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Who is the worst gift giver in your family?

Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:48 am
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11337 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:48 am
Everyone has that person who you have to force that fake smile for every time you open one of their head scratching gifts...for me it's the MIL. She tries and I appreciate the effort...but just...no.

-one year she noticed how into cooking I was and got me a copper non-stick pan from the infomercials
-one year noticed how much I loved playing darts, and especially my pro-grade, wood encased board...got me a plastic talking board from wal-mart
-one year got me a giant tub of cheese balls...I have literally no explanation for that one

Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:51 am to
Sounds like she is trying to send you a message.
Posted by saturday
Pronoun (Baw)
Member since Feb 2007
7100 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:52 am to
I'm happy with any gift someone gives me but I have a BIL named Scott who is an ungrateful little shite. Wait until he sees what I got him this year.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:52 am to
I just stick with money and/or gift cards. Those work well as one size fits all approach and no one complains about it.
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
37811 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:53 am to
Our dogs never get us anything



they’re such freeloaders
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3217 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:53 am to
Me
I just let the wife buy everything and she puts "From: Mom and Dad" on everything.
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38547 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:54 am to
My mom this year put the presents that she bought for me into a Black Santa Claus bag.

I laughed because well ... why not? The funny thing is though she had no idea that she purchased a Black Santa Claus bag.

All in all, just thankful to have my parents around. The presents are material items that you can’t take with you when you go. The moments and the experiences, that to me, is what matters most. If I want something bad enough, I work for it and can buy it.



This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 9:56 am
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11337 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 9:58 am to
quote:

I'm happy with any gift someone gives me but I have a BIL named Scott who is an ungrateful little shite. Wait until he sees what I got him this year.

I can only hope it's a sonic gift card, baw
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:04 am to
Me and it's not close.
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:04 am to
Me by far. For every bad arse piece of jewelry I give, I frick up badly in other departments.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10571 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:06 am to
My great aunt. I understand they lived simple lives and didn’t make much money.

But everything they ever gave me was homemade. Always. We always hated it growing up.

I think it’s where my hate for Etsy has come from.
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
7807 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:08 am to
Before we moved from LA to CA, my wife's grandma would always get us these huge gifts and we would have no way of getting them home. One year she gave us a nice bookshelf. Shipping costs were a bitch on that one.

ETA: Her gifts were always nice, but just clueless on logistics.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 10:09 am
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124266 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:08 am to
Me. Luckily I drunkenly ordered gifts the other night and Amazon is coming to save my arse
Posted by Flashback
reading the chicken bones
Member since Apr 2008
8315 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:11 am to
I thought this was a Oweo post initially.
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11337 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:12 am to
quote:

I thought this was a Oweo post initially.



Not gonna lie...it felt kinda Oweo-ish as I was typing....but I'm sadly at work today so I'm just looking to kill sometime.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
17011 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:17 am to
My mom without a doubt.

In 20 years, i haven’t received a gift from her that either doesn’t end up collecting dust or i end up donating.

Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:21 am to
My BIL, he sucks at giving gifts.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83583 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:23 am to
My wife’s great Aunt gets us a $10 gift card to Golden Corral every year
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:24 am to
Just walk away from the post
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11337 posts
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:26 am to
quote:

My wife’s great Aunt gets us a $10 gift card to Golden Corral every year




Maybe this year it'll come attached to TulaneLSU's magic guide through Golden Corral cuisine.
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