Strangest gift you've ever received?

[idgiehkt]

I've been thinking about this today because someone got me an electric toothbrush as a present yesterday. ???? Anyone who knows me knows I hate gadgety crap like this and I was kind of perplexed about it; I guess it's possible it could be something they got as a gift and were trying to save money by passing it off on me.

I gave it a try and it kind of feels like when you go to the dentist and they polish your teeth but when I do the back I get the distinct sensation of what it must be like to deepthroat a vibrator...not appealing at all.

[trof]

1. Figure "8" shaped basketball hoop.

It had been run over by a truck.
Given to me as a "joke" Christmas gift, all wrapped up, by a friend with a weird sense of humor.

[skygazer]

2. Oh, that's easy

When I was 16 years old, my stepmother, who was one of those ruthlessly practical women, got me for Christmas -

a box of Tampax
a bottle of shampoo
a bottle of conditioner
a frigging douche!
deoderant

It was all stuff like that. Imagine being 16 and opening up a douche on Christmas morning!

[trof]

4. Was your nickname "Stinky"?

Just askin'?
;-)

[skygazer]

7. Very funny, wise guy!

I was actually a rather clean child. I don't know what she was thinking!

[trof]

10. I got a million of 'em.

:-)

I'll be here all week.

[InkAddict]

12. I know the feeling...

When I was 12 I was smitten with an "older man," a friend of our family who was visiting us during the holidays. I was so embarrassed when I opened a coming of age X-mas gift from Mom, a puckery little girdle w/dangling garters and hose. I quickly, within years, got over the horror and recovered my psychosexual health in spite of my mom's evil intent to permanently cripple this aspect of my aging.

[BrightKnight]

60. exotic underwear

My brother and I always received exotic underwear for Christmas.

I think it started one year when my brother told my parents he wanted fishnet briefs. I doubt that he was serious. They probably just needed a laugh while doing the shopping. We always found it amusing.

[idgiehkt]

15. well

a douche trumps an electric toothbrush...you win.

[Radio_Lady]

22. Skygazer, I gave many of the same items...

to my stepdaughter when she was going off to a weekend in Maryland with her boyfriend. I also gave her some condoms. She was fourteen then.

But I wouldn't have done it in front of others, and especially not on a holiday. Nevertheless, at various times she accused me of "pushing her" to have sex. I don't think I did, but then, I was probably too liberal sexually for that particular family, and I've been told that by several counselors I should have left that sort of stuff for their natural father to handle. (The problem was he was too uncomfortable with the subject and he was traveling 50% of the time trying to earn a living.)

We did stand by that same daughter when she got pregnant during college. She elected to marry the father in June 1985, -- we had the wedding in our front yard with 60 guests -- and she had her daughter in October 1985, followed by two other children. Regrettably, she is now estranged from her father and me despite our best efforts to reconcile with her and her family for years.

Do you still have any kind of a relationship with your stepmother? I hope you have forgiven her by now. She probably thought she was doing you a favor, but I'd have to discuss it with her to get her side of the story.

We stepmothers are very maligned in almost any culture. In my case, I inherited three stepchildren, ages 14, 12, and 9, whose mother had died from cancer at age 34. Their father, now my husband of 34 years, had given them very little instruction on the facts of life. I took charge of much of that because the 14-year-old boy was already sexually active.

Have a great week!

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[BrightKnight]

59. .

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. A bunch of canned cat food.

[KittyWampus]

23. did you own any cats?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. Yes, at least I have cats.

It actually came from my aunt who is crazy for cats. She even has a cat on her tombstone (and no, my aunt is very much alive, she just has a tombstone). Normally, she'd buy me a subscription to cats magazine. I guess the catfood was actually an improvement. I have no interest in cats magazine, but at least the cats have an interest in cat food.

And no, this aunt isn't poor or anything. She actually makes about $150,000 a year and has very few living expenses.

[idgiehkt]

40. is the tombstone something she purchased in advance

of her impending death, or is it just part of her decor?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. She wanted to pick out the perfect spot in the family plot or something.

So even though she's very healthy and in her mid-50s, she went and bought a tombstone with a cat face on it and it's already in the cemetary. It just needs to have the death date filled in when the time comes. She was showing it off at my grandfather's funeral. It was definitely weird.

[idgiehkt]

43. LOL

amazing. At least she's not afraid of broaching the topic, lol.

[johnnie]

5. An ant farm

It is still in the package after 10 years and I never got ants for it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. A set of checkers that smelled like mothballs and was missing a piece.

