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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Years ago my father in law gave me a Costco sized flat of Nanaimo bars. Like just wrapped it and that was that. I was so bummed as I thought it was a big coffee table book. I ended up cutting them all in half and freezing them, so we had treats through the year. My husband and I still joke about it. As we passed them in Costco last week he suggested I return the favour.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

one of my buddies got a mtn dew. thats it

another got a playstation gift card, which would have been good but he didnt have a playstation

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've always been a computer/theatre nerd. When I was a teen my parents bought me a bike. I did not express nor have any interest in a bike, but I'm sure my mom felt I needed to go outside more and spend less time on the computer. A week or two later while upset at me about something else she complained that I haven't even used my new bike yet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (6 children)

That sounds a bit petty from you, at least from my POV.

No matter how nerdy you are, going outside is healtht, both physically and mentally. They got you a nice gift, IMO.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They got me something I had no interest in and were upset I wasn't using it. Ever hear the phrase "it's the thought that counts"? It demonstrated zero thought into what I would actually be interested in.

It's like buying a teen a set of knitting needles and being surprised that they didn't start knitting with them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ever hear the saying "Don't look a gift horse into the mouth"?

It demonstrated plenty of thought.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

I know nothing about horses. I won't look this gift horse in the mouth because I don't know know what I'm looking at, but I'm also not going to be thrilled with the horse you've gifted me that I have no idea what to do with.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

A box of Mario fruit snacks when I was a kid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

XXL pajamas. I'm a medium bordering on small so I was swimming in them.

I think I also got a video game for a console I didn't have but the gesture was nice.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

In middle school, there was this one super unpopular girl that gifted me acne medication for Christmas.... Unprompted. We weren't even friends and yes, I had acne problems like most teens did.

I never bullied anyone in my life before and since, but I did that year.... This was why she was so unpopular. The year after, she called 1 of the 2 only black kids the N word, got her ass kicked and either removed or expelled from school.

I have no idea why anyone would go around picking fights, especially with no friends to begin with. Before anyone asks, no, no mental health issues.

Edit: I also wasnt "popular" and had very little friends too. I mean, it wasnt right either way to turn bully either but I was young

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even negative attention is better than no attention for some. Good chance she had a pretty bad home life, poor girl.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe but none of us saw it, even my friend who eventually became her friend later on and into adulthood.... I met her mom at least twice and she was always nice and seemed very attentive, concerned about her daughter.

We also grew up very affluent. They were too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

One of the harshest lessons I've ever had to learn, especially as someone who struggled socially growing up, is that some people don't have any friends for a good reason

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My mother got me Rogaine for my birthday last year. Pretty rude and uncalled for I felt but now I've stopped cutting it and have the longest hair I've ever had so I guess she hit a nerve with that one

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Mug from Hotspot, probably. It's actually pretty great though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think the "worst" thing I ever got was a VR headset. It wasn't a bad present per say and I really liked it at the time but unfortunately the VR space died pretty fast and it was completely useless soon after I got it.

Edit: it was a headset where you put your phone inside, I should have said that first

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arkham Shadow just came out on VR and people are saying it rivals other games like HL: Alyx in terms of scope and quality.

I'm watching a playthrough right now and it's blowing my mind how awesome it looks to actually be Batman

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

That's great. The headset I was talking about was one where you put your phone inside. I should have said that first :(

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I think I only ever received one good present.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

My grandmother bought me a dark green, polyester, turtle-neck shirt; when I was 12. I never even tried it on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
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