and a bookmark one Christmas. I kid you not.

and one friend gives me photo frames *all* the time, and I don't use them. There's not a single framed photo on the wall, and she knows this, because I prefer albums and photobooks, and basically have no photos around the house, as I paint, and have artwork around the walls, not photos. she has lots of photoframes, and often buys me things she would like - so much so that sometimes I see in her house things she's given me, and we are "twins" not bad, just odd.

[Party-of-five]

My sister gave me wine glasses for my birthday that I gave her for her engagement present

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

My mum went through a phase of giving me and my sister bathroom cleaner for christmas, along with the usual stationary and cheap jewellery.

MiL gave me coat hangers and a pair of slippers this year (and a cheque, but coat hangers are an odd gift). She bought me underwear before I married DH too - but plain bra and pants from M&S, so not that weird really.

One year an aunt bought me a plastic earring display holder - the sort shops show off earrings on. And nothing else. She meant well, I am sure.

[*TripleJ*]

i got given a bookmark for christmas too i think i was 15 ok i know i liked books but did they have to rub it in that i was a loner with no friends

[Meercat]

My boyfriend got down on one knee a few valentines days ago... And presented me with a gel bike seat. Apparently I had mentioned my butt hurt when we went riding so he thought he was being romantic.

Also my nana presented me with a coin purse at my 13th birthday party... With 13 dollar coins inside. Then she asked for the coin purse back haha


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[Melbournemumma]

My mil bought me an ugly plastic tray with the word "coffee" written all over it so I could "serve coffee to people on it!" She always buys me these weird gifts that are so not me but at least she remembers my birthday I guess.

[SunnyRain]

My mum gave me a bunch of books that she wanted to read. Weird ones that were totally about her interests like hiking through England. Later she mentioned she couldn't find her hiking book and asked if I had borrowed it, I had to convince her she gave it to me for my birthday.

She just bought the most beautiful tiny prem size summer jump suits in Italy and gave them to my newborn, in winter. She got zero wear out of them and never actually fit them. I can understand the size thing because they're Italian and the sizes are a mystery, but why summer newborn clothes?

Sometimes I think my mum is compensating for my mil living in the USA by acting just like a mil would.



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