What's the ugliest gift you pretended to like in order to not hurt the giver's feelings?

Three things come to
Mind::
A large soup tureen my mom gave me for a wedding gift. (Got rid of it asap)
A bathrobe made out of drapery material from my husband. ( got rid of it)
A candle holder made like an African mask from my husband ( haven’t figured out how to get rid of it!)

A shiny pen and pencil set (in a satin box) with her monogram on them.

A t-shirt with a not so humorous double entendre that was nothing like anything I ever wore or would wear – from my aunt

My MIL gave me a sweatshirt that was decorated for Christmas, a couple of years ago. It even had bells on it – something that I would never generally wear. She had a matching one – that’s probably what pushed it over the edge. I’m not the matchy-matchy type, either.

I wore, but no longer have it. I didn’t feel like wearing it this year, all things considered, she was highly offended. She seemed to think I should put my dad’s health crisis aside and be very jolly about Christmas, but I just couldn’t do it. She even created a stir about it, called other family members. At that point, I threw it away. I never throw clothes away, I donate them, but that thing – just had too many strings attached.

It wasn’t ugly but it was stupid!
One of my ex-boyfriends mothers gave me a Magic Thaw. Seriously!

@cak, public burning would have been in order. What are people thinking when they pull scenes like that? Tonight, I got out of the office at 9:15, and went to McDonalds. The woman in front of me ordered McDonalds ice cream sundaes with a layer of chocolate on the bottom and on the top, extra whipped cream and nuts on the side. Apparently they put the nuts on the top, and forgot the chocolate on the bottom. So she sent it back. And sent it back again. And again. The guy behind me honked his horn, and she got out of the car, got in my face and yelled at me.

It’s MCDONALD’s and a 99 cent sundae, for goodness sakes!

@AlfredaPrufrock – whoa! Someone needs to realign their priorities! The MIL feels slighted if she’s not the center of attention, in fact, she’s downright miserable! LOL…public burning, I’ll keep that in mind! ;)

@Adina – what in the world is a magic thaw??

Acrylic knit sweater, too big and luridly green and pink. From old college roommate. So obviously a re-gifting. And I loathe pink.

@cak – ::hugs:: Dammit, but self-centeredness like that really riles me.

@aprilsimnel -ooooohhhh…pink and green….nice! I agree, MIL is a bit too full of herself for my taste.

Crushed velvet pinstripe black and white stretch pants.
And a matching shirt.

What the fuck.

@asmonet – oh wow – hmmm…there just isn’t anything to say!

Yeah, it was from my Aunt. She then told me she expected to see me wearing it at Christmas the next day.

No thanks.

A bright yellow purse. I don’t mean banana yellow or anything, I mean NEONfuckingYELLOW!

A t-shirt gifted to me by my wife for my birthday

My college roommate got a dolphin pin and $10 in a secret santa exchange. Her santa didn’t have time to go shopping, so she just found a crappy trinket she didn’t want and shoved ten bucks in. It was the most obvious re-gifting ever and kind of awful to see open. If you don’t have time to do a secret santa gift, just don’t participate!

I’m using that story because I was actually offended by it and can’t think of one of my own.

A muumuu from my then-husband-now-ex.

@cyndyh: That blows. But, I love a happy ending. ;)

Exactly! The now-husband gets it. :^>

Candy striped one piece footed pajamas, from my ex-mother-in-law.

i don’t see what’s wrong with a soup tureen as a gift, i got some people some from http://tureenworld.com and they are actually quite stunning!