:yoiks: I had a great aunt that was a notorious gift recycler (before the term "regifter" was invented), and she honestly thought nobody would know. She'd probably gotten them in the 1950s, and it was about 1971 when I got them from her. Her house always smelled like mothballs, and everything she ever gave anyone was a recycled gift that was stored in mothballs. :rofl: Aunt Louise had more money than God, and we assume it was because she never bought anything new. :P

[Radio_Lady]

8. idgiehkt, the toothbrush set off your "gag" reflex and that's not funny!!!

[idgiehkt]

13. actually it didn't

which is even scarier.

[InkAddict]

9. We anonymously received an enormous

cabbage(????) as a wedding gift. Never learned who provided it--BTW, is there some cultural significance to such a gift???? Never got an answer to that either.

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Was it nicely gift wrapped???

:rofl:

[InkAddict]

14. Yes n/t

[LeftyMom]

A prehistoric fish, I think.

My son has a game I've posted about before where he brings me imaginary things all the time. I think the oddest one was a Cephalaspis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalaspis

[Deja Q]

16. Acceptance by another human being.

It's a rare gift...

[auntAgonist]

17. Christmas 1976 ..

my then boyfriend gave me a beautiful black velvet ring box with a note inside. The note said go downstairs and look under the stairwell, you'll find your gift. hmmmmm So I did, entire family in tow to see my reaction to my gift. TIRES for my damned car!!!

I thought he was giving me a ring! Everyone had a good laugh and I held back my disappointment showing gratitude for his thoughtfulness (seething with embarrassment inside). We went upstairs once again and there he DID give me another gift, a tiny box inside a much larger one, this time containing a beautiful garnet ring. He wasn't so cruel after all.

aA

[idgiehkt]

18. I'd kill for a man to buy me tires.

they can keep the ring...buy me the tires any day of the week.

[auntAgonist]

19. yup but when

you're young and in love, the ring holds the sparkle :)
I was 18 at the time.

:hi:

[LibDemAlways]

20. Back in my teaching days, the

parents of an 8th grader bought me a vibrator - for the feet - as a Christmas gift. My entire family was like "What the hell?" Still makes me laugh to think about it.

[reyd reid reed]

21. Oh, I've gotten such romantic, thoughtful gifts as

Blenders.
Mixers.
Waffle irons.
I got this weird little ceramic teapot with battery-operated windchimes in it.

Bizarre stuff.


BLENDERS? WAFFLE IRONS

Heh...the writing was on the wall.

:shrug:

[eyesroll]

24. Heh...I love getting kitchen stuff as gifts (even from a romantic partner.

Then again -- kitchen stuff for me means my partner knows me and my interests (and my interests don't involve the traditional "romantic" stuff, although I will graciously accept that stuff, too).

If you're not into cooking, I can see why a blender from a partner would put you off. It does say "now the lady can cook for me," doesn't it?

[reyd reid reed]

25. I don't necessarily need the romantic stuff...

And I do cook...but if I need a blender, I'll go buy a blender. I don't want it as a gift. A sweater...or better yet...a book.

That's not so hard...and it's probably cheaper.

[Digit]

41. My husband, now EX huband purchased 3 Scrubbrushers...

One for me, one for my mom and one for his mom.

He put alot of thought into that one, huh.

BTW, these were CHRISTMAS GIFTS!!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

26. Dog treats and a trip to meet my replacement

[idgiehkt]

27. your replacement?

que?
more details?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

29. I was taken on a trip where I met the person who replaced me in that

relationship 3 weeks later. What a gift it was!

[idgiehkt]

31. that's gross.

man. here's hoping what goes around comes around.

my sister had a boyfriend fly her out to Montana, where he then broke up with her. Guess he'd never heard of a telephone. People suck.

[LaraMN]

55. A pocketknife.

It actually came in very handy for many years, though.

[bicentennial_baby]

35. ....

:eyes: c'mon now....let's give THAT up....

[KitchenWitch]

28. Handcuffs!

[idgiehkt]

32. still have 'em?

still use 'em?

[u4ic]

33. LOL

I take it wasn't from your mum? :rofl:

[Kickoutthejams23]

34. Weedeater.

Still don't know what that crazy girl was thinking.

[Whoa_Nelly]

36. Was given an ironing board by (ex) hubby one Christmas

I was kind of shocked moving toward kind of pissed off, when he went into the kitchen and came back out with a new acoustic guitar for me. I totally lost it and started crying.

He's still a joker to this day.

[idgiehkt]

38. sounds like it

I don't know if I could handle one like that or not.:-)

[Broken_Hero]

37. easy

my father/mother in law are great at this...

A porcelain moose antler, with an eagle, and american flag painted on it...xmas, last year....

