Christmas gifts gone wrong
If you have met someone new and have contemplated buying a present for Christmas, I urge you to be mindful of what you choose. In some cases, it may even be better to not buy anything at all.
If you have known each other for a short time, a really nice date or special outing may be the way to go. I know some classy people decide to dump their potential relationships to avoid the gift exchange, but it doesn’t have to happen that way!
I have seen gift exchanges derail a new romance simply because the person didn’t know enough about their date. You can misjudge their humor or personal taste and come off looking like a jerk.
Guys, don’t give someone you just started dating lingerie. It’s just lose-lose and way too risky, it’s hard to live down a bad gift purchase like that!
What is the best and worst Christmas exchange you have had?
I can recall this one guy that gave me what I thought was drug paraphernalia but it turned out to be an odd shaped crystal piece. It’s always good when the person can tell what the gift is right away!
Whatever you receive, good or bad, remember to be gracious and say thank you! Even if you have the urge to hurl the empty box at their head. Don’t do it!
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Blog
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407 comments Add your comment
Zulu
December 22nd, 2010
12:03 pm
2Can?
If she still trying and u with holding that means the desirability of ur stuff is gon up… ↑
Lady
December 22nd, 2010
12:04 pm
……..catching up……hmmmm
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
12:07 pm
@2C ~ well then, she loves her gift.
@BMW ~ yes indeed, yes indeed.
Fion
December 22nd, 2010
12:08 pm
Leggs_ that’s all I’m saying. If you get a chance to make a difference, take it. You never know man,
you jst never know.
2CPTG©--"that dude from da innanet"
December 22nd, 2010
12:09 pm
Leggs, BMW, do y’all know the pice of an oz. these days? shiiid, that’d be a gift to my damn self! alas, I’on smoke no mo….
Mo (aka Moeisha)
December 22nd, 2010
12:10 pm
Ok Im dropping back in
2CPTG – thanks for my gift, I guess Slim is alright! LOL! And I know companies that allow unlimited smoke breaks….smdh
Hey everybody, hope everyone is well!
Best Gift received – Tiffanys jewelry from my folks
Worst – cant say I have one, may not have liked some as well as others but cant say I got an outright bad gift
Fion
December 22nd, 2010
12:11 pm
I’ll catch ya’ll on the next turn. I got to find some cheese and crackers or somethin’
Delight23 ...Heading South for X-Mas...1 Day 2 Go
December 22nd, 2010
12:14 pm
Even the waxing that left me a bit light headed and woozy.
well dayum.
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
12:20 pm
@Delight23 ~ it was my first Brazilian waxing and I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t realize it would sting as much…whew. I needed a drink afterwards. I could hear my friend in the hallway laughing each time I squealed (for lack of a better word).
Delight23 ...Heading South for X-Mas...1 Day 2 Go
December 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
Sassy Me..2 days til MY birthday :-)
December 22nd, 2010
12:22 pm
I needed a drink afterwards.
Well dayum…that wax should’ve come with some kind of disclaimer…
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
12:23 pm
You stoopid.
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
12:26 pm
@SassyMe ~ I definitely agree. My friend purposefully didn’t tell me anything. She threw it in as a gift along with the pkg I already had. She said everyone should try it. I was game! Boy o boy….
Sassy Me..2 days til MY birthday :-)
December 22nd, 2010
12:38 pm
She said everyone should try it. I was game!
Yeah she set you up alright. Have you done it since then Leggs?
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
12:43 pm
@SassyMe ~ haven’t done it since, but did like the results.
blue© - one more day
December 22nd, 2010
12:44 pm
@Leggs – beauty procedures that you need a drink to recover from – alrighty then….sounds scary…
Lady
December 22nd, 2010
12:49 pm
Zulu I screamed! LMBAO @ U!
Turkey Slayer
December 22nd, 2010
12:58 pm
I need your advice. I have been out of the dating scene for years and now have met a wonderful woman. We have been dating for 2 months. She is a huge Falcon’s fan and I got her a #2 Matt Ryan jersey for Christmas. What do you think?
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:03 pm
@TSlayer ~ if that’s all you need our advice on, you’re in like Flint!
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:03 pm
a book of coupons good for one orgasm… that way you let her decide when to redeem them!
YesSheIsCute
December 22nd, 2010
1:08 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever received a worst gift from a lover. I usually don’t get gifts and if I do I’m very gracious. I expect the same in return. It’s the thought that counts, but don’t give me anything that shows you don’t think very much of me either.
YesSheIsCute
December 22nd, 2010
1:09 pm
@Wreck It that’s assuming he has a 100% success rate.
