Microwaving bacon should be considered a misdemeanor criminal offense.
Fry it, or at the very least put it on a rack on a cookie sheet and bake it until it's crisp.
He should have given her a frying pan.
Best and Worst Christmas Gifts
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Microwaving bacon should be considered a misdemeanor criminal offense.
Fry it, or at the very least put it on a rack on a cookie sheet and bake it until it's crisp.
He should have given her a frying pan.
We had a frying pan. I wanted faster bacon!
Misfit Toy said:
And who can blame you? But in that case, of course, what you should have done is got the microwave bacon rack for yourself and something a bit less...um...present-for-your-momish for your wife. But since you're still married after 25 years, you've probably figured all that out by now.
For me...you know, I don't mind scarves and ugly sweaters and such. Most people do the best they can, you know? And lots of people are on tight budgets, and lots of people just don't have the self confidence needed to go out on a limb and get a personal gift. So all that's fine. Therefore, I'd have to say my worst present came from my mother-in-law, and sadly, it was the result of her genuinely trying to do something nice.
What she got me was this large bottle - the size of a bottle of wine - of an extremely suspect liquid vitamin suppliment. It was supposedly "all-natural" - though as I like to point out to people, though not my MIL, arsenic is "all-natural," too, as is aflatoxin - and it was sort of the modern health-food-store equivalent of those old-time patent medicines that were supposed to cure everything from constipation to baldness to "women's troubles." Among the many, many things this stuff was supposed to cure (besides constipation, baldness and "women's troubles"
) was asthma, which is why she got it for me. And it probably cost her quite a bit of money, too.But there I am on Christmas morning, and I'm looking at this stuff, and the bottle displays this long, long list of all the wonderful things it supposedly contains: so many hundred times the RDA of vitamin A, so many hundred times the RDA of vitamin C, and so on. And I'm thinking to myself, "Man, I don't know about this." And then I come to the following, which I swear I'm not making up: "1000 percent RDA selenium," and I said, "No, I don't think so." So I called my-mother-the-nurse, and Mom said, "I suggest you pour that right down the kitchen sink and tell (MIL) that it didn't 'agree' with you." So that's what I did. It hurt her feelings, but what else could I do? If I'd said how great it was, she might have bought me even more, and as I mentioned earlier, it wasn't cheap.
Best present? Gee, that's hard. It might be the anniversary ring that my husband got me a few years back. He'd gotten me one for some anniversary or other, but I lost it - horrors! - and I never could find it even though I knew I had left it in the bathroom and I searched and searched and searched and searched - I went so far as to search even more thoroughly several years later as we replaced the vinyl floor in the bathroom. So anyway, he got me a new one, and it's even prettier than the one I lost. What a guy!
The year Santa brought me a Creepy Crawlers set was pretty exciting, too! In a different way, of course.
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Well, my mother in law is mean old bat sometimes. But she's 84 and while very physically fit, mentally she may not be all there, so I try to keep that in mind. But what really irked me was that Hubby thought there was no reason to be bothered by this. She did give him a check, so that was, in a way, a gift for both of us.
But.....DAMN. It was just such a classless thing to do, I have a hard time forgiving that one.
Ah well. I suppose it's just part of having a mother-in-law.
Hmm... I honestly can't say what would be my worst gift or even my best. Like most of you here, I look at it as the thought that counts. Some people, even when you give hints, still have no clue and continue to buy you silly or horrible or useless things.
My son and daughter have given me wonderful gifts they buy from their school store: you know the ones...jewelry with 'Mom' on it, rings, necklaces, etc. I will wear them a few times, and then put them away in my jewelry box as keepsakes.
Funny enough, not necessarily the best gift, but my husband has given me totally practical gifts, that I truely love: blenders, vacuums, pots and pans... etc. I don't think of them as callous our stupid or get angry at all. I LOVE that he has the ability to remember what I said I needed and then go and get it for me. If I need a vacuum, and he gets me one then why would I be mad? I asked for it
Always makes me wonder why some women feel they deserve jewelry or spa packages or whatever instead of something they asked for.
Sure would I like a spa day? Of course, but it would only last that day. I guess as romantic as some of those types of gifts and notions are, I am just very pratical and would rather he spend the money on something that will actually be used and get that money's worth out of it
My son and daughter have given me wonderful gifts they buy from their school store: you know the ones...jewelry with 'Mom' on it, rings, necklaces, etc. I will wear them a few times, and then put them away in my jewelry box as keepsakes.
Funny enough, not necessarily the best gift, but my husband has given me totally practical gifts, that I truely love: blenders, vacuums, pots and pans... etc. I don't think of them as callous our stupid or get angry at all. I LOVE that he has the ability to remember what I said I needed and then go and get it for me. If I need a vacuum, and he gets me one then why would I be mad? I asked for it
Always makes me wonder why some women feel they deserve jewelry or spa packages or whatever instead of something they asked for. Sure would I like a spa day? Of course, but it would only last that day. I guess as romantic as some of those types of gifts and notions are, I am just very pratical and would rather he spend the money on something that will actually be used and get that money's worth out of it
^ There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting your spouse a completely practical present so long as you know it's something the spouse actually wants and would like to get for Christmas.
It's when she's hoping for something romantic - such as jewelry - and you get her a vacuum or he's hoping for something fun - such as tickets to a game - and you get him a new sweater, that you get in trouble.
It's when she's hoping for something romantic - such as jewelry - and you get her a vacuum or he's hoping for something fun - such as tickets to a game - and you get him a new sweater, that you get in trouble.
Well said!
I can't pick out a best Christmas gift because I've gotten so many nice presents over the years.
Since my family doesn't celebrate Christmas, I'm just going to point out the worst gift my sister ever got me. It was a t-shirt which she gave to me, saying "I know it's too small for you but think of it as motivation." Yeah, I still have that shirt and it still doesn't fit me.
Since my family doesn't celebrate Christmas, I'm just going to point out the worst gift my sister ever got me. It was a t-shirt which she gave to me, saying "I know it's too small for you but think of it as motivation." Yeah, I still have that shirt and it still doesn't fit me.
