Whoever began the tradition of giving presents to people on their birthdays is a total genius.
Test Run
<p>"My uncle and aunt gave me a broken toy car when I was like 5. They let my cousin play with it before it was my birthday and he broke it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgh0eg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SmokeWineEveryday</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Man if I was ur parent, I would've threw that toy car back at them so hard" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhuyrg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lycacons</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's a straight up d**k move" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhtpol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">piuamaster</a></p>All Comes Down to the Expiration Date
<p>"An anti-aging cream. Would be cool if I wasn't 9 years old. Opened it and it was obvious it was used before, also had hair in it. Mom put it in the trash immediately." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghglf87?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">m3714246</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I would have used it to vanish out of existence if it was a cream that makes you look 10 years younger" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhls3i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GodTierAimbotUser69</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"You could still be 9 years old if your mom didn't trash it" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghi3nrv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PacoMahogany</a></p>Can't Beat the Classics
<p>"When I was ten my grandma gave me a plain white towel. I wasn't good at hiding my disappointment so my mom made me apologize and pretend that I loved it."</p><p>"There was no way that I could tell it apart from all the other plain white towels we had."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgjmbw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NerdyFrida</a></p>Dude Needs a Calendar or Something
<p>"One year my uncle got me batteries, with a note that said 'toy not included.' Another year he wrote IOU on a piece of paper." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgecrg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">saltiestteacher</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sucks as a birthday present, but a hilarious joke. He could've given something else too."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"An IOU can be extremely valuable, but from the sounds of it not much from your uncle." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgywf0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">nobodynr15</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"See I would do the battery thing as a joke for half an hour, then bring the actual toy out" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhi0tm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">teedo</a></p>Local Memorabilia
<p>"A key chain in the shape of Texas with the name and phone number of a random traffic lawyer. I've never been to Texas or expressed interest in the state, and I didn't know the lawyer." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgj8ko?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Cats_Waffles</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Holy sh**, was it Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghh6z5b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Mr_Mori</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Oh wow. Sounds like you got a Jim Adler key chain! Those fetch a few thousand dollars nowadays!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghiq7nt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">texasbravo</a></p>"This Year, I Got You My Naked Cooties"
<p>"My mother in law gave me her used bathrobe. I don't know how one could possibly say FU you more eloquently without words than that."</p><p>"Still stuns me 20+ years later."<span></span></p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghg6sbk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thepanichand</a></p>Kinda Reversed That One
<p>"Last birthday I lived with my family they all went out to eat without me lol" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgg1po?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">1836547290</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Could be the best present, just depends" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghhkp7j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">01kicka**ius10</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Did they sing?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghixgn5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BtDB</a></p>Breaking Even
<p>"I was buying $5 cd I wanted on my bday, my (now)ex said he hadn't gotten me a gift yet, so he said he'd just buy it for my gift."</p><p>"About a week later I was buying groceries, and a $5 bill was in my change and he is it eyeing it. He tells me 'hey... you never paid me back for the cd I got you for your birthday.' So, I gave him the money for it."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghg7upz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">not-a-real_username</a></p>The Perfect Shape for Wrapping
<p>"my dads side of the family used to give my siblings and me entire costco sized packs of corn muffin mix for our birthdays/christmas. always corn muffin, never any other kind."</p><p>"like, we would unwrap the present and it would be 10 boxes of corn muffin mix. i cant offer you more context because there literally isnt any."</p><p>"it was always a mystery. my parents used to fight about it lol"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgc24v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Totally_Kyle0420</a></p>Couldn't Resist the Temptation
<p>"Last year for Christmas I got a half eaten meat basket from my In laws! The Summer sausage was cut in half and wrapped with plastic wrap and the cheese spread had been opened" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgakic?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jpm1188</a><span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"In what world does this seem okay or even occur as a thought" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgw7d2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BrutalWarPig</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Just looking out for you, and making sure it wasn't poisoned lol" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgxybk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">not-a-real-username</a></p>Birthday day
