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kt0626 - 27-12-11
Long enough G...thats just it...like suddenly Im not worth a few brain cells for a better effort....don't get me wrong i truly don t need much, and haven't for a number of years...of course what little I want I go out and get it on my own ( b/c no one else can get it for me, from a financial or resource perspective I.e. Special soup drops LOL)... But still, a little thought goes along way...
LOL all said items are still sitting in a pile on the floor, under the tree...the T is likely slated for cookie toss duty, the book a regift, and the hand cream to a female colleague in my cubicle pod space....
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Tifoso - 27-12-11
My mom (bless her heart) wasted money on a large trefoil hoody. Never been a large. No idea where she got it so I can't return it.
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Lorrie - 27-12-11
I feel your pain - last year I got a bunch of XXL t shirts from my mom. I would have had to been around 400 lbs for them to fit.
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ez-1 - 27-12-11
400lbs and fit can hardly be in same sentence.
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kt0626 - 27-12-11

thanks for that Lorrie...made my day! And Tif, at least it could be like an Adi 'snuggy'....
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Lorrie - 27-12-11
I got a million bad present stories. One year a girl friend got me a leopard print silk shirt for my birthday...
Or the first year my then girlfriend now wife got me cufflinks and I didn't own a french cuffed shirt.
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nikosg - 28-12-11
Didn't really get presents this year... Folks just gave me a bit of cash to help for my holiday next week....
But the best present I got (from my brothers gf who I don't like) was "kicks Japan" book.
There is some unexpected thought lol now I kind of feel bad for detesting her.
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crockerd - 28-12-11
Luckily all my presents were ace but I know what you mean. My misses got a load of useless thoughtless crap from her sister and had the same rant!
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steve-o - 04-01-12
lol Kenny my mum is just as bad if not worse... puts absolutely no thought into gifts ever, just throws something together last minute..
this year I got 2 books that she had sitting around at her place, some random bottles of moisturiser she also had sitting around the house, a shitty electric toothbrush she got given and a b-grade dvd that was sitting in her dvd collection
the year before that she gave me similar junk, the highlight being a 6 pack of egg cups... 6... I live by myself and havent had boiled egg & soldiers since I was about 12!
when I confronted her about it she said she doesnt know what I like... which is hard to believe considering I'm a photographer, all I wear is adidas and all I talk about is going to NYC next year...
and I always put thought and effort into a gift
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kt0626 - 04-01-12
This here reply is a gift to me Steve, so thank you!

As so often, just when one thinks they've got it bad, someone else comes along to share the pain, I mean love...can anyone top this? Lorrie, you're pretty close LOL....still have that shirt?