Why is it that holidays and birthdays make some people go completely out of their senses? Too much pressure, maybe, to get the perfect thing? To buy the gift that tops everyone else’s gifts? To be a hero in your loved one’s eyes? Pish-tosh, as my mother used to say. If there’s one thing I’ve learned as I get older, it really is the thought that counts, but a lot of gift givers turn it into a statement about themselves.
So read this story, about some of the truly worst gifts I’ve ever heard of, and the categories they fall into. What’s the worst gift you ever got?
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Uribella
04:01:48 PM on Wed Dec 19 2012
a used teddy bear
Melanie M
09:58:00 AM on Wed Dec 26 2012
Worst gift? A 2nd place tie between a casserole dish (not food, just the dish) & I don't cook; and an UGLY 4-size too big plaid flannel lumberjack shirt—I live in Texas (too hot) not to mention I would not be caught dead in this thing (it wouldn't have fit anyway). But the worst? 2010, I got NOTHING from my husband...he didn't even get me something from the kids. Ouch.
I, too, believe it is the thought that counts, but what can I believe when the giver clearly puts ZERO thought into the gift? They clearly didn't think enough about me to give me something that was nice, was important/of use to me or they themselves liked or would use...if that's the case, just don't give anything (oh wait, not OK for you, honey).
My mother has given my kids USED coloring books from her days as a school teacher. What's the thought there? I've got this lying around, need to get rid of it and it's free? Again, just don't give anything if times are that tight.