<p>When I was a kid my dad gave me the money I got for Christmas on my birthday.</p><p>Christmas, I got money. Birthday, I was allowed to spend it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BlackSonder00/" target="_blank">BlackSonder00</a></p>Not amused
<p>A day at an amusement park where my father explicitly went out of his way to make it excruciatingly clear that we were not there FOR my birthday.</p><p>I was 8. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Imnotfunnybutitried/" target="_blank">Imnotfunnybutitried</a></p>Sportsmanship
<p><br>My uncle gave me a Xbox Live points card for my birthday, when I went to redeem it, it said card not activated. This happened 2 years in a row until my mom told him about it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bob_rob_III/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bob_rob_III</a></p>Unkindness of strangers
<p><br>The year my husband invited friends over for my birthday so I got to make my own birthday cake, along with dinner for 8 people...and received no gifts</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ljcoon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ljcoon</a></p>Partnership
<p>Everyone forgetting that my birthday happened despite the fact that I'm a twin but everyone remembered my twin's birthday instead of mine.</p><p>Edit to clarify some things: I'm a fraternal twin. My twin brother is taller and looks older than I am. He was a college football player.</p><p>I'm a slightly shorter, skinny person who looks vaguely hispanic while also looking white at the same time despite the fact I'm half Japanese.</p><p>My twin is a more outgoing person than I am. I'm a very quiet/introverted personality. IDFK how my parents forgot. They just did.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cheetodude625/" target="_blank">Cheetodude625</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p>Year after year
<p><br>I have a few: I was taken to a steakhouse for my birthday one year. They all knew I was a vegetarian, but my family all wanted steak. I had complimentary bread and cole slaw for my birthday that year. </p><p>I planned a big party when I was 16, almost everyone I invited said yes, then no one showed up. </p><p>An ex-bf and I had planned a weekend getaway for my 30th at a fancy hotel. We were supposed to meet there. He never showed (he claimed he'd been called into work but I think he was cheating on me). I ended up getting sick (food poisoning maybe), had to beg the front desk to bring me some bread in the middle of the night. I checked out at dawn to drive myself 2hrs to home.</p><p>I loved celebrating my birthday as a kid, but now I actively ignore it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SarcasticUnderbelly/" target="_blank">SarcasticUnderbelly</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgf11m/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>Not cool
<p>I had just worked off the baby weight and was finally down to a Small again. My mom, who loves to take digs at my weight, bought me a bunch of tent-like drape-y clothes in Large.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hananobira/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hananobira</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgc8p9/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>What now?
<p><br>My Grandma told me my gift was that she was going to quit smoking, for my 13th bday.</p><p>Had it been true it would have been great but she gave this gift to me many times already.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DrLeePhDMd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DrLeePhDMd</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/ghgki2e/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p>If you were a lucky kid on your birthday, you received that one special toy you really wanted.
ASIMO Is Not For Sale
<p>"I really wanted a Honda robot. I found out Honda had built a robot and I asked for one for Christmas because I assumed they were mass produced."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75fion?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">smalldogcough</a><br></p>The Day The Music Died
<p>"An electric guitar and one day I found one hidden in the back of my fathers wardrobe. I was so excited and then Xmas day comes around and I got, well I can't even remember what I got but it wasn't an electric guitar. Turns out it was a present for our neighbours kid and my parents were hiding it away so the kid didn't find it prior to Xmas day. I can feel the sadness again writing this."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75kadv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">crikcet37</a><br></p>A Worthy Substitute
<p>"A doodle bear."</p><p>"So I just used my brother instead- took ages for mum to get the sharpie off him."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75hj7i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lethal_bizzle94</a><br></p>Scanning Thingy
<p>"I really, really wanted something called a Barcode Battler. You could scan the barcode on any item and it would give it a sort of 'top trumps' style score which I presume you could then battle with your friends over?"</p><p>"I was obsessed with getting one. I would never shut up about it. Whenever an amount of money was discussed I would chip in with stuff like 'that's the same as 3 Barcode battlers'."</p><p>"None of my friends had one, so I don't even know what I intended to do with it, looking back. I'd just seen an advert on Saturday morning TV and decided I must have it."</p><p>"My mum never got me one, I think I ended up with a SuperSoaker. My friends DID have those, and we had great fun with them. If I'd had my way, I'd have been sitting in the corner scanning random items with my Barcode Battler while they partook in giant SuperSoaker wars."</p><p>"Cheers mum, for saving me from myself."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75ikjh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nw5gooner</a><br></p>Egon Spengler Action Figure