Luvbug
December 22nd, 2010
1:10 pm
((((testing)))
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:11 pm
hey, even if it takes a box of wine and a jackhammer, I ain’t stopping till you get your Christmas cheer!
~
Luvbug
December 22nd, 2010
1:11 pm
again…
man for Xmas?
Melo – Only you would think something like that. I do want to go to Dollywood, but nobody wants to take me…plus I aint told nobody that.
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:12 pm
@YesSheIsCute so… how cote are you?? lol
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:12 pm
OMG, a box of wine and a jackhammer…too funny!
Luvbug
December 22nd, 2010
1:13 pm
d@mn you blog screener!!!!
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:13 pm
@Yees ~ don’t answer that…you are not cote!!
Lady
December 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
a jackhammer wow lol
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:15 pm
@Leggs oh, so you must be the cute one on here
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:23 pm
@WreckIt ~ one of many in Blogsville!
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:24 pm
Is Blogsville anywhere near Alpharetta?? lol
DreamsMaterialize
December 22nd, 2010
1:31 pm
OMG, a box of wine and a jackhammer…too funny!
No, not the Franzia! lol
Man anybody as ready as I am to go home?
Oh, blue people were cheating at Secret Santa I tell ya. So, the rules, which were written for all to see, stated that Monday thru Thursday you were to buy your Secret Santa a gift for NO MORE THAN $1 each day, and on the Friday you were to buy a gift for NO MORE THAN $10. So, day 1 comes and everyone is opening their gifts. People are getting necklaces, slippers, handbags, shiiit that you KNOW didn’t cost a $1. Shoot the gift bags were more than a $1. Stupid me actually followed the rules, so imagine how my Secret Santa felt when everyone else is getting etravagant shiiit, and she got effin hand sanitizer. lol
AmazonRed™
December 22nd, 2010
1:32 pm
Ha ha… my friends and I are joking about me being a real ATL socialite now. I hit the society pages of an ATL lifestyle magazine again. I guess the next step is getting a reality show for doing nothing!
BlackMagicWoman
December 22nd, 2010
1:33 pm
LEGGS….girl you are bold. Me and hot wax near my choch is a NO GO!
DreamsMaterialize
December 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
I guess the next step is getting a reality show for doing nothing!
ARed dang can I be down?
YesSheIsCute
December 22nd, 2010
1:35 pm
@Wreck It… I clean up very nicely
Sassy Me..2 days til MY birthday :-)
December 22nd, 2010
1:36 pm
Man anybody as ready as I am to go home?
If you ask me…I’m reeaaaaaady(said in my A. Keys voice)
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:37 pm
@LEGGS, did you go full Brazilian, or leave the “landing strip” (I heard strips are out of style now, but a prefer to look at a little something when I’m down there- gives it a little more personality! )
WreckIt
December 22nd, 2010
1:38 pm
@YesSheIsCute hmm… color me intrigued… lol
Luvbug
December 22nd, 2010
1:40 pm
Dreams – That was funny and sad.
Hand sanitizer Dreams??
Kym
December 22nd, 2010
1:42 pm
Good Afternoon All,
Just popping in to say hello and Happy Holidays to you all!!
Zulu
December 22nd, 2010
1:43 pm
Which magazine Ared?
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:54 pm
“…only to snap-back to its ‘true’ owner” = hystercical and so very true.
@BMW ~ I was there and said “WTH…let’s do the damn thing!”
I went full Brazilian.
@DreamsM ~ that was too funny. I could see her looking at the hand sanitizer, then looking around at the other gifts and then back at the sanitizer thinking what cheap dastardly b#*#*# (bought th
I am whatever you say I am
December 22nd, 2010
1:55 pm
Ared: at your 11:09.
Thank you, that was very kind of you.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
Leggs
December 22nd, 2010
1:56 pm
Huh, what happened to the rest of my letters? (bought this)!
I am whatever you say I am
December 22nd, 2010
2:02 pm
ooohhh!!!!!! I want one!!!!
http://www.reebok-nfl-jersey.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/10_eli_manning_new_york_giants_women_jersey_1.jpg
blue© - one more day
December 22nd, 2010
2:04 pm
@Dreams – hand sanitizer? really? thats too funny….poor thing hto, all excited and everythign….
@Wreck – OMG, a box of wine and a jackhammer…too funny! – well d@mn ok…but really really that box wine can be dangerous….
@YSIC – I clean up very nicely – good one
@Delight – be safe!!!
AmazonRed™
December 22nd, 2010
2:05 pm
Thanks I am! You too.