What was the worst gift you ever received?

It was a hand knitted yellow sweater from an ex’s grandmother one Christmas, it was something that was 6 sizes too big and had lots of detail and should not be worn in daylight. It was hideous, i handed it in to a charity shop.

Luckily i wasn’t the only one who received one, her other grandson’s girlfriend got one too, Granny must have got a bargain on the yellow wool.

A pair of pajams from KMart. i wear a 2XL. this was a medium size and barely big enough for my dog to wear. in addition, there was a hole in the left knee of the legs of the pjs. Made in China. someone must have had a bad day in Quality Control.

Anything obviously re-gifted just blows and I just hate this trend in gift cards. Money in the form of a piece of plastic is hardly a gift…why even bother?

I got re-gifted a portable stomach crunch thingy that was simply atrocious and 12 years later is still making the rounds in my family every Christmas. I figure it has traveled well over 10,000 miles by now! XD

I remember one of my aunts sent me a barbie fishing pole, would’ve been nice if I wasn’t 16 at the time. Lol, I guess she thought I was like 10 or something. But i actually did end up using it one time, til my brother broke it trying to beat a opossum.

My mother-in-law knitted me something that my husband and I christened the sleeve. It was just a set of sleeves with a flat panel in between.

Very weird!

A pet rat on Valentine’s Day. We broke up that evening. Ol’ Ratface was a good friend to me in that time of need.

A used electronic keyboard that an ex-boyfriend gave me for my birthday. It was actually not a bad gift until I learned that he had stolen some of my own belongings and traded them in at a pawn shop for it. Thanks, buddy.

Edit: Oh, and a few months after we broke up, he sent some cronies to get it back.

My best friend’s mother-in-law bought her a workout DVD box set for Christmas.
She ate 3 pieces of pie in front of that #^&%# immediately after.

A couple years ago, I got a VHS tape from the early 90’s about the exciting world of English train rides. Oh, joy! Seems like my aunt truly understands my interests. ~

Yes, VHS tapes do still exist.

My former best friend gave me a very attractive pen and pencil set in its own elegant case. I enjoyed using them until I noticed that they both had my friend’s monogram on them.

Pots and pans.
Cookware=nightmare not just for me,either!
@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities -XD I’m still laughing

One sock on the third night of Hanukkah, then the other sock on the following night.

@Austinlad (No orange or chocolate coins in the toe?)

A broom and dustpan for my birthday from my now X husband.

No, @gailcalled. Must have been a lean year. ;-)

But actually, it was my parents’ custom to give a “big” gift on the first and last nights, but usually only little “sussies” (like one sock) on the nights between. I didn’t care. It was always fun to open any package that week, even if it turned out to be only a sock.

Never received a “worst gift”.

It is a gift. Not an obligation.

@gailcalled Oh, Gail! Do you suppose she had failed to notice the monogram?

I am sure she did not notice. It seemed more important ten years ago; today I am in favor of regifting, thrift shops, used books, swaps, and the like.

@SundayKittens, a friend of mine never received a gift of any sort from her boyfriend for Xmas, birthday, Valentines day—nothing. She got fed up and told him he’d better bring her flower for Valentines day that year. You know what he gave her? A card with a packet of flower seeds! He couldn’t see the point in buying cut flowers that would be wilted in a few days. So maybe a pet rat wasn’t so bad after all?

@bippee I’m thinking, I really haven’t gotten a worst gift, even the ones I wasn’t thrilled about still meant something, and then I came across your answer. OMG, what a clown. And not in a good clown sense.

For my wedding, my stingy aunt (the one who re-gifts all her christmas presents) gave me a four-serving dinner service. At least that’s what it said on the box. Except there were only three, and it turned out she had the same set, and needed five servings so she’d bought an extra box, kept one serving for herself and gave the rest to me.

I wouldn;t have minded if it was just given to me as an extra, like “Oh, here’s some things I don’t need, you can have them.” What upset me the most was that she had the gall to wrap it up as my actual wedding gift. Oh and for the record she wasn’t short of money, based on the amount she spent on herself.

A grama gave me an easter egg with suntan colored pantyhose in it.

@bippee Awwww. At first I thought that was profound and sweet, but no. That’s askin’ for a slappin’.

One Christmas I received a cookery book, a packet of white socks and some free items ripped off from hotel toilets. There was also a packet of plastic clothes pegs attached to hangars. A strange collection of stuff from my (now ex) wife.