<p>"Egon from Ghostbusters. The Ghostbusters toys were the only toys I had as a kid that weren't hand-me-downs or cheap knock-offs, so they were always special to me. I had Peter, Ray and Winston, I had the Fright Features figures, I had the Ghostbusters tower, I had the Ecto 2 helicopter, and the kid who lived next door had Ecto 1 and the proton pack which I could play with all the time, but I never had Egon. Even when I specifically asked my mum to buy Egon for me, she came back with another Winston. I had two Winstons."</p><p>"Years later (we're talking late 2000s here), my sister was in some charity shop and she found an Egon figure in a bucket of random action figures. She remebered that I never had him as a kid and bought it for me. It was such a silly thing, but it meant so much to me."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75k23v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TommViolence</a><br></p>When Daddy Forgot
<p>"When I was really young I wanted this mermaid Barbi my father even promised to buy it but forgot which one it was and he brought me a fairy doll instead when he went to buy the mermaid doll they said they were out of stock and I never saw it again after that."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DuckMcass/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DuckMcass</a><br></p>The Toy That Taught You Responsibility
<p>"A Tamagotchi. I've put it on every Christmas and birthday presents lists for years, never got any. My parents didn't even discuss it with me or asked what it was."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75lfoh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">picotipicota1</a><br></p>Never Too Old To Doodle
<p>"The 64 Crayola crayon pack."</p><p>"And yes, I bought it for myself at age 34."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75jmzx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RockyDify</a><br></p>The Legendary Defender
<p>"Voltron. Always got Voltron related stuff but never the actual robot."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75fmxv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GeraldoFubar</a><br></p>Christmas Wish Unfulfilled
<p>"I was 15 all I wanted was a Macklemore hoodie. I told my parents if that's all I got for Christmas I would be happy. Never happened."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75gadj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fia__</a><br></p>This One Didn't Workout
<p>"There used to be this Superman muscle blow up shirt that you could press a button and inflate fake muscles on yourself. Always wanted that, had to settle for a regular superman costume."</p><p>"I remember being pretty upset it didn't blow up, but in retrospect my parents were really struggling as immigrants. And i'm eternally grateful for what they did for me as a kid to the best that they could have. Love you Mom and Dad <3"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75r1yg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Federal-Reindeer</a><br></p>It's A Liability
<p>"I've always wanted roller skates since I was little. They never bought them because I could break a bone or something."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75rvm6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">koahro945</a><br></p>Revved Up And Nowhere To Go
<p>"A motorcycle, my dad promised me one for my 16th birthday. We'll in my thirties now, still waiting..."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75s2k4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U_cabrao</a><br></p>The Problem With Foam Balls
<p>"NERF made something called the Ballzooka. It was a multi chambered gun that shot foam balls. I wanted one so bad but when my birthday and then Christmas rolled around, my parents claimed they could never find one and that they were out of stock. When I was in my 20s, my dad revealed that they didn't want to spend the money because they figured I'd lose the foam balls in a few days and stop playing with it. Honestly, they're probably right."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2h72x/whats_that_one_present_you_wanted_to_get_as_a_kid/g75uzwh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">apocalypticradish</a><br></p>"It's the thought that counts." That's a lie people. Half the time no thought went into it. Don't give bad gifts. If you have no idea... when in doubt... give a gift card. We've all had to grin and bare it after unwrapping some gifted monstrosity. It would save so much time and burnt feelings to just give a blanket gift at this point in life. Case in point; let's discuss some gift ideas that left the wrong impression.
Redditor u/jedelhauser wanted to hear everyone's horror stories about gift giving by asking.... What's the worst gift you have ever received?
Hey Dory....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzMxNjMzOC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNTg0NjU0OH0.RMU12MamGfJin9jYtUdAuGtrS3jxNGHaOu5R6UWULTk/img.gif?width=980" id="82982" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c577157b9a4021e0118477c5ecee2d48" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="278" />Giphy<p>For my 10th birthday, I really wanted a fish. They got me a fishbowl, those decorative rocks and fish food. But no fish. They said i could just imagine there was a fish lmfao. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkcxwf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">krobus-stinky</a></p>I kinda shrugged it off.
<p>My dad once got me a boombox that could only be used in his room/stored in his room. That I also couldn't use without his permission. So basically he bought himself a boombox. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkhcuj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Aurelius1212</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkhcuj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a><span></span>My Dad remarried, adopted her kids, and moved to another state. He was normally a very good gift giver... but one year he decided to buy a very expensive set of tools for me for Christmas because I was 18 and going off into the world. Except that it was a gift for both myself and my brother to share so it had to stay in that other state with my 8 year old brother.</p>"make a point."
