When you receive presents...
 

Be it for Xmas/birthday/whatever, are they actually what you wanted or do you wonder what bizarre images you're projecting of yourself to friends and family?

Usually I get things I like but there have been some odd gifts over the last couple of years.
While at Uni, once a relative bought me a pack of 12 cans of baked beans???
I hate baked beans so I was puzzled at that as a gift and haven't a clue as to how they arrived at that as a present.

12 cans of baked beans :laugh2:

I tend to steer my nearest and dearest in the right direction.

Does not always work though:spin:

No. I always pull a face of disgust

always generic football inspired presents from my extended family because I'm pigeon holed like that

My family though, know me a bit better enough to just get me vouchers because I'll never be happy with anything

With my mum I always know what it is because she asks me what I want :laugh: but with others I either get funny-jokey presents (a princess magazine from my housemate for my birthday, for example) or nice surprises (Bowie stuff, the odd after shave, bottle of wine). I can't remember the last really bad gift I got.

I don't ever get presents from anybody I know in real life, except my boyfriend, and he knows well enough what I like.

:joker:I know, I never eat them, it was one of those shrink wrapped packs of 12 tins of them.
A strange choice of gift, practical I guess but I really cannot stand baked beans so they had to be given away.

My Mom asks me what to get/know what I like. Other family get me books/alcohol or my football team stuff lol

..I always like everything I get or most things but I do seem to get a lot of 'girly' stuff and I'm not really girly at all but people seem to think I am..I like the stuff though...

You probably get lots of Galaxy chocolates now with how 'advert' your persona looks Rhino!

..I do get lots of chocolates...(not necessarily Galaxy though..)..mostly from the children at school...

I always tend to get something I need or a nice surprise that I will use and not just leave around the house gathering dust.

My mother and sister in law have a knack of picking up the tiniest things you mention throughout the year though and somehow remember when it comes to xmas or birthdays.


:joker:

I'm guessing it's the cliché that students live on nothing but cold baked beans Joey.

http://www.deargrumpycat.com/wp-cont...rumpy-Cat1.jpg

me opening presents

^^^ :laugh:

I tell people what I want.