my mother got me a desk light and then immediately stole it for her quilting because it was full spectrum white
I got it back years later when the thing holding it up had gotten so loose you needed to duct tape it
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I asked my Aunt for R.E.M. at the height of their popularity. She gave me an old REO speedwagon album that had none of their hits on them. All in all, that's the worst, so i've done very well.
Got the same crappy t-shirt several years apart from the same person.
Motivational calendar...
Thanks mom
My aunt only ever knew one thing about me, that I grew up liking Harry Potter. First I got all the books, split across two years. Then I got all the movies as they came out, up to the 5th one. After that I was apparently too old for her to know what I liked, I got a gift card to a gas station for 3 years in a row. I mean hey $20 in gas wasn't a totally awful thing as a late teenager, so I guess it could have been worse.
I think I only ever received one good present.
A box of Mario fruit snacks when I was a kid.
Rum flavoured spirit drink.. Twice.
Missmatched socks.
Not just socks. Missmatched, ugly socks !
A few years ago I went to visit my mom around Christmas, I picked her up and we were heading over to my grandmas. On the way, while my 1 year old is screaming in the back seat, she asked if she could run into a store on the way.
When we got to my grandmas she gave me the bag that she had just bought, store logo on it and everything, no hiding a thing, that contained 1 roll of camouflage themed duct tape, and a pack of trash bags.
I had told her earlier in the year that I was using trash bags and duct tape to block the windows in my garage while I was doing some renovations in there, and so she got me trash bags and duct tape, almost a year later...
I still appreciate that she got me anything at all and there was at least a thought behind it even if I don't understand that thought.
My weird alcoholic grandma that my dad doesnβt really talk to got me a shaving kit when I was 10.
Toothpaste and a toothbrush.
I do now understand the financial problems my family had at the time, but for a child it still was a major bummer. Nevermind me being an only and a Christmas child.
Being poor and lonely made Christmas the worst time of the year: no real celebrations like other kids have and my friends were spending time with their families. It was always the loneliest holiday.
I don't hold any resentment to my parents, they did what they could with what they had and they weren't bad people ultimately.
I still don't like Christmas, but my SO does make it something to look forward to. I like thinking of little gifts to get them and watch their reaction. This year I made several oversized t-shirts for sleeping with vinil prints of our cats. It's cheesy as fuck, but in a good way. I like getting gifts as well tho π .
A small drinking cup +possibly unintended whooping cough that ruined my entire holiday season.
The gift of world peace. It was granted to me in lieu of the PS2 I wanted by my fairy godmother. Needless to say I held my breath until she finally relented, and took it back. She gave me a PS2 and I close the curtains and put on headphones a lot when I'm at home.
I don't know man, I mean, it would have been a pretty crappy gift for you personally but I think all the rest of us might have appreciated it if you hadn't taken back world peace.
Hindsight is 20:20. I personally loved that PS2, and what's worth more - world peace or a child's love?
Well I mean I probably would have traded it for a PS2 as well admittedly.
It was many years ago and I just realized that it wasn't a sumo, just an absolutely monstrous hand that for whatever reason I recollected as a sumo wrestler.
I've lucked out and haven't gotten anything that bad. My mother in law is weirdly obsessed with making sure everyone gets the exact same number of gifts so sometimes I get some truly random junk lol. She got me (or maybe my wife) a Toy Story 3 Pizza Planet branded Pizza... Maker? Idk. Imagine a waffle iron but for pizza. We have an oven. Idk. I guess it's for college kids in dorms without full kitchens? We just don't have the counter space for it. It's sat in the box. Our kitchen is very tiny. We already have a bunch of counter top appliances and don't have room for another. And why take it out of the box when we have an oven?
Wooden plaque that had the words "I swear it was clean yesterday." From my dad.
I'm not one for impractical clutter. And my dad could be very judgemental. Why I would want an ugly handmade plaque that would imply I was messy, lazy, and dishonest about it?