DISQUS

Christine Perkett · 1 year ago

A robe. Normally you might think that's nice (and I have received nice robes before). But this was not just any robe. it was an Enterprise-Rent-A-Car robe that my then-boyfriend had received as a holiday gift from his employer!!! Yes - he wrapped it up in paper and bows and it was complete with the Company's logo right on the pocket.

Needless to say, that didn't last long!

GiftGirl · 1 year ago

We'll have to have a contest to award the best (worst) one and this has to rank up there!

MikeGermano · 1 year ago

I got my girlfriend an Ipod, She loved the gift! However that created the problem because she makes me put all her fav music on my computer so she can upload it. My iTunes is full of crappy pop music that she wants on her ipod. The worst part is my iTunes library is shared in my office so my fellow co-workers make fun of my playlist.

Whitney Hess · 1 year ago

I once gave a friend a piece of jewelry out of my own jewelry box. I was late to her party and didn't have time to pick something up on the way. I'm an awful human being.

pprlisa · 1 year ago

Someone who shall remain nameless gave me a kit for making doggie treats for my dog....I dont even really like dogs...seriously, I'm not kidding. (you know who you are, and you know every other gift has been the best gift I've ever gotten, but that year, well.....you were clearly distracted ;)

RoboJenny · 1 year ago

I have gotten MANY pairs of earrings from boyfriends and boys interested in me. I don't have pierced ears. (None of the gifted earrings were clip-on either.)

Crystal · 1 year ago

So, this isn't really the worst gift ever, but about 3 years ago my husband bought me an outfit from a popular women's clothing store - pants, shirt, shoes. It was very...nice, but just not me. Sp in the end I exchanged it all for a little black dress I've since worn a hundred times. The problem? He NEVER let me live it down! He bought me a fashionable, coordinated outfit tha any woman would love and I didn't appreciate it. Didn't matter that I wore that LBD constantly, so still got something I liked from him. To this day, he still brings it up whenever he buys me something, "Are you going to return this too?" Sigh. Seriously. Let it go.

GiftGirl · 1 year ago

Ouch! He'll have to use the new GiftGirl profile builder and he'll nail it next time!

donnamcaleer · 1 year ago

The ugliest and tackiest gift I have received is a rectangular shaped, battery operated wall clock made of artificial petrified wood. The plastic clock face is the US Army logo. Beneath the clock face is the year I was commissioned in gold metallic stick-on numbers.

poshmama · 1 year ago

Many years ago I asked a (then) boyfriend for a tennis bracelet for the holidays. He ended up giving me a tennis racket and tennis lessons. I was surprised and asked him WHY? His response "You said you wanted something to do with tennis". LOL

whatsnext · 1 year ago

The worst and also the ugliest gift I ever got was a stone squirrel (or some other rodent, who knows what that ugly thing was) that a BF who lived in a flyover state sent me for my garden. I live in Manhattan.

Sarah Austin · 1 year ago

The worst gift I have given was when I was 7 years old. I gave an old teddy bear that was given to me by my mother. She knew it was old and said she didn't like it! lol kids.

MOD · 1 year ago

I'm 28 years old. God love them, but my parents always give the worst gifts. This year, I received a set of what appears to be singing wooden figurines, decked out in Americana gear, holding a book of patriotic lyrics.The confusing hook - my birthday is not on or around Independence Day, and my parents are not U.S. citizens!

Yuli · 1 year ago

this is too funny! my worst gift ever was a really expensive and ugly handbag from a BF. I appreciated the effort, but couldn't fake the excitement... had to go for exchange the next morning. he never gave me fashionable gifts ever since, no matter how bad I beg for it...

Madeline Rhodes · 1 year ago

(don't let my boyfriend see this), but the worst gift I ever received came in a HUGE box that I saved for last. I was so excited to tear the paper off, but suddenly confused and utterly disappointed when I saw that the gift was a humidifier. yup. a humidifier.

Michael J. Pratt · 1 year ago

I got my wife a blender for Christmas on year. Even though it was a Pink blender, I learned the hard way that appliances don't count as "anchor" gifts

Miss Elle · 1 year ago

I once gave my madly re-gifting Aunt a half-eaten jar of olives.... I had to have justice!