A small porcelain cowboy boot oil lamp, with spurs, and a cowboy hat atop the lantern part...:( winners, for sure...:)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

44. Ok...those are strange.

You deserve a medal :evilgrin:

[Not_Giving_Up]

39. This is an easy one

When I was 14, I moved in with my grandparents. Things were quite strained (to put it nicely) with my mom. So, for my 15th birthday, she wrapped up some things that I'd left behind when I was kicked out of the house and gave them to me as a present. I don't remember what all of the things were, mostly odds and ends, but I'll never forget getting my own Spelling Bee trophy from fourth grade for my fifteenth birthday.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

46. Sounds like something my mom would do.

My stepdad (who was just her bf at the time) bought me an iPod for x-mas. I was completely aware of this being purchased as my x-mas present. However, I decided to spend x-mas with my dad's family because I'm close to them and I barely even knew my mom's bf at the time. Anyway, my mom decides that I don't deserve the iPod and she decides to hold it hostage until I "deserve it."

So...on my birthday, she gives me the iPod and claims it's from the two of them, even though she had nothing to do with it's purchase and it was intended as an x-mas present for me. People that know the story often say "Merry Birthday" to me now.

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. ooooh! A fun, Happy Thread!!!

My aunt (who is the sweetest most wonderful FREEPER on earth) sent me a Christmas Angel last year. One of those little statue things. She was dressed in all Red,White and Blue with a crown of golden stars and a string of stars dangling from her dainty little white hands. She has dark hair kind of short. Guess what the company that made her named her? You got it "Laura"...

Now, I could take this one of two ways. 1. My aunt (who is truly a wonderful person) bought her because her name was Laura, like mine, and she wanted to let me know how wonderful she thinks I am.. :loveya:

...or...

2. My aunt (who is also a Texas dwelling FREEPER) wanted to share her love and belief in the current liar and his wife. :puke:


I try to believe it's the former, but I fear it is the latter.

[WolverineDG]

47. A hot water bottle

for Christmas. Which I accepted with a smile because the giver was my 8 year old cousin. :)

dg

[MrCoffee]

48. A blown-glass polar bear holding a little heart in his paws...

With a note that said "Your heart understands mine." So very sad, because there was no way in hell I could have understood that nutbar.

[Mz Pip]

49. An empty egg carton

My husband's 'artsy' cousin wrapped one up and gave it to me as a Christmas gift. I guess she thought she was being creative but I thought it was just weird.

I also got a 10 lb block of cheese for a wedding present. At least it was edible.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Cathyclysmic]

50. Herpes.

I stole that line from Robin Williams. :P

[MrCoffee]

51. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

[Midlodemocrat]

52. When I was a teenager, I saved a neighborhood little girl from drowning

in our community pool. Her parents bought me a bath brush. It still is the strangest gift I have ever received. I still wonder if they thought I needed a bath or something.

[idgiehkt]

61. LOL

that IS strange. Especially considering the circumstances.

[never cry wolf]

53. Tupperware............ used

We got some used tupperware as a wedding gift. It was from like a second cousin or great aunt or some relative I hadn't seen since I was a child. I don't know if they couldn't afford anything else or someone asked what gift they were bringing at the last minute and they grabbed the first thing that came to mind...

Not that I am greedy or expect anything other than their company and best wishes. It just struck me as very odd that someone would consciously make a decision to bring used tupperware as a gift rather than nothing at all.

[calico1]

54. I have gotten more strange or useless

gifts than normal ones and the list is long.

There is always the obligatory ugly sweater given over the holidays. You know...the one with the deer or Santa ore elves or something. And if it lights up, even better!m Or the sweater with the wide, horizontal stripes going across in pukey colors that is made of nylon or rayon. Oh, and the suede vest I got a few years ago with a big Mickey on one side and a Minny on the other.

The gazillion useless knickknacks I have gotten over the years. I am not a knick knack person. I like simplicity and don't put a lot of stuff on my tables or mantle.

Cheap costume jewelry. Especially the big, splashy, dangly earrings. I wear very little jewelry and very simple. Yet I always get a lot of this stuff.

Lotions, bath gels and perfumes. Again, a very personal taste on my part. But it's the "perfect gift" so...I would be stocked up til 2020 if it hadn't given it away.

Just a few things I can think of. Oh well, at least the shelters get something out of it.

[Ramsey]

56. Fuzzy gorilla shaped bedroom slippers

This was my Christmas present from my junior year college boyfriend. Nothing in the world could possibly be a worse present for me. I like nice things, not ugly things. I wear designer stilettos, not fuzzy bedroom slippers. I am so not the fuzzy gorilla bedroom slippers kind of girl, and dammit, he should have known that!!

[Richard Steele]

57. My sweeties sister gave me a bag of broken glass for Christmas once.

I happened to really enjoy such a thoughtful gift,
but a lot of folks seem to think it was strange
when I mention it. :shrug:

[GRLMGC]

58. Vanilla extract

It was the only thing my lame ass ex-boyfriend ever gave me. I even think it was imitation vanilla