Your Worst Gift ?
12-13-2010, 07:21 AM
#41
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Have to reply to this one. I told my husband I wanted stuff for the house. I received a set of plain towels. 2 towels 2 wash cloths and 2 hand towels. ALL wrapped in seperate boxes.
He is my EX husband.
Now you know the rest of the story! LOL
He is my EX husband.
Now you know the rest of the story! LOL
12-13-2010, 08:05 AM
#42
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mesquite TX
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Originally Posted by akrogirl
Originally Posted by Sharon321
My ex-husband on our last Christmas together bought me a frying pan, slippers that were too small (I wear a size six) and a used paperback copy of "Out of Africa" with a sales receipt in it for a bookmark.
Also to those of you that have gotten various appliances,you should have followed my sister-in-laws' example. She told her husband. "If it comes with a cord, it is an appliance not a present."
Also to those of you that have gotten various appliances,you should have followed my sister-in-laws' example. She told her husband. "If it comes with a cord, it is an appliance not a present."
12-13-2010, 08:05 AM
#43
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
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The absolute worst was an ugly piece of driftwood that was suppose to be a work of art from a local artist. It had a special name plaque on it which made it even worse. The annoying thing was that it was from a husband/wife studio and their other speciality was wonderful unique wooden clocks. Why couldn't he have picked the clock? It was even cheaper!
12-13-2010, 08:27 AM
#44
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Location: Northern California, Sonoma Co.
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I can think of two times my husband really blew it. When we were first together, well, he is/was an athlete, and I am not. He always had really cool workout clothes, and I thought (silly me) that maybe if I had some cool clothes maybe I'd be more inclined to be active. So I asked him for a sweat suit.
He got me a pair of basic, gray, baggy sweats. Couldn't have been more unromantic or uninspiring.
Some years later, I told him I wanted a bracelet, but I really wanted a bangle, because I DID NOT want a chain bracelet. Yep, I got a chain -- because bangles were too expensive. I cried that time, but I wore that darn chain until it broke (finally).
On the bright side, he remembered a ring I had liked in a jewelry shop and got one for me (custom made) some 10 years later on a big birthday. He gets top marks for that. And he bought me a beautiful inlaid necklace (looks like a quilt almost) while he was on a golf trip in Hawaii. I didn't feel he owed me anything, but I guess he did.
All in all, he's a keeper!
He got me a pair of basic, gray, baggy sweats. Couldn't have been more unromantic or uninspiring.
Some years later, I told him I wanted a bracelet, but I really wanted a bangle, because I DID NOT want a chain bracelet. Yep, I got a chain -- because bangles were too expensive. I cried that time, but I wore that darn chain until it broke (finally).
On the bright side, he remembered a ring I had liked in a jewelry shop and got one for me (custom made) some 10 years later on a big birthday. He gets top marks for that. And he bought me a beautiful inlaid necklace (looks like a quilt almost) while he was on a golf trip in Hawaii. I didn't feel he owed me anything, but I guess he did.
All in all, he's a keeper!
12-13-2010, 09:43 AM
#45
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Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by LindaR
first married, back when everyone wore spike heels, the taller the better, LOL, he bought me french heels, one inch high, I just stood with my mouth open, I was newly pregnant and he didn't want me to be tripping around on those spikes anymore...now I can laugh about it..back then not so much
12-13-2010, 10:19 AM
#47
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Location: Michigan
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Originally Posted by raedar63
Geeze after reading all this maybe it is a good thing my spouse or anyone else does not buy me presents,lol We usually go out to a steak dinner for our christmas.
Rae
Rae
12-13-2010, 10:45 AM
#49
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Location: England
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two gifts, sadly NOT appreciated-----------------I use china only for cup/saucers--mugs--plates--jugs----gravy boatscetc etc and was given a heavy BROWN/BLACK pottery set of mugs and some hand thrown ones from another, they were SO rough that they cut my lips!!!
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