Gifts that make you go.... huh?

Yes, christmas is about the joy of giving. About being with family, enjoying a special meal and for some, celebrating their religious beliefs.

This thread is about receiving... specifically, receiving gifts which make you go.... huh??!

Yesterday, my IL's (whom I don't get along with) gave me four coffee pods. For a coffee machine which I don't own. Not sure what I am supposed to do with them! And it's not that they didn't realise that I don't own an appropriate machine. My MIL actually commented 'oh, I know you don't have the right machine for those pods, but I thought you might like them anyway'. Uh huh. No. What to do with them? I am considering keeping them for MIL's birthday... and giving them back to her. I will wrap them up, just as she did for me, and comment on the fact that she will never be able to use them... but that I thought she might like them any way!

What did you get?

Lol that's totally random. I didn't get anything strange for Xmas. But I did get a random birthday present a few weeks ago from my grandma. A teatowel. Yep.

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Yes, christmas is about the joy of giving. About being with family, enjoying a special meal and for some, celebrating their religious beliefs.

This thread is about receiving... specifically, receiving gifts which make you go.... huh??!

Yesterday, my IL's (whom I don't get along with) gave me four coffee pods. For a coffee machine which I don't own. Not sure what I am supposed to do with them! And it's not that they didn't realise that I don't own an appropriate machine. My MIL actually commented 'oh, I know you don't have the right machine for those pods, but I thought you might like them anyway'. Uh huh. No. What to do with them? I am considering keeping them for MIL's birthday... and giving them back to her. I will wrap them up, just as she did for me, and comment on the fact that she will never be able to use them... but that I thought she might like them any way!

What did you get?

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You should totally do that! What really is a WTF? present

That's so odd! Is there a surprise coffee machine coming?

:o Are you serious?

I would be TOTALLY giving them back to her at her birthday! How bloody rude!

That truly is random! I would give them back too! last year I got several strange presents but this year I've been lucky, only pot plants from 2 different people...their days are numbered with my severe lack of green thumb.

That's...different. Lol!! I'd give them back later on too, that's just weird!

In keeping with the MIL theme, she gave DH, DD1 and I those plug in, motion sensing lights you see the ads for on telly (from Bunnings I believe). I was like, err, thanks? I asked her not to buy myself anything (DH she can if she wants, it's her son) but I guess she couldn't resist giving me the light? Dunno, I found it an odd gift but I guess I'll plug it in somewhere...although we only live in a small 2 bed unit, I don't know if we really need 3 of them!

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That's so odd! Is there a surprise coffee machine coming?

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Lol... no. Definitely no machine coming! In the past I have been gifted a romance book my MIL had clearly read (multiple breaks in the spine, dog eared pages) which was not even the genre I enjoy - which she would know, given my bookshelves full of crime. Then there was the year she wrapped me up an OPENED packet of biscuits, or the Andre Rieu DVD I had previously seen sitting on her telly - she gifted me that very copy.

my DH got be a TINY bikini. this thing barely covers one butt cheek. there is no way in hell I will be wearing it out in public plus the top is defiantly not for post baby boobs. it's for perky 15-30 non breastfeed boobs. He is pretty upset I don't like it but if I don't feel comfortable how can I wear it

Is your MIL suffering from dementia or something similar? Seriously what bizarre gifts to give someone. does she know the coffee things can be used any other way????

Uhh... that's weird. FIL bought lots of little bits for the kids to fill gift bags and lots of it was inapropriate... but the thought was there and I honestly didn't expect him to know what to get them. But MINTIES for a 16 month old?? Err. No.

But then he's the guy who, literally minutes after we'd been having a conversation about DS being dairy intolerant, was feeding DS custard. Seriously.

Lol... no dementia Ausgirl, she just doesn't like me! And yes, she knows I can't use the pods. :lol:

Gosh that seems odd and thoughtless

My mil has been known to buy horrible clothes for us but that's just get taste

Dh got me a panetoni bread for Christmas I think I might have actually said what the I don't even eat it and you would think after 4 yrs marriage he would know that lol

Nickle, you could always take it as an excuse to buy the coffee machine and then thank her graciously for the idea. After all, it would be a shame to waste such a thoughtful gift, no? ;)

It's been a long while since I've fit into a size 14 undies, but I appreciated the compliment from my mother in law.

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It's been a long while since I've fit into a size 14 undies, but I appreciated the compliment from my mother in law.

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Your MIL bought you underwear? :rofl:

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It's been a long while since I've fit into a size 14 undies, but I appreciated the compliment from my mother in law.

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Your MIL purchased you underwear?!

nickle - Your MIL is certainly.... how do I put it nicely?! I'll just go with odd - lol

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my DH got be a TINY bikini. this thing barely covers one butt cheek. there is no way in hell I will be wearing it out in public plus the top is defiantly not for post baby boobs. it's for perky 15-30 non breastfeed boobs. He is pretty upset I don't like it but if I don't feel comfortable how can I wear it

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Maybe he didn't buy it for you to wear to the beach ;) ;)

My MIL used to give me the sample makeup that would come as a gift with purchase lol.

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Lol... no. Definitely no machine coming! In the past I have been gifted a romance book my MIL had clearly read (multiple breaks in the spine, dog eared pages) which was not even the genre I enjoy - which she would know, given my bookshelves full of crime. Then there was the year she wrapped me up an OPENED packet of biscuits, or the Andre Rieu DVD I had previously seen sitting on her telly - she gifted me that very copy.

