The list of unwanted gifts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a satin pillowcase is a thoughtful gift.

PP is being snobby, she mentions she already has silk pillow cases which are thought to be higher end and better for beauty reasons than satin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My adult stepdaughter sent me a digital photo frame loaded with pictures, including ones of her mother.

They may have been included by mistake. But I doubt it.

Is she in the photos with her mom? Grandkids? You’re in a blended family! Congratulations, it includes your DH’s ex-wife. Is she supposed to pretend she doesn’t have a mom?

DCUM really makes me believe in evil stepmothers.

Post says photos of her mother. You are a bigot to assume and ascribe the term "evil" to a woman simply because she is in a stepmother position.

Might be a DCUM record for it to take 11 and a half pages for someone to cry “bigot.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since when did the point of gift receiving become about getting EXAcTLY WHAT I WANT? This thread reads like a bunch of entitled UMC a holes. There are people on here complaining they get no gifts or not good enough gifts and others complaining they got gifts. It literally is the thought that counts. My husband and I are in agreeement that our kids shouldn’t expect to get everything that they ask for or exactly what they ask for. Not the point of gifts and I don’t want them to grow up to be one of these ungrateful complainers!

i teach my kids that receiving gifts is about expressing gratitude that someone thought of you. As a kid I remember opening gifts at my birthday party and learning to make positive comments and thank people - my mom would scold me if I said something unkind. Similarly when we shop for Christmas, I am teaching my kids to think of the giftee and brainstorm things they like. Sometimes that is chocolate. This year my son bought me a whisk bc he remembered mine broke. We complemented him on repaying attention and thinking about me.

All you whose husbands are crappy gift givers? You’re raising the next generation. Either you teach them how to pay attention and buy gifts or you’re setting an example that you complain about everything and throw it away so they shouldn’t make an effort.

It does answer the question of all these crappy ILs though. All you who received nothing from your in-laws? The next generation of MILs who don’t gift their DILs are growing here.it is not hard to tell your family you are not participating in Christmas or quietly donate/regift things you don’t like. Put them in a tub in the garage, next November donate them to a charity that allows lower income families to “shop” for presents. Not hard.

1) Complimented, not complemented

2) Do you get that this thread is people just naming things they didn’t like or think were useful? I got a bunch of unwanted gifts from various people in my life, but I simply said thank you, recognized they meant well, and moved on with my day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:-Ugly felt gnome filled with candy that expired in May 2023. I think this was a regift.
-Cheetos snuggie, like orange with black spots like the Cheetos character. Official Cheetos merch. It is hideous.

Gnome went straight in the trash. I’m debating whether to regift the snuggie or donate it to Goodwill.

If you put that Cheetos Snuggie on our neighborhood Buy Nothing Group, you'd have 100 replies!

I have far better things to do with my time, than bother dealing with flakes from a FB group. Pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A close friend likes to shop at rummage sales. She got me a used designer bag in a color and style I would never wear. She meant well but I don't buy used items as gifts for myself or others. Now it's one more thing to donate. I prefer food gifts (but not mixes or kits that require additional ingredients), Amazon gift cards from most people.

I got my friend ‘used’ stoneware molds from the turn of the century at a wonderful consignment shop in MA. She collects them. Stop being a snot about ‘used’

[Anonymous]

Family aced it this year, where husband usually doesn’t. Got me a portable clip on speaker with headphone jack. I HATE to vacuum but when I’m listening to a podcast, I’m fine with it. And I love listening to talk radio. So having the speaker capability is awesome. Also got the much-wanted foot pedal I needed for my used sewing machine. Daughter got me two feet for it that I wanted. I bought myself a used medium format film camera I always coveted, but was waaayyy too expensive in my youth. Now that film is obsolete, it was cheap as heck. Can have film developed and digitized. Just a toy, but a fun one. I still shoot digital - someone along the way will create a mount for a digital back….hopefully….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg I was thinking of posting just this.
Hot wheels is the number one. But I hate the whole thing.
I would also rather no one give me anything ever again than ever have to write a handwritten thank you note. I do not have the time. If is negative worth it to me. Please save your money if you want to be thanked.

If you have time to post on DCUM, then you have time to write a thank you note.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:-Ugly felt gnome filled with candy that expired in May 2023. I think this was a regift.
-Cheetos snuggie, like orange with black spots like the Cheetos character. Official Cheetos merch. It is hideous.

Gnome went straight in the trash. I’m debating whether to regift the snuggie or donate it to Goodwill.

If you put that Cheetos Snuggie on our neighborhood Buy Nothing Group, you'd have 100 replies!

I have far better things to do with my time, than bother dealing with flakes from a FB group. Pass.

Like repeated posting hear about your cheetos snuggie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family aced it this year, where husband usually doesn’t. Got me a portable clip on speaker with headphone jack. I HATE to vacuum but when I’m listening to a podcast, I’m fine with it. And I love listening to talk radio. So having the speaker capability is awesome. Also got the much-wanted foot pedal I needed for my used sewing machine. Daughter got me two feet for it that I wanted. I bought myself a used medium format film camera I always coveted, but was waaayyy too expensive in my youth. Now that film is obsolete, it was cheap as heck. Can have film developed and digitized. Just a toy, but a fun one. I still shoot digital - someone along the way will create a mount for a digital back….hopefully….

Wrong thread.