<p>It wasn't so much the gift, it was the circumstances. I had some friends who were secretly trying to raise money to help me take care of my dying dad. They'd told a mutual friend of theirs about it, a very wealthy woman who was an attorney. So, on my birthday, she thought it would be appropriate to send me a woven bag as a gift, with a card in it detailing how I needed to not be a beggar, I needed to pull myself up by my bootstraps, I needed to stop asking people like her who were well off for money (I hadn't, my friends had asked her to contribute to a fund they were making), and how I could eventually be a decent person and not such a poor. </p>They don't know me.
<p>Every year I get a gift basket from my dad and step mom. It includes coffee from the clearance section of ross, a bottle of wine, and lots of other clearance stuff from Ross. I don't drink, I can't drink coffee. I sound ungrateful, but I'd rather just get a card. They don't know me. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frk6v8h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Murrmaidthefurrmaid</a></p>Domino.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzMxNjM0MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NDcxMDMyMn0.wXR9RBRXmN670b05hkX57Unp9lb5dhpA-J-xkJDIH7A/img.gif?width=980" id="023aa" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cd905fd42fb722cb4db2dd212562dabc" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="360" data-height="221" />Giphy<p>My brother ALWAYS brings this up every Christmas, but back when I was going through grades 1-4 (US) back in the 90's, we would do a class gift exchange. </p>the list goes on and on.....
<p>My grandma was the queen of bad gifts. Because she would just give you whatever she had, or something she had found at the store but completely related to her and not to the person receiving the gift... I got a few used ( by her ) nightgowns, books in English when I couldn't understand English well yet as a kid, books to learn German when I was not learning German in any shape or form at school and already had to learn English and Italian for school. </p>Orange....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzMxNjM0MS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2Mzk4ODQ0NX0.uo9WqIRDDPgnkkKx_CqRFNd6EbaCkLBsxicmN3sL8Bk/img.gif?width=980" id="fa307" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0d3e023da18d83f3b44900f4417740ff" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />Giphy<p>Orange flavored tic-tacs. The only thing is they weren't orange anymore, my aunt had sucked on them all to get the orange flavoring off and put them back in the container. They were just a clump of stuck together white tic-tacs. It was very confusing for 6 year old me. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkh7p8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">skibikehike</a><span></span></p>Talk to Harry.
<p>When I was little I was super into reading and my grandparents would always give me books way below my reading level. Like I'd be reading Harry Potter and they'd give me me those books they give you in school to teach you how to read. I'd always be excited about book shaped gifts but then really disappointed when I opened it. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkj2r8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Martian_Pudding</a></p>For Sale.
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzMxNjM0Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNzMxODA2MX0.Tn4Vj48Aom9ChdfDTt4YedxTSaLgCzwqj-NRe_DG8ZU/img.gif?width=980" id="381ca" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="aa6bcf6794f7e6ddc40f1b77e2c051bb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="261" />Giphy<p>My ex mother in law gave me a mason jar with the ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies in it. Which was fine, until my ex sister in law (who had Down syndrome) chimes in "we got it at a garage sale". Who knows how old the ingredients were. </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkbefc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> ladymeowskers</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ladymeowskers/" target="_blank"></a></p>Sad Holiday.
<p>My adopted mother kept track of how much money she spent raising me, and one Christmas (years after I had moved out) sent me a card with "I'm taking $500 off your debt to me for Christmas." </p><p> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkg6hg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">hobbitdude13</a></p>The Rat in a Cage....
<p>I wanted a pet rat he found a cage and a big fake halloween rat, I mean he had to take the top off the cage to put it in and it was 3/4 the cage size, at the flea market. Laughed his butt off when he said he got me a pet rat, he laughed even harder when he gave it to me. I was 14 and wasn't amused at all. It's funny now, but 14 year old me had that same face my mom gave him when they were married and he did this crap. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkut5l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LittleUsagi85</a></p>Do you even know me?
