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 2013-01-04 12:49 PM |
Master  1327    Ann Arbor, Michigan |  Subject: Best Bizarre Xmas GiftOk, I'll go first. You need backdrop. Husband of ~10 years, been together 12. Divorced parents since he's 5. His mother, 72, yes, I know, cliche, but bat crazy. Been in therapy for 35 years. WEEKLY. Goes to Al-Anon and any other support group she can find. Also has every known illness around. Her current food preoccupation du jour is gluten free. Her dog has been having issues lately and I nearly peed my pants when she told us last Sunday her dog needs to be gluten free as well. She has been waiting for the day we get divorced, heh heh. To my credit I've never risen to the bait of criticism, egging on, any other creative machinations on her part to cause consternation. We cut back on Xmas gifts, so the only gift I get this year? A subscription to Psychology Today. WTH? "Oh, when I'm in my therapist's office I really enjoy reading the articles." ROFLMAO. Hubster and I got a good chuckle out of it, as did all my friends. |
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Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift travljini - 2013-01-04 1:49 PM . . . her dog needs to be gluten free as well. This actually makes sense to me.
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| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift Goosedog - 2013-01-04 12:58 PM travljini - 2013-01-04 1:49 PM . . . her dog needs to be gluten free as well. This actually makes sense to me.
My parents put their dog on a GF diet for awhile to see if it would help with his inflammation problems (since it often does in humans). Not that strange; we go to great lengths to help our ailing pets. |
| 2013-01-04 1:05 PM in reply to: #4562307 |
Champion 14571  the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift lisac957 - 2013-01-04 2:01 PM Goosedog - 2013-01-04 12:58 PM travljini - 2013-01-04 1:49 PM . . . her dog needs to be gluten free as well. This actually makes sense to me.
My parents put their dog on a GF diet for awhile to see if it would help with his inflammation problems (since it often does in humans). Not that strange; we go to great lengths to help our ailing pets. it is the second most common allergen, after corn. my dog is corn and gluten free. |
| 2013-01-04 1:17 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Expert 3126 Boise, ID | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift
I will respond to something other than the dog and say HAHA!! That is a good one! I didn't get anything strange this year, but I do have some nutty in-laws! |
| 2013-01-04 1:23 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Elite 3277 Minnetonka | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift I gave my wife a thigh master and a butt master this year. She wasn't thrilled...
Back Story - Suzanne Sommers comes to where I work once a month or so. I'm going to have her autograph them.... |
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Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift SoberTriGuy - 2013-01-04 2:23 PM I gave my wife a thigh master and a butt master this year. She wasn't thrilled...
you're lucky she didn't give you divorce papers! |
| 2013-01-04 1:34 PM in reply to: #4562348 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift SoberTriGuy - 2013-01-04 2:23 PM I gave my wife a thigh master and a butt master this year. She wasn't thrilled...
You might need the subscription to Psychology Today.
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| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift I have an uncle that gives strange gifts. Sometimes they are strange but thoughtful - and other times just strange. They always come from Wal-Mart and still in the Wal-Mart sack. I've gotten: Chex cereal |
| 2013-01-04 1:40 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift I once got a green and yellow paisley table cloth from my mom at a time when I didn't even have a kitchen table, nor would I ever want green and yellow, or paisley. I went to go return it only to find out she had gotten it at a small boutique store for 50% off and they don't do returns. I ended up exchanging it for some different varieties of fudge. |
| 2013-01-04 1:40 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Veteran 1019 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift My boys enjoyed their snack from Santa. (boys.jpg) Attachments ---------------- boys.jpg (47KB - 23 downloads) |
| 2013-01-04 1:41 PM in reply to: #4562304 |
Master 1327 Ann Arbor, Michigan | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift Goosedog - 2013-01-04 1:58 PM travljini - 2013-01-04 1:49 PM . . . her dog needs to be gluten free as well. This actually makes sense to me.
Yeah we actually feed our dogs grain free and know it makes a difference. it just felt really funny when she announced her dog needed to be gluten free Edited by travljini 2013-01-04 1:41 PM |
| 2013-01-04 1:42 PM in reply to: #4562384 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift lisac957 - 2013-01-04 2:39 PM They always come from Wal-Mart and still in the Wal-Mart sack. I've gotten: Chex cereal This guy is genius.
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Champion 15211 Southern Chicago Suburbs, IL | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift mehaner - 2013-01-04 1:05 PM lisac957 - 2013-01-04 2:01 PM Goosedog - 2013-01-04 12:58 PM travljini - 2013-01-04 1:49 PM . . . her dog needs to be gluten free as well. This actually makes sense to me.
