Both are more time then spent then getting nothing at all
It's worse than nothing.... because it would be different it was something I actually liked or wanted to watch / listen to. I did get a $3 Wal-Mart bin movie once... and it was a horror movie. The only genre I do not like, but he loves it, of course.
I normally just laugh it off, but I will be shopping at the dollar store for his gift this year. I am thinking an oven mitt or a pot holder.
My wife has a relative that gave everyone in the family towels for Christmas. for each household got two bath towels, two hand towels, and two wash cloths. The bath towels were monogrammed. Looked nice. But with everything going on, my wife left them in the box until today and never looked that close at them. Now this relative works at a hotel. What my wife realized, the towels are hotel grade towels. Yep, monogrammed hotel grade towels. But the best part, it's very obvious that the towels aren't new. Yep, monogrammed old hotel towels.
Top that.
On January 19, 2016 at 11:51, FP Crazy said...
I think if they had a yellow, brown, red or green stain they should be relegated to the rag bin in the garage.
Alternatively, you could take a sharpie, cross out the current initials, write in the new initials and regift them back to them next year? Make a statement
Everyone in the family should put their pairs together and make a full set for regifting next Christmas. That set of towels could become a Christmas tradition/gag gift heirloom. Each year a different member of the family gets chosen!
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On January 19, 2016 at 15:10, Mac Burks (39) said...
Everyone in the family should put their pairs together and make a full set for regifting next Christmas. That set of towels could become a Christmas tradition/gag gift heirloom. Each year a different member of the family gets chosen!
After several years of crossed off initials, it would become grafitti or pop art.
Chasing Ernie's post count, one useless post at a time.
It's worse than nothing.... because it would be different it was something I actually liked or wanted to watch / listen to. I did get a $3 Wal-Mart bin movie once... and it was a horror movie. The only genre I do not like, but he loves it, of course.
I normally just laugh it off, but I will be shopping at the dollar store for his gift this year. I am thinking an oven mitt or a pot holder.
Nothing is worse than nothing when you just got married less then 4 months before.
My wife has a relative that gave everyone in the family towels for Christmas. for each household got two bath towels, two hand towels, and two wash cloths. The bath towels were monogrammed. Looked nice. But with everything going on, my wife left them in the box until today and never looked that close at them. Now this relative works at a hotel. What my wife realized, the towels are hotel grade towels. Yep, monogrammed hotel grade towels. But the best part, it's very obvious that the towels aren't new. Yep, monogrammed old hotel towels.
Top that.
How about this... I'm 14 years old and very much into electronics of sorts. My parents knew that I was into a particular Pioneer Elite AVR, I forget the model number 22 years later.
Nevertheless, we came back from having Christmas with my grand parents. Only to find this huge wrapped box on the island in the kitchen. It was addressed to me from mom and dad. So of course I tore into it and saw that it was the exact model that I was looking into. It was opened, because the packaging had a digit missing or something, IDR. That was their excuse for leaving a letter in it. The letter read... "Even though we wrapped this as a Christmas gift. We still expect to be paid back the entire amount of $450 by June 1." WTF, are you serious?
On January 19, 2016 at 19:48, King of typos said...
How about this... I'm 14 years old and very much into electronics of sorts. My parents knew that I was into a particular Pioneer Elite AVR, I forget the model number 22 years later.
Nevertheless, we came back from having Christmas with my grand parents. Only to find this huge wrapped box on the island in the kitchen. It was addressed to me from mom and dad. So of course I tore into it and saw that it was the exact model that I was looking into. It was opened, because the packaging had a digit missing or something, IDR. That was their excuse for leaving a letter in it. The letter read... "Even though we wrapped this as a Christmas gift. We still expect to be paid back the entire amount of $450 by June 1." WTF, are you serious?
Yup, that was my Christmas gift. A freaken loan.
KOT
Hey, it built character. Lol.
Civil War reenactment is LARPing for people with no imagination.
That reminds me. I got my then girlfriend a necklace and a bracelet. Obviously they are small and light. So I got a big brown box, loaded it up with some dumbbell weights, the jewelry, and then some packing paper and wrapped it. She had trouble picking it up from under the tree and said something to the affect of "WTF is this?". She got a chuckle out of it :-D
That reminds me. I got my then girlfriend a necklace and a bracelet. Obviously they are small and light. So I got a big brown box, loaded it up with some dumbbell weights, the jewelry, and then some packing paper and wrapped it. She had trouble picking it up from under the tree and said something to the affect of "WTF is this?". She got a chuckle out of it :-D
And you wonder why you didn't get a gift from the girl who then became your wife. lol
I made the mistake of getting my ex a Vacuum Cleaner for her birthday. She tore up the card, and threw away the roses.
The reason why men give stupid gifts like these to women is, if you're telling the whole truth, this: she kept the vacuum cleaner.
And listen to this about Valentine's Day !!!!!
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