As it is hard to buying a gift to a loved one, it is hard to hide the disappointment when we receive a gift which we are not happy with. As we are currently in one of the biggest gifting season of the year, people on Reddit had talked about the worst gifts they received in their lives. Here are some of them.
Many of the Redditors had revealed that they received the cliche gifts, and some of them had gave examples from incredibly shocking gifts.
A Redditor, u/P0werSurg3, had stated that their parents found a wishlist of another person who has the same name of the Redditor, and bought gifts according to it. The Redditor stated, “My parents found the Amazon wishlist of someone with the same name as me but NOT me, thought it was a bunch of weird items, decided to NOT check in with me or any other family member to see if they had the right list, and that’s how I, as 24 year old male, got a maternity body pillow for Christmas.”
Another Redditor, u/everyone1hatesme, had shared that her mother had gifted the bed of her dead dog to her daughter, so she could nap in it.
Redditor, u/lunnrais shared, “The very first holiday after my wedding, my MIL sends my wife and I, each, separately, the same self help book on how to survive living with an abusive spouse. Not how to divorce or anything, but how to live IN the relationship with an abusive spouse. Not just to her, not just to me. To both of us. Two copies of the book.”
A Redditor, u/sevensevensixseven, shared that she received the same gift for three years, as she commented, “The same crockpot three years in a row from my ex husband’s mother. His new wife was gifted one last year. I’m certain that this woman has a pallet of crockpots stashed somewhere in her house.”
A user with deleted account stated, their mother passed away before the Christmas, and she received an alarm clock, which she stated, “I might wake up in the morning now and actually contribute something.” she said that her mother was still salty, after eight years.
The Redditor, u/The_Brain_Fuckler, shared her story with the worst gift as, a rubber Hulk Hogan figurine. A family friend had gifted the figure, and the Redditor was explained as, “they are supposed to look like that; that’s how it came from the store,” which the Redditor stated that it was also the best gift.
Redditor u/mayonnaisejane shared, “Clowns. Every year a new Clown. Try to tell my Abuelito I don’t like clowns. They are weird. Get a new Clown figurine, doll, lamp, picture, or whatever every year for Christmas and birthday. I have BOXES of clowns. Thankfully some time in my mid twenties my father managed to divert him to kittens… but that was only after 4 awkward years when he decided I loved cows. I don’t love cows either.”
Another user, u/ediaNS explained that their uncle gave the worst gift, “My uncle gave me an Xbox Live points card for my birthday. When I went to redeem it, it said, “Card not activated.” This happened two years in a row until my mom told him about it.”
U/gennieb7 had shared that they received a rock from their aunt. Their cousins received scarves, and they received a rock. Then the aunt said, “Isn’t it wonderful?” And the user said, “Yeah, I love it.
U/justatypo had received a pair of socks, from pack of 10. The grandmother of his wife gifted the socks. “Of course, at the time, I wanted to act super grateful, so I pulled off my current socks super enthusiastically and put on the new ones as soon as I opened them.“
u/I_am_paperclip stated that the Redditor got some cash, and wanted to get some video games so he could send back to his house, and play when he got there. The Redditor stated, “The strange thing was I had only received half of the games.” The Redditor continued, “It turned out my brother had taken half of my games and hid them from me until Christmas… Worst present ever.”
Redditor u/77jeep said, “One Christmas my millionaire Dad and his wife gifted my brother a house and a new Escalade for his family while they gave me a gift card to Men’s Warehouse for $200.00. When he turned 40, they gave him a $100,000.00. When I turned 40, they bought me dinner. They provided him with ‘college fund’ of $250,000.00 for his kids, when his kids dropped out of high school, they handed him the money to spend on cars and stuff. When my kids (straight A) graduated high school, my Dad and his wife told me that it was my responsibility to pay for my kids education. Once when I asked why there was such a difference in treatment, my Dad told me I was being ungrateful.”
U/morgueanna shared, “I was a stepgrandchild and my grandmother sold Avon to feed her QVC addiction. So while the other 6 grandchildren got real leather jackets, diamond jewelry, motocross lessons and one year, an actual motocross bike, I got plastic Avon jewelry. For reasons too long to list here, I got placed with my grandparents 2 weeks before Christmas when I was 16. I watched everyone open up their gifts and then one aunt gave me a Walmart bag with some socks in it. Another one told me I should be grateful that the family was taking me in instead of leaving me on the street and that was my present. 7 aunts and uncles and their spouses, along with my grandparents, and that’s how they treated me in a situation that was out of my control. Needless to say, I don’t talk to my family anymore.”
U/MizSanguine shared her comment as, her borther received a pocketknife as it was wrapped as a candy, with a cylinder shape. As she saw the pocketknife, she excitedly opened her own gift as it was wrapped in the same way, and she saw an underwear in it.
U/SquatChick315 stated that they received expired chocolate from their aunt, who was gifting the old presents she received. after the Redditor noticed that it was expired, they said in front of the family, “OMG! This chocolate is so good, you have to try it!” As the Redditor watched the aunt eat it, they said, “It’s the best chocolate ever!”
U/hickory-smoked stated, “My friend’s wife gave me a copy of “A Night Without Armor,” the book of poetry by Jewel. Not that I actively dislike Jewel or anything, but it was so clearly something she saw on a discount gift rack the day of my birthday and said, “Yes, this is an object.””
Another Redditor, u/BloodChicken said that they received a light-up ball. When you put your hands on it, the ball would light up. The Redditor had passed it to their father, and he threw it to the ground, which break it. The father said, “I thought it was a bouncy ball!”
U/tall_where_it_counts shared, when they were 12, they bought a Gameboy Advance with the money they saved. They would share their Gameboy with their brother, then the brother received a Gameboy from the parents.
U/Tarsala3791 shared in the comments section as they received a taxidermied deer hoof, as a candle holder where the antlers should be.
U/christinagleas stated that they were seven years old, and their grandmother brought a skinny box with Redditor’s name on it. As the Redditor was excited, the gift turned oyt to be a vacuum cleaner. The Redditor was seven.
U/Thewrongbakedpotato shared their comment as, “I got a Ziploc bag filled with cotton balls with the words “ghost poos” written on the bag with a Sharpie.”
U/pixierambling shared their comment as, she received a bracelet and earrings from her aunt, which she said “Oh Pixie! I got these ESPECIALLY for you!”
Another deleted user stated, “My brother gave me a hand turkey that he drew minutes earlier for Christmas. This would have been okay if he was five or something. He was 21 years old. I framed it and gifted it back to him the following year.”
And the last user stated, her father-in-law had gifted a box of peanut butter cookies. As the package was not mentioning about any peanut, and the Redditor had severe peanut allergy. When she saw her father-in-law laughing after her, she took her revenge.
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