https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 12:24:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371778 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:38:42 +0000 littlejoy 2371778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's grandma bought me a pocket knife and a gold chain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371776 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:33:48 +0000 mrskc 2371776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma is notorious for giving weird stuff. One year she gave me a box of her used cooking magazines. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371775 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:27:57 +0000 Astro Bee 2371775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shortly before DS was born, my boss gifted us a homemade baby snowsuit that his wife had made. Apparently his wife has a basement full of baby clothes, and that was the one he picked out. Except that the size was 3 months, and he was born in April, so it would have fit him mid-summer. He had outgrown it by the time the leaves started to turn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371762 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:52:49 +0000 catlady 2371762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This wasn't for the holidays but when LO was born, we received a onesie that said "World's Best Aunt" from DH's co-worker, who is definitely not her aunt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371744 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:03:03 +0000 travellingbee 2371744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few years ago friends of ours (who live in a cold climate but used to live here) gifted us a snow man kit. Like the kind that comes with "everything but the snow". But..... We live in Texas and don't get snow. At all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371714 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:01:31 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2371714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i forgot about this but a few years ago my husband got a christmas "gift" from a superior at work. he walked into his office and said "merry christmas.. i hope you like toffee" and handed him a flat gift bag. it had nothing in it, lol. my hubby was thinking his wife told him to put __ in but he forgot and just handed out empty bags to everyone hahah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371517 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 08:22:58 +0000 JennyG 2371517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scissors. They were from my future FIL when we were dating. I remember DH being convinced there must be a gift card in the bottom of the bag. No honey, just scissors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371488 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 07:12:34 +0000 FaithFertility 2371488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Silk night gown from my MIL :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371453 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 02:51:20 +0000 Boogs 2371453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ra: I got a cupcake one. I like cupcakes, but not that much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371107 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:07:38 +0000 Charm54 2371107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL bought a stuffed animal "bottle holder" for DD but when the bottle was inserted the nipple was in a very awkward place haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2371105 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:01:04 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2371105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are funny. When my son was born my neighbor brought something "for the baby". It was an adult male's tank with some kind of tequila brand on it. It was wrapped with Xmas paper and he was born in April. 😅 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370959 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 07:40:29 +0000 MamaChin 2370959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A Winnie the Pooh coin purse. I was 24. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370956 Fri, 27 Nov 2015 07:32:10 +0000 Nutella 2370956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I once got two nursery rhyme picture books from my cousin for Xmas. I was about 24 at the time so I was like ???? Haha. So awkward! Think I just left them in my parents' gift cupboard and never said anything! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370842 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 22:05:35 +0000 Corduroy 2370842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was 12 or so I got a sweatshirt commemorating some Oklahoma university football championship. I live in CA and I don't watch football. Um - you shouldn't have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370804 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:58:13 +0000 avivoca 2370804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: My husband's boss gave us a book of painted cats. Not cat paintings...People who paint their cats to look like something else. It's so weird. I'm probably going to white elephant it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370770 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:24:32 +0000 Mrs. D 2370770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother in law gave us a little box of sex toys. Kama Sutra. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370765 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:20:10 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2370765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Waffles: my aunt sent us a size 3T bathing suit when LO was born! It is really cute - it just won't fit for a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370653 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:37:59 +0000 Mrs.Waffles 2370653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: Ha ha! So weird, makes you wonder what they were thinking. Maybe your mom is hinting she wants your LO to play tennis. LOL. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370652 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:27:49 +0000 lilyofthewest 2370652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Waffles: When my LO wa about 3mos my mother sent a bunch of size 3T tennis outfits. I don't play tennis, my partner doesn't play tennis, my mother doesn't play tennis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370650 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:26:54 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2370650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MIL got me a fabric book bag with the image of cut wooden stumps. It came with one matching throw pillow. She got it for me because apparently DH is into firewood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370647 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:20:55 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 2370647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL got us a silver napkin holder. Like, for paper napkins... Sterling Silver. We don't keep a bunch of napkins around so... ?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370645 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:14:10 +0000 Mrs.Waffles 2370645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my LO's first birthday an aunt of mine gave LO 3 outfits that were size 6/7. Not sure what her thought process was, as she knows he was just turning one. I guess he will fit into them five to six years from now. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370641 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:05:06 +0000 yoursilverlining 2370641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: my MIL got me wedding night lingerie :meh: uncomfortable!</p> <p>We are big cooks and love to cook so we get a lot of nice cooking-related gifts.....and one year we were gifted the pancake flipper (from the infomercial). Because it's super hard to flip pancakes with a spatula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370629 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:22:57 +0000 lilyofthewest 2370629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: The packaging was quite...provocative...not much chance it was inadvertent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370625 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:16:22 +0000 Chuckles 2370625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: omg! Did she know it was edible?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370599 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:37:14 +0000 erinbaderin 2370599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom was a kindergarten teacher, and got a lot of weird and random Christmas gifts from kids in her class which she then passed on to us. The weirdest thing she ever gave me was....I don't even know how to describe it. It was a clock, like something you would put on the mantel, but it was a depiction of the Last Supper, and every hour it would light up with all these little LED lights in a pattern around the heads of Jesus and the disciples. It was hands down the ugliest thing I have ever seen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370191 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:09:45 +0000 regberadaisy 2370191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: 😂</p> <p>@Ms.Badger: LOL. Epic.</p> <p>I've gotten some doozies but none as good as these! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2370184 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:02:05 +0000 Oxana 2370184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are great! :grin: If anyone wants our Weird Al bobblehead, by the way, just say the word. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2369999 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:57:42 +0000 Ms.Badger 2369999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I used to coach gymnastics, the grandmother of one of the girls I coached got me a belly dancing kit. I do not belly dance nor have never mentioned belly dancing. It came with finger symbols, scarves, sticker tatoos and a how-to book. It became my white elephant gift and was re-white elephant gifted many times.... it may still be making the rounds of the gym gift exchange </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/weirdest-gift-youve-received#post-2369998 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:57:17 +0000 lilyofthewest 2369998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Edible body lotion from MY MOTHER </p>