Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The unifying characteristic of this post is things most people wouldn’t buy men.

“Decorative items”, candles, fuzzy socks. It’s all the junk people give women to check them off their lists.

Great insight

But men get junk like drinkware, drink mixes, barbeque rubs. Junk.

THIS IS WHY ADULT GIFT GIVING IS POINTLESS AND WASTEFUL!

I received a festively-wrapped Navage Nasal Irrigation Kit. The "Multi-user" version (meaning multiple people can irrigate their nasal passages with the same machine).

Anonymous wrote:A wooden snowman MIL “found at craft fair.” Except she left the manufacturer’s sticker on it and it’s a mass produced tchotchke sold in places like Michaels.

Lol! I got one of those "found at craft fair" wooden cutting boards from my mother. I believe she got at a craft fair, as she goes to many (not in this area and just pay to have a table), but when I turned it over, sure enough a small clear, "made in another country" sticker on the bottom. I have a cutting board and will donate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The unifying characteristic of this post is things most people wouldn’t buy men.

“Decorative items”, candles, fuzzy socks. It’s all the junk people give women to check them off their lists.

Great insight

But men get junk like drinkware, drink mixes, barbeque rubs. Junk.

I want the mini speaker. My kids stole mine.
I don't have anything to offer because we don't do adult gifts (whew!)

I want to hear about SPONGE

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH bought me puffy pants that are 3 sizes too big. I don’t understand them.

I knew he had a Hammer fetish. I knew it.

A set of ice cube shaped rocks that you freeze and use as ice cubes so as not to water down your drink. White elephant. Trash.

Anonymous wrote:Random perishables. Nothing says I don’t care more.

Perishables are awesome! Second only on here to cash!
You use them up. That's the point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside
-Candles
-“Cookie kits” and “chili kits” and anything that involves dry ingredients in mason jars
-A huge marble run that has no place in our home; it’s seriously huge and I don’t understand how anyone could think we had room for it. Probably a regift.

You know you take the marble run down after building it right? I guess I don't understand a lot of these complaints. Time to stop gifts! These are pretty tame lists.

Hey, seriously, if you’re looking to give that marble run away, maybe we can work something out? My DS loves those things and we could only get a small one. Would love a big one.

-Hot sauce sampler set from a white elephant party
-Random Avon assortment from my Avon Aunt (Avon products don't agree with my skin, but I've never said anything to her b/c she's older & on a limited income)
-3 candles (all floral scents, which I can't handle) from the IL side of the family

Not bad, honestly. My brother ended up taking the hot sauce sampler home with him. I usually offer up the Avon products to my friend group and anything not wanted I donate. I'll probably donate the candles too.

GIANT blanket hoodies for each of the four members of our family. They are ENORMOUS and take up a whole drawer when folded. I don’t know what to do with them. We live in a small townhouse and I feel like there was malice behind giving them to us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We didn’t do presents this year, so for once, NOTHING!

I did receive a metric ton of cookies and fudge that I could never eat. Sampled each and threw it away.

People are putting this stuff on my local buy nothing group and there is actually a competition for it. You don't realize how many people here are living close to the edge and would like some treats or some nutritious food.

Really? Wish I had known. It’s too late now, sadly. It hadn’t even occurred to me to offer it up that way. I figured nobody would want partially enjoyed confectionery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside

What are the tall cookies?

Gotta be Pirouettes, right? I would have burst into tears having been transported to my grandmother’s house. She made me feel so treasured as a kid, including that I got to eat fancy, grown up cookies.

Pass them along to me. Great with coffee, tea or cocoa.

Me, too please.

I posted a bottle of wine. I appreciate the thought, I just can't drink it. I'm not sure what to do with it. One glass will give me horrible heartburn.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside

What are the tall cookies?

Gotta be Pirouettes, right? I would have burst into tears having been transported to my grandmother’s house. She made me feel so treasured as a kid, including that I got to eat fancy, grown up cookies.

Pass them along to me. Great with coffee, tea or cocoa.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What gifts did you/your family get this year that are going into the Buy Nothing pile, the donation pile, or maybe even the trash?

-Those tall, cylindrical wafer cookies with chocolate inside

What are the tall cookies?

Gotta be Pirouettes, right? I would have burst into tears having been transported to my grandmother’s house. She made me feel so treasured as a kid, including that I got to eat fancy, grown up cookies.