" He thought it was better than nothing . It was n’t ! "
1.“A kitten for my birthday. I’m allergic to cats…”
2.“My boyfriend gave me a bath bomb and a pink Yeti wine cup for Christmas. I staunchly never take baths, I’ve never owned anything pink in my adult life, and I’d never had wine at that point. When I finally said, ‘Hey, none of these reflect anything about me,’ he admitted it was a regift from his mother, no shame either! He thought it was better than nothing! It wasn’t!”
— Peyprika
3.“Okay, I got one, but it’s cute actually. I never wear bracelets, I don’t like the feeling, and I wash my hands often, so it would bother me whenever I wash my hands. He gifted me a beautiful bracelet that matched my other jewelry, because I didn’t have a bracelet yet,' hehehe.”
— scharmienkel
4.“My (ex) wife got me one of those candy bar bouquets for my birthday. You know the ones — different candy bars glued to sticks, then arranged in a ‘bouquet.’ Popular at Walmart and gas stations. One: It was two weeks after my birthday. Two: I’m diabetic. That was one of the last straws before I left.”
5.“I’ve been quilting for many years before I even met my ex-husband. For our last Christmas together, he got me a beginner’s quilting supply kit full of things that I already had, as I wasn’t a beginner quilter. Then he got pissy because I wouldn’t use any of it. I’d been curating my own supplies for years based on my likes & needs, so I didn’t need his Walmart bullshit (nothing against anyone that gets supplies at Walmart, but he definitely got the absolute cheapest option and none of it would have lasted). It was definitely one more item in the list that finally convinced me to divorce him.”
— spooli22
6.“I strictly wear silver, minimalist jewelry. My ex-boyfriend would get me bold statement pieces that were gold, of course! I called him out after the first few pieces, and he said he liked them and wanted to see me in more of that. LOL, no thanks, dumped.”
— madjerz23
7.“My ex put one of his old t-shirts in a box, then complained that I was materialistic when I was upset.”
8.“Our first Christmas together, I got him a custom-made, 3D printed action figure of himself. I designed matching packaging, and paid extra for the version you could record a message on, and recorded what he once told me would be his ‘entrance music.’ He got me groceries. Literally groceries. And they sat unrefrigerated under the tree for two days before I opened them in front of my family, who knew all about the cool action figure I spent weeks on. Humiliating. Took longer than it should have, but we are no longer together.”
— z0mbie_boner
9.“An egg boiler, which he gifted to his brother and mother in the past, and they liked it. I hate boiled eggs.”
— SnooRegrets3555
10.“Not really bad gifts, but stuff so generic, I just realized he neither listened to me nor saw me as a full, individual person, just as ‘a woman’. Women like red roses, so he got me a bunch of long-stemmed red roses — the kind that are planted in Northern Africa, frozen, transported here by plane, and thawed. I am really into sourcing everything as locally as possible, climate activism, and also have many live plants. My birthday is in July, other flowers were available.”
11.“When my husband and I were going through a rough patch, he got me an Apple Watch. I hated the damn thing. This was years ago, and it has sat in a drawer almost the entire time I’ve had it. I turned service off for it long ago. He apologized and said it was because it’s something he would want. I just don’t like the constant connectivity.”
— nothathappened
12.“My ex bought a bunch of porn DVDs. Yes, this was in the age of the Internet. Because I assume the porno DVD market is grateful for any and all purchases, they included a free mini bottle of massage oil. I got that bottle of massage oil as my birthday present. So that I could give him a massage. Fun bonus: when I kicked him out and his mom came to collect his things, I put the DVDs right at the top of the box.”
— trash_heap_witch
13.“I had a partner who would give me random gifts. Now I know what you are thinking, ‘that’s so sweet.’ No. No. All of the gifts were completely random or objectively Facebook ad garbage. This story comes from more than a year into our relationship. One day, I opened my door to find a massive box from Nuts.com. Now I have nothing against Nuts.com; they make a good product, but the items I received from them couldn’t have been more facepalm. 1. Almonds (I have a fairly severe allergy) 2. Dried Mango (I loathe mango) 3. Dried Pineapple (also allergic) 4: 1 pound of chocolate (I am a type 1 diabetic).”