<p>My ex husband is a crap giver, no thought into gifts. No thought towards others at all. When we were still married he once gave me a makeup kit, although I never wore makeup. I asked him why he got me makeup and he said the sales clerk said most women love makeup. Do you even know me? Do you even see me? A year later for my birthday, he gave me a snowboarding jacket. I don't ski or snowboard, but it could be a really warm winter jacket. I tried it on, it was enormous. </p>Merry Last Year....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYwNDk4My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2OTE2MzE4Mn0.5kXTCBsnD_cCnn6gpDW3A0XFTPnCuaxoCPzrsHbtIb8/img.gif?width=980" id="798bf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="51c2fd1da96897e291166eb0b5c8e517" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />retro 90s GIFGiphy<p>My auntie got me a 2019 calendar.... On Christmas of 2019! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkfo0h?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RealJermeyRenner</a><span></span></p><p>That's a message, not a gift. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkg2im?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">writinginwater</a></p>Clippers
<p>I got a hair clip one year.</p><p>It was a nice clip, made of metal, had pretty flowers on it but still, it threw me off.</p><p>It was Christmas one year. And my mom's side of the family always draws names. That way we only have to buy for one person. And usually we try to draw names six months in advance, to give us plenty of time to either collect multiple items to give to this one person or to save up enough money to get them that one big thing. </p>I'd rather Nickels....
<p>This was a long time ago and that morning my then-boyfriend said he had a surprise for me when he got home from work. He wasn't really one to give gifts and I like surprises, but when he got home he gave me huge bag of pennies. I have no idea what it was for or why he gave it to me. I just said uh okay why are you giving this to me? He said thought you'd like them. It was a pretty big let-down. So weird. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkl4c5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">inquietcontemplation</a><span></span></p>For Me!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYwNDk5Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0ODAzMjA1OX0.Ds9MtOuLU-pQxX4OpSnsrR_UzigVtmstYIaG4SPdCO0/img.gif?width=980" id="30ecc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="408c6460b9bee9a1f2e185ea605f15cb" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="500" data-height="281" />penguin GIF by GothamGiphy<p>My dad once gave me his old coffee maker for my birthday. I don't drink coffee, but it was so he could have some when they came to visit. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frkmgsw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MTAlphawolf</a><span></span></p>Hannah is Dead!
<p>My extended family seemed to forget how old I am and I rarely receive age appropriate gifts. I'm 22 now, and they've since stopped giving me anything at all.</p><p>I received multiple baggy velvet track pant sets from the ages of 11-16 for Christmas.</p><p>On one occasion, my aunt from Puerto Rico sent me a singing Hannah Montana poster when I was 16 years old. </p>Just Keep It!
<p>My ex-husband would give me presents that he wanted, never anything I wanted (even if I explicitly told him what I wanted). The last birthday present he got me was pretty terrible. It was a long exposure picture of his favorite drummer. He was so proud of it. Told me that he'd get it framed for me and everything. It didn't once occur to him that I had zero interest in art like that. It wasn't a horrible photo, but was entirely about him and he waited for my birthday to spend a lot of money on it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frl1mip?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CodingBlonde</a></p>You Realize I'm like 50 right?
<p>They all give me gifts that would make more sense for 11-year-olds. I work in biology, and for some reason they all think that means I want hundreds of kids' chemistry sets and baking soda volcano kits. They're not even trying to be rude or patronizing, they just have not processed the fact that I'm an adult.</p><p>They also think I'm obsessed with Harry Potter for some reason. I have not read Harry Potter since I was 13, but I am absolutely drowning in merch for it. I have 3 copies of Hermione's wand. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frl0th3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ArcadiaPlanitia</a></p>I Hate Her!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzYwNTAxNC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NjMwMjA0OX0.EUOwZ9l639M6Ty_LOqRhecXy2nDacvWVxV-U582UeqM/img.gif?width=980" id="dbac3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d92c4fb6aeccf28d8d678d4916fb63e8" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="380" data-height="285" />old times rage GIF by CheezburgerGiphy<p>3 nightgowns from my sister in-law.</p><p>All 3 were so big my husband and I could fit in them TOGETHER.</p><p>I tossed them. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gp7f10/whats_the_worst_gift_you_have_ever_received/frka6p8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ibenthinkin2much</a><span></span></p>This Christmas Hack For Wrapping Presents When You Don't Have Enough Paper Is A Game-Changer
The holidays are a hectic time of year.
We're trying to put on the best show, present our best selves, and ensure we have our best end to the year.
People Divulge Which Presents They're Most Excited To Gift This Year
One of the best parts of the holidays is seeing the joy on people's faces when they open the gift you gave them.