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Oh my god! It just gets better (or should I say worse?). Maybe we can help you come up with an equally 'special' present for her birthday......a half eaten apple perhaps??? :)

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Maybe he didn't buy it for you to wear to the beach ;) ;)

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Yes he obviously thinks you have a smoking hot body! Be proud he thinks you're gorgeous and wear it for him at home if you don't feel comfy in it in public!

This year we did quite well actually, although DFs uncle gave MIL and his other uncle a recording dashboard camera and 2 memory cards each - a little odd, but still thoughtful. In the past hes given some pretty dodgy stuff from though. Ie a bucket for DF and a sponge for his sister. Clearly from the same set. They were pre-teens at the time. LOL

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Maybe he didn't buy it for you to wear to the beach ;) ;)

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no I got underwear and suspenders too lol

LOL! I guess you know where you stand nickle :). Apparently I'm lacking in christmas teatowels and hand towels. I got some from my mum, my sister (who is severely disabled and cannot purchase or understand gifts of any kind so obviously bought by my mum) & my grandma (again lives with my mum and is on the downhill side of dementia :() Could be worse I guess.

DH and I each get a calendar from MIL every single year. I've never understood it as we live on the same house so would share a calendar, why does she give us two? I told her a few years ago there was no need to buy me one but she keeps buying me one - perhaps she wishes we lived separate lives lol

No strange gifts this year but one of my favourite front the past was my Nan buying me undies with trucks on them. I was 12 and mortified!

Thanks for the giggles tonight everyone!

That's not a random present, that's a totally calculated and nasty gift. Hope you got some other gorgeous gifts too. :hug:

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That's not a random present, that's a totally calculated and nasty gift. Hope you got some other gorgeous gifts too. :hug:

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I have to agree. :hug:

I got a set of free perfumed bath gels and shampoos that you get at fancy hotels (ie: the complimentary ones).

And DH was permitted to pick something out of a bag of re-gift-able items.

Seriously.

They spend more on holidays every year than we make as a household, but we got the option of taking freebies and unwanted things from a paper bag.

Last year SIL gave DH a worry doll.

Last year for DS1 birthday apparantly MIL had rolled up and put some string around a face washer used not new and was going to give him that for 3rd birthday until was told no by someone!

Wow some of these are just unthinkable! Never had anything like that but my MIL tends to pick a trend and that's what you get for several years. I can't stand candles and never have any out, so my MIL used to get me a voucher to a candle shop every xmas and birthday lol. Then she started buying me white chocolate which I hate the taste of. I just feel bad she's wasting her money so usually get DH to steer her in another direction.

Her sister gets our boys baby toys, doesn't matter how many times she is told their ages!

I get towels every year from MIL and she buys DH a different colour so we don't have a set of matching towels. Last year she got me a bath sheet and it's huge I put it aside and used it for DS's homebirth lol. Haven't had Christmas with his family yet so will see of I have more towels this year.

That being said, we had a lovely time with my PIL today, and it was nice to just spend time together.

A friend's mother condescended to meet her family at a nearby park for Christmas dinner.

Then she asked them to bring left overs from the other side of the family's lunch, and some rolls.

:jawdrop:

I am grateful for my family. Re-gifted freebies and all.

My MIL has a tea towel obsession and therefore assumes everyone else does too. She gives me tea towels whenever they visit or when we visit them. She sent us two for Christmas this year - again. I have more tea towels than all my other linen combined! And we've had dishwashers in every house we've ever lived in!!!

She bought a nice summer dress for DD1 but a winter top for DD2 in a size 0 - we live in Perth AND DD2 turned 1 last week. WTF?! She'll never get to wear it! Both girls got a tacky tourist tshirt from her recent trip to Tassie too - both are too small, DD2's was a 00. Again, WTF?!

Not weird at all!

My MIL was very polite about buying me undies. She helps a lot around the house including folding the washing. She approached DH with the idea that she buy me some new undies as they were getting very tatty. Given I generally wear bonds cotton ones I was ok about this when DH checked with me.

However double checking my size would have helped!!!

my mum is a soap and handcream giver. I can tell how much she likes you by what kind of either she gives you ;)

It's not so much the gift that was given to my DH but the one that wasn't. His family has relatives visiting from the UK this year- his grandmother's sister and her daughter and the daughter's son.

Christmas Day rolls around and rellies whip out some gifts- one for his grandmother, his mother, his father and his sister. But nothing for him!

It's not the gift (they were little trinkets which we would bin anyway) but its the thought, or rather lack thereof. It felt like he was deliberately excluded, for no reason. Especially since there was also an apology to DH's sister that her current boyfriend (and she has a new one every Christmas) not given a gift but not a word was said to DH or I, who have been together for the better part of a decade.

Really made us both go huh?!?!

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Yes, christmas is about the joy of giving. About being with family, enjoying a special meal and for some, celebrating their religious beliefs.

This thread is about receiving... specifically, receiving gifts which make you go.... huh??!

Yesterday, my IL's (whom I don't get along with) gave me four coffee pods. For a coffee machine which I don't own. Not sure what I am supposed to do with them! And it's not that they didn't realise that I don't own an appropriate machine. My MIL actually commented 'oh, I know you don't have the right machine for those pods, but I thought you might like them anyway'. Uh huh. No. What to do with them? I am considering keeping them for MIL's birthday... and giving them back to her. I will wrap them up, just as she did for me, and comment on the fact that she will never be able to use them... but that I thought she might like them any way!

What did you get?

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Very random.... ou know what? I would give her one coffee pod back everytime a gift is required to be given. ;) One at easter, one for her birthday, one for mothers day and one for christmas. :lol:

Nothing that made me go huh here. For the first time in ages, my pressies were pretty good.