- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) 12•4 months ago
My schizophrenic uncle wanted to give me relatively big sum of money
He seemed sane at the moment but like you never know, I preferred to not tempt fate
- boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 2•4 months ago
Good on you for turning it down. Or had they manifested the idea they had money but didn’t?
- Emmie ( @Emmie@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
I don’t know really. They had some rent or something like that.
- squid_slime ( @squid_slime@lemm.ee ) 9•4 months ago
Secondhand golf clubs. Dont play golf…
- Jimmycrackcrack ( @Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ) 4•4 months ago
I would say it might make a good re-gifting option to have on standby but, they’re second hand, they’re heavy and space consuming and, at least I personally, don’t know anyone who plays golf either. Gift sucks.
- squid_slime ( @squid_slime@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
They’re less of a gift and more akin to a cures. And in order to lift the cures I must gift them to someone else.
- Jimmycrackcrack ( @Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ) 1•4 months ago
Good luck. I guess even second hand they’re probably pretty good if you like golf, at least I mean maybe. I suppose they could be sucky clubs too. Hope you find someone that’s into golf
- squid_slime ( @squid_slime@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
They’re fully worthless 😂😂😂 like less secondhand and more forthhanf
- Jimmycrackcrack ( @Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ) 1•4 months ago
Ah ok, definitely skip bin then. Do you have local government refuse collection where you live?
- squid_slime ( @squid_slime@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
Indeed, you could have them if you wanted thiugh… 🥹
- Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) English7•4 months ago
My mother wanted to give me a 2x2x1 foot bug zapper. I live in a small townhouse, only a few feet of outdoor space. What we do have is taken up with native plants trying alto attract bees and insects due to the shocking drop in them. We also live in a climate that does not have mosquitoes or annoying bugs really. In the 8 years I’ve lived here we have had one fly come into our home, we’ve never complained about bugs once, and we’ve constantly talked about how little space we have.
I returned it.
- EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted ( @EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English11•4 months ago
I am ashamed to admit I spent way too long trying to figure out what a “foot bug” was.
… … … I’m tired. :'(
- 56! ( @56_@lemmy.ml ) 3•4 months ago
Haha I read it as “foot bug zapper”, as in a bug zapper you attach to your foot…
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 6•4 months ago
Candies.
Specifically the grandma candy dish Strawberry wrapped & flavored ones…now, normally candy is candy but this got weird.
So it started last autumn when we were sitting around & talking shit about old people (as we are old) and i made the joke about these specific candies and how you never EVER see them for sale in any retail store, they judt appear magically to those over 65 years old.
So then my friend went on a quest, she bought some on line that got held up in customs, so returned those. then the next ones were shipped from Argentina to a friend in Belize who shipped them to us in Spain…so as a joke she gave them to me in February as a Christmas present.
But that’s not the gift.
There is another person who overheard this candy journey & shortly after receiving these this person left for the US to visit family and came back with 5lbs (2.5kg)!!! and gifted them to me saying “I heard a little bird saying these were your favorites!”.
Soni say thank you but then explained how the whole thing was a joke & a gag gift…when they were leaving much later that evening I again thanked them for the gift and this person said "You’re welcome, even though they’re not your favorite!
and all I could honestly think of was “mom?”
I mean …Holy fuck who says that? (besides my mom).
- HubertManne ( @HubertManne@kbin.social ) 6•4 months ago
As an adult I hate gifts in general. If I wanted something I would have gotten it and if its something I could not get it would usually be so expensive as to be quite embarrassing. Rarely someone comes across a great deal on something I would want or is something that I would want that is not to expensive but not commonly available but then such opportunities are not just rare but almost never happen close enough to a gift giving occasion (as we do such things in society). As such I almost never want them and do not like to give them except when the rare opportunity arises and then out of the blue. This tends to fluster the recipient who then seeks to get something inane for me.
- SouthFresh ( @SouthFresh@lemmy.ml ) 5•4 months ago
Baseball tickets, I find nothing rewarding about watching baseball.
- boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 3•4 months ago
I’m the same but I find the atmosphere of a live game of pretty much any sport to be enjoyable. I just need a vague understanding of the rules, I pick a team to go for, and settle in.
I also like beer so that helps.
- cRazi_man ( @cRazi_man@lemm.ee ) 5•4 months ago
My mother wanted to get me a wide brim sun hat with a neck flap: https://imgs.search.brave.com/fVuBnMVVBRH1g28fcDzOX0uUoC4Si8j5_V0yd65cJL4/rs:fit:860:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9tLm1l/ZGlhLWFtYXpvbi5j/b20vaW1hZ2VzL0kv/NzEzZDRjWUhZNUwu/anBn
She thought it would be good to save me from the sun while mowing the lawn. I asked her to return it. There was no way I was going to wear that.
- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 21•4 months ago
Your mom knows what’s up. You can’t undo sun damage, and anyone that cares what you look like while mowing the lawn is a grade A weirdo.
- cygnus ( @cygnus@lemmy.ca ) 2•4 months ago
True, but you can get the best of both worlds with sunscreen. I stopped leaving home without at least SPF 30 and it made a remarkable difference to how quickly my face is aging.
- cRazi_man ( @cRazi_man@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
My main concern was it doesn’t provide enough sun cover. I wanted more. I had her buy me this instead: https://cdn.ezcosplay.com/media/catalog/product/p/o/power_rangers_white_ninjetti_ranger_cosplay_costume_1_2.jpg
- Steve ( @Steve@startrek.website ) 5•4 months ago
I have that hat, its good. Get over yourself and hug your mother.
- xia ( @xia@lemmy.sdf.org ) English4•4 months ago
Seems to imply it’s the exception and not the rule. It’s hard enough to figure out what I want/need for myself, why would someone’s guess or random whim be better? Just toss it on the pile of stuff people expect me to keep b/c they gave it to me…
- Alice ( @Alice@beehaw.org ) 1•4 months ago
This is so mean, I know my family tries…
I know a lot of adults are into figurines and toys, but I’m not. I have a small apartment and dusty surfaces stress me out. Plus there’s a bug problem courtesy of my neighbors, and it’s important to be able to clean up after those fuckers quickly. I just don’t like a home with a bunch of tiny knick-knacks taking up surface space.
Every birthday and Christmas I get a dozen small toys, usually for things I liked as a kid. I try to mention that I want kitchenwares or craft supplies, but my family just doesn’t remember things I say very often. The fact that they’ve started remembering my birthday, after I mention it all month long, is a victory.
I don’t want anyone to see their gifts in thrift stores, so I try to sell them on ebay, but it’s slow.
- ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 1•4 months ago
A watch, lady Christmas. I don’t like knowing what time it is and I can’t wear wrist jewelry at work.