Christmas present moans #2 It's Xmas time & here's my present list, buy me what I want or you’ll meet my fist!

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Samf2020 said:
I asked my brother for 2 books. He bought me about 20 none of which I will ever read and the 2 I asked for.
I now have to take these home and see if the charity shops will take them as they will just take up space on my shelves.
It was a total yeah she likes to read I will get her them thing. He also bought me 2 calendars again wont use either of them at all.
He has gotten worse at buying me stuff in last few years.
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A few years ago I spent close to £100 on a rugby jersey that I knew my brother really wanted. I wasn't working at the time so money was tight. I wrapped it up really nicely, ribbon, bows, nice paper etc.
In return he handed me a wet paper bag with two books that I would never read with the reduced to £2 stickers still on them.

I learnt a hard lesson that year.
 
Honeystar said:
My MIL buys me PJS as part of every present (Christmas and birthday) which is great as I love a good pair of PJs and she always picks a nice pair. The issue is that in lockdown I lost quite a bit of weight and dropped a dress size, I have since put it all back on plus a bit extra (lol) but in her mind she seems to think I dropped down to a size 6...I have NEVER been a size 6, I'm a 10-12 at best. So every year I get PJs that are far too small, she commented the Christmas I had lost the weight "I got you the smallest size now you're so skinny" so I know that's why she buys the size she does...it's so annoying because I always know before I've opened them that they won't fit. I've even dropped random comments throughout the year "oh i always buy my PJs a good few sizes up as I like them loose" but it doesn't seem to register and I feel like it's too late now for me to even attempt to ask for a bigger size.

Can't wait for my size 6 PJs in a couple of weeks...
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my MIL is tiny she’s 4ft 11 and due to her disability and illnesses she is a size 4/6, I however look like an elephant next to her at a size 18 yet they always buy me pjs at size 12, I wish I was a 12 but haven’t been for many years! She was gifted an oodie which she didn’t wear as it drowns her and then sized it next to me and said will this fit you? Those oodies are bloody massive!! So felt it was cheeky of her to even ask if it would fit when they are basically the size of a duvet 🙄
 
I obviously got the freebie from the 3 for 2 gifts from my MIL #spoilt
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My SIL always buys naff presents, generic bath gift sets etc I find it so frustrating as I put loads of effort into hers and her husbands gifts
She messaged me back in November asking what I would like, I said I’d love a bottle of my favourite red wine, sent photo and said they sell it at her local supermarket
No sign of said wine on Christmas Day but a Yankee Candle instead 😭
 
Rainbow1 said:
My SIL always buys naff presents, generic bath gift sets etc I find it so frustrating as I put loads of effort into hers and her husbands gifts
She messaged me back in November asking what I would like, I said I’d love a bottle of my favourite red wine, sent photo and said they sell it at her local supermarket
No sign of said wine on Christmas Day but a Yankee Candle instead 😭
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Don’t waste your time shopping, just get tat
 
My family don't really do presents anymore so I wasn't expecting much, except a couple of gifts from my dad. But in true man fashion, he clearly got stuff last minute so only one thing had arrived in time.

He got me a 'signed' photo of a band I like, which is a sweet idea in theory... But it is SO clearly one of those fake eBay listings. Like two of the signatures are for the same band member but one has the wrong surname 😂 It's also framed but I'm in a rented place so can't even hang it up lmao.

He also asked my shirt size as well a week ago, so I was a bit excited because a few of the bands I like have some nice merch designs atm. But I'm not holding out much hope now because I hate unofficial/fake merch with a passion (like the cheap shirts you get on eBay with the stolen fan art or a square album cover slapped on it) and I now fully think he's what he'll have bought 🙈

On one hand, it's sweet that he's clearly been trying to think about my interests even though he doesn't know a lot about them specifically (and admittedly the picture has since given me such a laugh). But he never actually asks what kind of thing you'd like. Instead he tries to go for 'something you don't have' without wondering if there's a reason why you don't have it 😅
 
So weeks ago husband asked what I would like and as we were walking through an airport I pointed out a lovely bag in a small boutique hoping he’d make a mental note…..
Nope. Christmas morning I got one gift, a Portable Pizza Oven…..
He then had the nerve to mention that I could look up how to make proper pizza dough on YT!!!

The worst thing about it is he TRULY believes he bought me something amazing???
 
For once I actually can’t complain about my presents. My best friend is terrible for buying me stuff that I told her not to. Last year she bought me a shed load of biscuits and sweets. I’m diabetic and so is she! All except for one box of shortbread which I kept and a tub of Roses which I gave to my sister all went to the food bank. Another favourite is perfume which I used to wear and stopped wearing over 10 years ago!

But this year she was sensible and bought me some quite useful little bits, including the most fabulous handmade calendar which will be hung pride of place in my home ‘office’ and a gorgeous coconut scented candle.

My mum kept insisting all she wanted from me was a ‘cheap pair of pyjamas’ I know better than to pay any attention to that- my brother gave her £50 cash and she complained about that saying it was an insult so I’m glad I didn’t listen!! I bought her Bravissimo pjs, (in the sale but most definitely not cheap!) Miss Dior shower milk and body lotion, an original Oodie, a Cath Kidston purse, a lovely scarf and leather gloves from Accessorize and made her two hampers- one a food hamper with coffee, tea and biscuits and the other a Rituals hamper with a diffuser, hand wash, body butter, shower foam and a scented candle. She had continually told me she would be furious with me if I had bought anything other than a cheap pair of pyjamas but she didn’t breathe one word of complaint.
Glad I’m psychic eh…
 
Kiwigirl said:
So weeks ago husband asked what I would like and as we were walking through an airport I pointed out a lovely bag in a small boutique hoping he’d make a mental note…..
Nope. Christmas morning I got one gift, a Portable Pizza Oven…..
He then had the nerve to mention that I could look up how to make proper pizza dough on YT!!!

The worst thing about it is he TRULY believes he bought me something amazing???
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Sounds like a great item to me 😆
 
Kiwigirl said:
So weeks ago husband asked what I would like and as we were walking through an airport I pointed out a lovely bag in a small boutique hoping he’d make a mental note…..
Nope. Christmas morning I got one gift, a Portable Pizza Oven…..
He then had the nerve to mention that I could look up how to make proper pizza dough on YT!!!

The worst thing about it is he TRULY believes he bought me something amazing???
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Sounds like when young kids want to buy presents for people, but it’s actually things that they like/want…
 
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