August 2006 Weddings
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s/o bad gifts
Do you have that one person in your family who always gives crappy gifts? We do - most everyone in the family gives great gifts, but there's one relative who's kind of clueless and always gives stuff nobody would ever buy for themselves....and not in a good way.?
How about your family? ?
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Re: s/o bad gifts
Totally. She's the estranged wife of my dad's estranged adoptive cousin/brother. She gives gifts from the two of them, and I feel a little bad mentioning it, because they totally don't have a ton of money, particularly compared to my parents and my aunt (dad's sister) & uncle (dad's BIL).
For our wedding, she got us a white-tiger touch lamp and one of those wall-hangings you plug in and it lights up to make it look like a waterfall is flowing.
I used to love white tigers. I mean, I still like them - they're beautiful animals, but...
To make matters worse, I have an inability to throw away gifts. I'm very funny about things that other people spent money on. Just a little thing I'm neurotic about.
I suppose I can put the lamp in a nursery years from now. After all, animals are totally acceptable decor for a kid's room.
Of course. Dh's entire family gives gifts that are fine, but just nms. I don't fault them, though. They've only known me for about 4 years now. My family is pretty much the same way for DH, too, so we just brush it off. Nevermind that either side of the family could very easily find out what would be out styles...
Oh, and one year my grandma got me a jar of puttanesca sauce as a stocking stuffer because she knows I'm into the "gourmet" stuff. However, she knows I hate olives, so I'm not sure if she just didn't know puttanesca has olives in it or if she somehow thought this would be different.
Christmas is the ultimate mind-fuuuk for us. My mom is cheapO and gets us the crappiest version of anything we ask for. I have a step-BIL who gives us office supplies since they are all free samples you gets from selling pharmaceuticals. My dad just gives money - $100 a year per kid. My ex-step-mom ( long story) gives us crazy-expensive clothes, gift cards, and toys. The ILs spend hundreds of dollars on us in presents and then will throw it in our face the rest of the year. Good times.
Yep, I have a family member like that. She's a school teacher, and I think she's forgotten what it's like to interact with adults, because she often gives us gifts that would be good for children (like toys, speciality Pez dispensers, or quirky picture books). I know I can be immature sometimes, but come on. Sometimes she tries, but doesn't quite get it right - for example, one year she got me a winter scarf and gloves, but they were really thin and couldn't come close to keeping me warm, so they were kind of useless. We tried to convince her not to exchange gifts with us this year, but she insisted. Sigh.