Jun 14 2012

Bad Gifts

So, what do you do if you get a bad gift?  Well, not really a bad gift… a gift you don’t really have a use for or want.  We all get them and we all try our best to look like we love what ever it is, but really we’re thinking “what am I going to do with this”.  I never have the heart to return things as I feel it’s an insult to the person that gave it.  Plus there’s the chance they’ll ask about it later… and then what do you say.  I’ve never “re-gifted” something, although I have joked about it.  Poor gift choices for me usually just sit around in a box for years and then Goodwilled later down the road.

What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?  I’m pretty easy to shop for as I like video games and such, but I do hate it when relatives give art or nicknacks that don’t match your house.  I, as a rule, don’t buy that stuff for others as I don’t know how others decorate and I don’t want to give something that doesn’t mesh with with their house.  Sometimes I’ll get a shirt or something that I probably won’t wear.  My wife received a turtle lamp one year… that was… interesting for sure.  Not sure what ever happened to that over the years.