14.“My ex bought himself a new top-of-the-line Kindle just before my birthday. He said I should get one, but I had no interest; I liked my nice books. On my birthday, he gifted me his old one, all beaten up and scratched.”
— GraphicDesignMonkey
15.“One Christmas, my ex-husband got me aHome AloneFunko Pop and a handful of those little brain-teaser puzzles you get in the toy section at Barnes and Noble. We hadn’t ever watched that movie together, I have no affinity for it, and I don’t even collect those dolls. And I famously hate those little metal puzzles. I was devastated and exploded into tears. I had spent a lot of money and thought on a beautiful watch to replace his that had broken.”
" He doubled down and insist he had put a deal of thought into the gifts and was furious with me for being ' ungrateful . '
This was just one of many red fleur-de-lis , and I am happy to say I wised up and we divorced in 2020 , and I am now pursue to someone whose gift make me displume up because they know me so well . "
— nacklemary
16.“My husband of quite a few years bought me a meat slicer for Christmas one year. I have never in my whole entire life either needed or wanted to slice meat with a meat slicer. I was so upset and embarrassed, so I hid it from my parents, who were there with us. I returned it, of course, and bought myself a Kindle instead.”
17.“A locket on Mother’s Day. I don’t wear jewelry, and I found out he bought his mother the same one.”
— polkadottedbutterfly
18.“An ex once gifted me a bright pink t-shirt, with a dog on the front, and it said, ‘I didn’t fart, my butt blew you a kiss.’ We are middle-aged. That was promptly donated.”
— in_sweet_corn
19.“My husband threw me a surprise party, and I hated it so much. I cried when everyone popped out and did the whole ‘surprise!!’ thing. Everyone thought I was crying because I’m a sentimental person (which I am), but I cried because I was so upset that this was what my evening was going to be. I hate surprises.”
20.“He took me to the mall the day of my birthday to pick out my own gift, then bought himself something instead. We divorced three months later.”
— TheWisePlinyTheElder
21.“A Nintendo DS. With only the games that he wanted to play. When we broke up, he took it with him.”
— IvyKingslayer
22.“My ex gave me a skateboard deck (I don’t skateboard, he did) and a booster box of Pokémon cards (I don’t collect them, he did). Both of those mysteriously stayed in his possession after the breakup, lol.”
23.“A State Farm mug (his mom was a State Farm agent), and it was full of little chocolate bars. I am SEVERELY allergic to chocolate, and he knew this. He didn’t even buy the chocolate or the mug. It was a part of a bunch of free gifts his mom’s job was giving away to customers, and he swiped one.”
— Halloweenie85
24.“A keychain saying ‘best teacher ever.’ I am not a teacher, nor do I want to be. I’m in a postgrad program doing digital history.”
— meggzieelulu
25.“I had an accident that left me with chronic neck and back pain. Post-accident, I went to countless doctors and specialists trying to fix it. Eventually, I lost my job because I could no longer do physical labor. This was all devastating to me. My birthday rolls around, and my now ex-husband buys me a long halter dress. A dress that ties around your neck so the entire weight of the dress can be supported by your neck.”
26.“A box of Slim Jims for Christmas. We’d been dating for five years. I spent over $100 on his presents despite not having a job at the time. He’s a trust fund baby. Yeah, that felt like shit.”
" Not that money check the Charles Frederick Worth of the natural endowment . I would have been sooo happy with someone thoughtfully homemade ( in fact , would have preferred it ) . But I got him merch from his favorite sports team and stuff for his favorite spare-time activity … annnnd he pay back me a box of Slim Jims 😐 . "
— Ok - Patience-4764
27.“For my birthday one year, in August, mind you, my husband went to the local GROCERY STORE and got me a gift basket that said ‘Happy Father’s Day’ (you know, the holiday in June… for fathers… I’m a child-free woman in my 30s).”
— BurritoBum90
28.“My ex got me a garden hose and sprinkler for Mother’s Day one year. We didn’t have a yard.”
29.And finally, “Mine is sweet. My partner got me a sweatshirt because I’m always cold. It was a cropped style, though, and I would never buy it for myself because, at the time, I felt I was too chubby. Not a great self-talk track in my head, you know? He was really reassuring and sweet, saying that I looked beautiful. I love that sweatshirt now. That was a small part of the overall gift, but it stands out because it let me see how he sees me.”
— AnonymousBrowser3967