JoAnn Cancro · 1 year ago

the absolutely worst gift i rec'd is (are you ready for this?) Collapsable tupperware. 3 sized bowls. The only problem is, when you put the tops on, the bowls collapse and all the food splatters. Merry Christmas to me.

JoAnn Cancro · 1 year ago

The other worst gift I didn't ever get to experience was a 'brochure' in a box for a spa I really wanted to go to. No trip planned, never got there

Heather · 1 year ago

Ok mine is pretty good. My wonderful husband has zero tolerance for shopping and dealing with crowds and long lines (who doesn't) so every Christmas he goes to the same very small, specialized jeweler and buys me something lovely, usually a necklace bracelet or earings. Well one Christmas he comes in with a lovely bag from said jewelery shop and I open the beautifully wrapped box and it's a beautiful pair of small hoop earings with diamonds. I absolutely loved them, except........it was THE exact same pair he bought for me the year before! And I don't mean similar I mean THE exact same design, same size, same brand......ummm the same earings! I had to go in the bedroom and bring out the other pair to prove it to him because he didn't believe me..very thoughtful gift the first time, the second time, not so much :)

Mrs. Tantrum · 1 year ago

I told my DH I wanted a teapot, like a little ceramic teapot. He tells his mom who buys me a $700 IRON ASIAN teapot that I cannot use because I don't drink tea, I drink coffee, and it weighs in at about 2,500 pounds. When I asked why she bought that, he said because I was reading about Buddhism so he thought that I wanted something with Asian flair. WTF? Now I at least have a nice weapon to take out a burglar with...if only I could lift the damn thing

Thronkus · 1 year ago

Obviously the worst gift to give or receive is a re-gift of a re-gift. Any type of odd shaped glass jello bowl or ceramic chicken cookie jars are classics. The best gifts are things like stuffed jack-a-lopes from Wall Drug, South Dakota..or ANYTHING from Wall Drug is awesome or awful depending on your taste of or lack of.

msbyrne1 · 1 year ago

In an effort to help promote my friends jewelry making business - I purchased a handmade necklace and earings from her to give to my mother in law for Christmas. I had seen some of her other items and they were nice enough so when she offered to make something original for me I thought that would be great. Well I was wrong - looked like I made it and I am not artistically inclined at all! I gave it anyway because by the time I got it was too close to Christmas to get anything else. My mother in law was very gracious about it - THANK GOODNESS!! I never bought anything else from my friend - I bought a bracelett from Tiffany's the next year for my mother in law in an effort to compensate (LOL).

filthygorgeousmiami · 1 year ago

The worst gift I have ever recieved is just a card. give me a break.

Becki · 1 year ago

By far the worst gift I have received was a gift certificate to Weight Watchers. Needed at times yes, but not a "fun" gift.

Coop · 1 year ago

When I was 10 years old I pointed out to my Dad a 10 speed bike that was the most embarrassing thing on the planet - it had purple handle bars !!!! A week later it was waiting for me outside my bedroom door at 6am ---When I woke up and saw it I thought it was a bad dream... when I realized it wasn't I pretended to sleep until 10am . He got confused, I never told him and I faked it for 5 years !

Shamelessly Sassy · 1 year ago

My husband is an auctioneer. He once gave me an antique bingo machine as a gift. OH YES HE DID!

Elisa · 1 year ago

The worst gift I've ever gotten was a housewarming gift from my cousin: she was learning to do that thing where you kind of glue npkin designs on stuff like plates etc (don't even know what it's called, don't want to know) and she gave me this plate with a pink flowery print applies to it. It was the ugliest thing anyone has ever given me, and SO not me!

corinne · 1 year ago

Sweater socks for valentines day

dmreinke · 1 year ago

I was ecstatic when my wife was pregnant with our first son.....so for Christmas I thought maternity clothes would be a real celebration of her pregnancy. No, these weren't the really cute/fashionable maternity clothes you see out there. This was standard issue tent-ware....not my best moment.

Maxene · 1 year ago

I gave my wife bowling shoes. It was only to start a family tradition. What it started was a verbal fight. ouch!

Ed · 1 year ago

i gave my wife a pair of emerald earings. she wanted saphires.

Jean V. Pratt · 1 year ago

So... what was the worst gift the Gift Girl ever received? Probably a weekend away at a fat-farm disguised as a spa. Every meal was a calorie - counting disaster - no chocolate on sight - bad idea!