Devastated mum quizzes Mumsnet on the worst gifts they have received after being given a PORK PIE by her husband
"The man who is supposed to love me buys me meat wrapped in pastry!?"
IMAGINE it is your birthday, you're excited to open your presents and get spoilt, and your husband gives you a pork pie.
Understandably, it is probably not what you expected.
But that is exactly what happened to user Butterflybuns on her birthday.
The disappointed Mum wrote on the parenting forum: "Well it's my birthday today. My dh (dear husband) who is usually lovely but really rubbish at presents has bought me a pork pie.
"An actual pork pie claiming I am too hard to buy for.
"He knows I like gin, chocolate and flowers- if in doubt that would be great.
"But no, he thinks of me and buys a pork pie. The man who is supposed to love me buys me meat wrapped in pastry!?
"It's not about the value of it, it's about how he's made me feel on my birthday- pretty s*** actually.
"So yes I am upset and no I don't want to be treated like a princess. Has anyone received a sh***** present?"
After opening up the controversial question, the forum was swamped with other mums who had been given less than thoughtful gifts.
TrickyD received a document shredder for Christmas one year, problem was she already had a perfectly good one.
YabuDabbaDoo wrote: "I received an oven glove one Christmas. Not even a nice one. Beige with maroon floral 1980s grandma curtain pattern.
"We separated the following year."
Chippednailvarnishing was not happy with her Jack the Ripper board game for Christmas.
She said:" Serial Killer - check, prostitutes - check, hideously complicated rules - check, in the bin - check.
"He hasn't done that again."
It got worse for some women.
DerelictMyBalls said: "Spot cream AND wrinkle cream. Double insult whammy."
And smEDDtoplasm explained: "My dh (dear husband) is a c*** present buyer. Mostly I insist that we don't buy for eachother. Ever. So my feelings are spared by his sh*** gifts.
"I think the worst one was probably some DVD about Japanese war history with subtitles. War history is something he is interested in.
"He knows I find things like that very upsetting. We watched it. It was horribly graphic. Harrowing really. I sobbed all the way through and he asked me if I was OK.
"God knows why he thought that would be a good idea."
This one might take the cake though.
FookyNell was given windscreen wipers and a foot pumice.
She said: "Windscreen wipers. Oh, and a battery operated hard skin remover for feet."
And PlummyBrummy was given a bin once - now that really is a rubbish present.
But others have come to the defence of their significant other, saying they actually loved the seemingly horrible gift they had been given.
MouldyPeach said: "My dp (dear partner) bought me hubcaps for mu birthday. I could see him holding his breath because I might think it a s*** present but actually I was over the moon."
JelliBelli tried to see the funny side of the situation, saying: "Oh come on. Am I the only one thinking it?
"Give it to him for his f****** dinner."
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Not to worry though, original poster butterflybuns checked back in later and said: "Just been back from a shopping trip and bought myself some lovely things, been out for lunch and got a Bogtrotter cake.
"He can have the pork pie, me and the DC's (darling children) can have cake tonight. Kind of glad I'm not the only member of the s*** present club!"