After some prodding, he helped my father pay for a bit of the reception. About a quarter of the cost. Then when he left, he took the wine.
Update: Still no furniture!
The goofiest gift I ever got was from an old boyfriend. Apparently, he had no clue how to shop for me, so he asked his mom and a cousin to buy something. Now, he and his family were from Cuba, and I should mention that they all dressed much more flamboyantly than I ever did (I was very much a cable-knit-turtleneck-sweater-with-jeans kind of girl even then). So I opened the box and found… a black and silver glitter tiger-striped baggy top with matching leggings. :eek: It was such a wildly inappropriate outfit for me. He knew it too, but apparently he had never asked to see what they bought before it was wrapped. :rolleyes: To his credit, he immediately offered to take it back, and had his mom and most conservative cousin go shopping for me again, this time producing a lovely sweater that I wore for several years.
The most disappointing gift - I like to put a lot of time and thought into finding the appropriate gift for everyone. One year I’d spent quite a lot of time getting special gifts for my three best friends, and in turn I got a coffee table book about the NHL. (We were all hockey freaks at the time but still…)
reviving and old thread.
A summary of some past entries
a case of motor oil.
can of hairspray.
used underwear.
boxes of kleenex.
…one those Jesus footprint in the sand cards with a penny that had two little feet cut out of it, and three boxes of lime jello.
any goodies from last season?
Does she live in Florida? Apperently people drive into the canals all the time there and get trapped. Still not very gifty.
4 or 5 years ago from my godfather and his wife, I got a pen. What would you get a 17 year old guy for Christmas, if you are out of ideas? How about some gift certificates for the movies, even that would’ve been more appreciated. Plus the pen broke during the first week of use. I’m pretty sure that’s last present I’ve gotten from them.
Then there’s my aunt. She’s a really nice lady but the problem is I don’t wear what the rest of the young men she’s around wear. I’m from a Mediterranean background, so stereotypically I’d be into dance music, tight clothes, chains, etc. Except I’m not, I’m a alt-rocker, who’s not obese, but doesn’t have the muscles required to wear one of these shirts. There’s now way in hell you’d every catch me wearing any skin-tight clothing. I ended up giving that shirt to my best friend last year for Christmas. I was bitching about how bad it was and showed it to him. He was begging to take it off my hands, so I don’t feel that bad for the regift. He really liked it.
My family has pretty much given up on exchanging presents with our relatives (small family, only 4 cousins) due to the amount of crap we’ve gotten in previous years. So, these two really stick out since I don’t get much.
This year I’m getting two presents, an iPod from my parents and something from my girlfriend, probably a CD. There will be no bad presents this year, unless it’s a an Ashlee Simpson CD, then we’ve got a problem.
Please do not revive threads that are almost a year old.
Thank you.