The BESTEST present ever! (NOT) (page 3)

ashitaka

I always do something personal for my wife, like write a poem, then listen in for something she really wants. Normally I'll give her a surprise vacation, because the only other material thing she wants is a diamond. Diamonds are more expensive.

ashi

Billygoat

Jan,

I truly don't think that the women posting on this thread have ungrateful hearts. I think the complaint is that that some of the men in our lives have put absolutely no thought whatsoever into gifts they give. I do believe it's the thought that counts, but when it looks like your gift has been purchased at Wal-Mart or the local gas station on Christmas Eve, it's pretty obvious there was NO thought involved. I know that when I give gifts for holidays or birthdays, I typically agonize for weeks over the "perfect" gift. I like putting a lot of thought into gifts and typically the agonizing is worth it. If I truly don't know what to get someone, I ask them. I'd rather lose a little of the surprise element and get them something they truly want!

Andi - always grateful for any gifts...socks and underwear included.

ISP

Harmony admitted......

i once got a plastic cutting board for my birthday

I guess that would make the worktops feel warm, no?

ISP

Tatiana

Okay, I think I have everyone beat when it comes to thoughtless gifts!
My ex-fiance, who I was with for 3 years, meets me at the front door after work. Tells me he has the best Xmas gift for me ever!!

I'm all excited. Butterflies in my stomach. He makes me close my eyes and leads me up the stairs. The suspense builds! My mind has images of all sorts of wonderful things! I mean, he's acting like it's the most spectacular thing he's ever done. He keeps saying, "Now, don't you dare open your eyes! You'll spoil everything!"

I let him lead me upstairs. I'm sooooo excited. I walk through the dining room, into the living room. He has my eyes covered still. He then says....."SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!".......

I open my eyes.....he turns me toward the entertainment center.....and there sits.....BIG as DAY!!!!!................
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One of those HUGE speakers you put in the trunk of your car and blast everyone off of the expressway with! All hooked up to my wonderful Sony stereo system. Ready to blow out my speakers! You know...the kind the cops pull you over for? It's funny now! LOL
But, it damn sure wasn't then!

Guess that's why he's my EX!!!!!!! LOL

April

"Love never dies." Voivodul Vlad Draculea (from Bram Stoker's Dracula-1992)

Monica

I have a good one!

After we started celebrating Christmas again, our family would go all out. We'd really spoil each other and spent every last penny to make up for all the years we missed. My boyfriend of 4 yrs was a bit on the cheap side when it came to spending (especially when it involved spending money on me).

One year, I was eyeing a *new* stereo system and I figured each of my family could get a piece or two of the system for me for Christmas and whatever they didn't get, I'd buy the rest myself. I was sure I'd get most of it and I wouldn't need to spend much more than $100 myself.

Well!!! My wonderful boyfriend (an ex now) told my family to nevermind that he had it all covered! My mom was a little bit skeptical and tried to get info out of him, but he assured her that he had it taken care of. On Christmas Eve, he couldn't hold it back any more and produced two wrapped boxes. I opened them and noticed they were two pieces to a stereo system, but not the one I had wanted.

He then asked enthusiastically, "Do they look familiar?" and I had to honestly reply that this wasn't the stereo system I was looking at (but I did thank him). He then said, "That's because it's MY old stereo system! I bought myself a new one and gave you a couple pieces of my old one so that you can build from that!"

That's not the end of it! He then proceeded to tell me that he was going to place an ad in the local paper to sell the rest of his old stereo system (speakers, CD player, tape deck). Then he made me an offer! He told me that he'd sell the rest of his system to me for half the price that he was going to list it in the paper for. GRRRRRR!!!

That was my BESTEST present ever!

COMF

Boy, I can't believe the cluelessness of that guy, giving a deep fryer for a present! If you want to give a present that's truly meaningful, you have to pull out all the stops... money's no object, and thoughtful consideration must be given the quality and durability of the gift. Deep fryer, indeed! That's just a sign of a hurried pick with no forethought involved. It needs to be a truly meaningful gift, one that will, with proper care, provide years of appreciative enjoyment! ...A DeWalt 12" radial arm saw, for example. HAHAHAHAHAH! HAHAHAHahaha! Ah-hahahahahaha! Hahaha... haha... ah-hahaha... ah-'s not funny, huh?

Oh, well... ;)

COMF

jayhawk1

I told my girl friend I wanted a deep fryer or a waffle iron for my kitchen. I spoil her with the nice gifts, but I do like kitchen gadgets for me.

Monica,
LOL. Your ex boyfriend was a moron. I bet you dumped him very quickly after that christmas.

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safe4kids

Okay...here's my story:

My ex, the man I was with for 14 years and who *knew* me better than anyone, constantly bought me stuff that I had absolutely no interest in. Actually, all of his gifts were things HE wanted me to wear/like/read etc. One year on our anniversary, he spent a small fortune on a pair of diamond and opal earrings. Beautiful? Yes. Just what I wanted? HELL NO!!!! They were the most ostentatious pair of earrings I had ever seen! And for those of you who don't know me...well, ostentatious I ain't!!! A little gold, a small opal...sure. Not to mention, where was I supposed to wear them...to the book study??! LOLOL

Funny thing is...since our divorce, he's gotten much better at gift giving!! On my birthday this year, he surprised me with a Monet print he'd bought on a recent trip to DC and had it framed for me. Last year at xmas, he gave me a $100 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble!!! I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!!! Life is so weird...

Dana (btw..the earrings make a nice little fall-back for me now if I run short of money }

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Ranchette

For a wedding shower gifts my husband and I got two orange crocheted bugs and an orange crocheted Kleenex (tissue) box cover.
It gets better,
We also got 11 cheap blankets & 2 toasters.

You’d think we lived at the North Pole and were going to be Mr. and Mrs. Santa!

We really lived in rural Missouri and on top of being very backwards and behind the times they were JWs. They also didn’t like it that I was marring the best most eligible 25 yr old bachelor when I was only 16.

Guess what I got at my lingerie shower?
One piece flannel pajamas with the feet in them a granny gown and a big teddy bear.
The sister said it was for those nights I missed my momma!

Our best gifts came from family and out of town friends.

I told my mother that I wished they had done nothing instead of doing me that way.

I got the Hell out of there the night I got married and never looked back!
It's okay for yall to laugh because it was 19 yrs ago and I came out the winner.

Ranchette

Princess

Ranchette's story reminded me of a wedding gift. There was a really sweet young Cambodian brother in the hall and he gave us this HUGE wall clock with a little cartoon old Asian couple on it. We had tears streaming down our faces when we opened that present. It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

My Prince is very good at gift giving. Our first Valentines day out of the borg (mostly out at that time) he bought me a pair of diamond earrings. Ten months later for my birthday, he bought me a big diamond to replace the little one in my wedding band. The next Valentines day he bought me a house and the next one a new car. I think I'll keep him even though he bought me a dishwasher for mother's day last year.

Prince thinks the funniest gift we got for our wedding was a deviled egg serving tray. We sent it on into the world of regifted gifts.

Princess

The BESTEST present ever! (NOT)

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