An annoying/thoughtless gift you've received from a significant other
11-16-2010, 07:35 AM
#132
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One year, a couple weeks before Mother's Day, my two kids were goofing around, wrestling around the house. They broke the lid of the toilet seat off the upstairs toilet. I never really figured out how that could happen.......
For Mother's Day, - yep - I received a brand new toilet seat! It is now a great family joke. I even laughed about it at the time. Loved it!
For Mother's Day, - yep - I received a brand new toilet seat! It is now a great family joke. I even laughed about it at the time. Loved it!
11-16-2010, 12:08 PM
#133
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My husband is really good at getting me gifts, because he puts a lot of thought into them or gets me the things I specifically ask for, BUT there are still some things I don't understand...
When he asked me if I liked bracelets, and I said no, they're usually too big for my wrist and besides they get in the way and I just don't like them... why was his next move to buy me a pearl bracelet for my birthday (he knows I love pearls). Now I just feel guilty that I don't wear it often.
Why, after I told him I really liked the sweater he got me for Christmas (colors I liked, style I liked, really a great sweater) did he HAVE to tell me that the reason I got that one and not the one I specifically asked for was that the one I asked for was "too expensive"? Couldn't he just have kept that to himself? And really, it wasn't THAT expensive.
When he asked me if I liked bracelets, and I said no, they're usually too big for my wrist and besides they get in the way and I just don't like them... why was his next move to buy me a pearl bracelet for my birthday (he knows I love pearls). Now I just feel guilty that I don't wear it often.
Why, after I told him I really liked the sweater he got me for Christmas (colors I liked, style I liked, really a great sweater) did he HAVE to tell me that the reason I got that one and not the one I specifically asked for was that the one I asked for was "too expensive"? Couldn't he just have kept that to himself? And really, it wasn't THAT expensive.
11-16-2010, 12:25 PM
#134
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big thick serpentine gold chain from my Ex at Christmas.
not only am i not much of a jewelry wearer, I HATE a serpentine chain. ( it looked like something a 'gang banger' would wear..).. oh yeah,... we were one month away from being evicted.... guess what went back to the store?
One year at Christmas my Mother gave me a 12"x12" piece of bubble wrap, that's it.... bubble wrap. I must've looked pretty pathetic sitting in the corner popping my bubble wrap... I was 18.
not only am i not much of a jewelry wearer, I HATE a serpentine chain. ( it looked like something a 'gang banger' would wear..).. oh yeah,... we were one month away from being evicted.... guess what went back to the store?
One year at Christmas my Mother gave me a 12"x12" piece of bubble wrap, that's it.... bubble wrap. I must've looked pretty pathetic sitting in the corner popping my bubble wrap... I was 18.
11-16-2010, 01:51 PM
#138
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Originally Posted by vjengels
One year at Christmas my Mother gave me a 12"x12" piece of bubble wrap, that's it.... bubble wrap. I must've looked pretty pathetic sitting in the corner popping my bubble wrap... I was 18.
11-16-2010, 01:59 PM
#139
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[quote=ssgramma]
that's so sad.
Originally Posted by vjengels
One year at Christmas my Mother gave me a 12"x12" piece of bubble wrap, that's it.... bubble wrap. I must've looked pretty pathetic sitting in the corner popping my bubble wrap... I was 18.
11-16-2010, 02:04 PM
#140
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Originally Posted by Rose Hall
My EX-MIL used to regift to me what I had given her the previous year. Right before my divorce I starting giving it back back her "re-gifts". I don't think she ever caught on!
Rose Hall
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