I thought it might be fun to find out what's the WORST gift everyone has ever been given....

My mum bought me a video of andre ruie (sp?) live in concert as a 25th birthday present. She thought it was 'trendy'. I was crying I laughed so much. He's supposed to be a good musician... but it was just a weird gift. Luckily I was able to swap it for a couple of CDs.

my girlfriend bought me a fake pink plant for my 21st birthday. definitely the worst gift I ever received

my mother-in-law bought me a pink polyester rug for a first wedding anniversary gift. even the cat won't sleep on it, it's so full of static electricity

yabbies in a jar for a 40th birthday gift mmmmmmmmmm

gift voucher for one of those flotation tanks - I'm claustraphobic!

a gift voucher for weight watchers!! Seriously. I was gobsmacked that someone could be so insensitive... since I'd just had a baby

a gift voucher for disco dancing lessons in Melbourne. I went and it was soooooooooooo bad. lots of daggy people in their 50's and 60's trying to re-live their youth.
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said to one guy - 'oh so you dressed up for the lesson?' and he said 'no' They were his usual clothes!

It was so bad it's funny... and I've told the story lots of times and have laughed so much about it.... so I guess it wasn't such a bad gift in the long run!

a pair of Big W thongs which broke after one week.

my close friend gave my some lottery scratch cards for my 30th birthday. I mean... who would give scratch cards as a gift? What was he thinking?

my friend gave me a cookbook for my birthday. Not bad you say? The thing is, I know she got it for free from her work, because she told me the week earlier. She must have forgotten she told me! She's very tight and has dome lots of those sorts of things since, so I'm not so friendly with her anymore!

my dad's idea of a good gift is to invite me around to a BBQ at his house, with steak and sausages etc. Fine except that I'm vegetarian and have been for 10 years. I'm always left with a manky old salad and some stale bread that he boast he got from Coles for 34c. Great gift dad!

I got a size 22 top from a friend for a 30th birthday gift. I was a size 14 at the time and 4 months pregnant. I was mortified she thought I was that big! It literally fell off my body it was so big.

Nothing in particular... but I hate it when people buy those tacky cheap skincare gift packs from Big W or the supermarket. I got one as a Christmas present - bubble bath - full of toxic chemicals - hand cream and body lotion. They use the cheapest, most horrible ingredients then try to package it up nicely to make it look as though it's a nice gift

I agree Julia! My mum gave me one of those once... so I kept it for a year and re-wrapped it and gave it back to her for Christmas. It was very funny. She didn't know it was the same gift she had given me... and my sister said she made a comment about the low quality gift I gave her! Well hello!!! I'll probably get it back next Christmas. hahahahaha

that's funny Elizabeth! I must try that - good idea. That's my sister's birthday gift sorted!

I always recycle my dodgy gifts and give them to people who just invite me to their parties to make up numbers - that I don't really know. I know that's mean, but I don't know why people invite strangers (almost) to their parties just to look popular

I don't think that's mean Tanya. If people are going to invite a virtual stranger to their party, then they can't expect an expensive thoughtful gift from them

my worst gift ever was a voucher to go whale watching off the coast of Perth. It lasted 3 agonising hours and I was sick the whole time! I puked like I've never puked before and now I'm too scared to go anywhere near boats.

It was a gift from my sister for my 40th. She came with me and was fine. She feels so bad about it!

josephina that's horrible. I get really sea sick as well. The gift of puke! hahahaha

the worst gift ever was a chunky knitted jumper in a diamond pattern - I looked like a really daggy golfer. It was horrid. i don't know what my mum was thinking. she usually gets me great presents. She thought it must have been trendy or something!!

a bag of mandarins with a bow around it - what were they thinking?

for a 10th birthday present, my grandmother gave me a bag of peanuts and a bar of cooking chocolate. She had heard me say that I love chocolate covered peanuts, so she thought it would be a good idea to give me the ingredients to make it at home. it was the funniest thing. mum and me couldn't stop laughing.

my husband gave me a box of low-fat sugar free sweets once! I was really upset - was he saying that I needed to lose weight? hahaha

I got a plastic water bottle and towel once - that's OK except that I knew the person got these gifts for free when they joined the gym!!