My parents put their dog on a GF diet for awhile to see if it would help with his inflammation problems (since it often does in humans). Not that strange; we go to great lengths to help our ailing pets. it is the second most common allergen, after corn. my dog is corn and gluten free. Technically it is not an allergy. In true clinical terms it is a sensitivity. Allergic reactions solicit very specific reactions that are not exhibited through gluten intolerance. That being said, it is incredibly painful for anyone that is intolerant (celiac and krohn's). |
| 2013-01-04 1:44 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Pro 4313 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift Not me but a coworker of mine. Her uncle is UBER-rich. He owns a national chain restaurant and several other business ventures that have netted him and the family a ton of cash. For Christmas, they (the coworker and her husband) got the rich aunt/uncle a "lazy susan" and a table top wine rack with a bottle of wine in it. Apparently they entertain a lot and it would be useful. What did my coworker and husband get from the rich uncle.....2 'happy face' stress balls and a $25 gift card to his restaurant. |
| 2013-01-04 1:51 PM in reply to: #4562401 |
Pro 4838 | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift bradleyd3 - 2013-01-04 1:44 PM Not me but a coworker of mine. Her uncle is UBER-rich. He owns a national chain restaurant and several other business ventures that have netted him and the family a ton of cash. For Christmas, they (the coworker and her husband) got the rich aunt/uncle a "lazy susan" and a table top wine rack with a bottle of wine in it. Apparently they entertain a lot and it would be useful. What did my coworker and husband get from the rich uncle.....2 'happy face' stress balls and a $25 gift card to his restaurant.
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double thumbs down for the rich uncle. His own restaurant????? So weak.| 2013-01-04 1:53 PM in reply to: #4562388 |
Pro 4838 | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift kevin_trapp - 2013-01-04 1:40 PM My boys enjoyed their snack from Santa. That is awesome! I wish I was good last year and would have got that. My 6 year old would have thought that was the greatest gift. Anything zombie is cool to him but zombie skin jerky, wow. |
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| Master 2083 Houston, TX | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift kevin_trapp - 2013-01-04 1:40 PM My boys enjoyed their snack from Santa.
This one isn't bizarre. This one is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you find that? |
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Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift Our dad used to give us money in the form of $2 bills. It got cooler as we got older because the number of $2 bills kept rising, I think topping out at 250 $2 bills each. I don't know where he found $1,000 worht of $2 bills but he did. That's not the funny part -- one year my brother demanded gifts that weren't ``an envelope thrown at us.'' so we awoke on Christmas morning to find a bunch of boxes, heavy boxes, under the tree. Inside each? A brick or book or something heavy taped to the bottom of the box, under which resided an envelope full of $2 bills.  My dad was pretty funny sometimes. |
| 2013-01-04 2:35 PM in reply to: #4562447 |
Veteran 1019 St. Louis | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift jgaither - 2013-01-04 2:10 PM kevin_trapp - 2013-01-04 1:40 PM My boys enjoyed their snack from Santa.
This one isn't bizarre. This one is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you find that? www.thinkgeek.com. Unfortunately it's seaweed, not jerky. Unless it's wrapped around rice and raw fish, it's just not worth eating. |
| 2013-01-04 2:51 PM in reply to: #4562384 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift lisac957 - 2013-01-04 2:39 PM I have an uncle that gives strange gifts. Sometimes they are strange but thoughtful - and other times just strange. They always come from Wal-Mart and still in the Wal-Mart sack. I've gotten: Chex cereal FTW. My step grandmother never liked me; I always knew this. One year: She gave my sister and cousins real gifts and I got a tube of Colgate and a toothbrush. |
| 2013-01-04 2:55 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Extreme Veteran 392 Raleigh | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift Christmas 1977. I got the oddest Christmas gifts from my grandmother: Two porcelain elves. They were about the same size as Star Wars figurines. They both donned the classic green elf garb and were painted with rosy cheeks and cherub like faces. One looked like it was frolicking in the forest and the other in some demure reclining pose. I still remember the bizarre nature of the gift because I was 11 and all I wanted was Star Wars crap. I fondly remember the feeling of being horribly duped by the packaging and robbed of my innocence with gay elf porn. |
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Veteran 376 Medford Lakes, NJ | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift pitt83 - 2013-01-04 3:51 PM [FTW. My step grandmother never liked me; I always knew this. One year: She gave my sister and cousins real gifts and I got a tube of Colgate and a toothbrush.
Maybe she was trying to tell you something? Just a thought. |
| 2013-01-04 3:14 PM in reply to: #4562384 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift lisac957 - 2013-01-04 2:39 PM
They always come from Wal-Mart and still in the Wal-Mart sack.
Is sack midwestern for bag? |
| 2013-01-04 3:17 PM in reply to: #4562288 |
Extreme Veteran 542 Pauls Valley, OK | Subject: RE: Best Bizarre Xmas Gift I had a friend who received from her crazy aunt a used tube of lipstick..............with a handwritten 25 cents sticker. Yep, it came from a garage sale. The aunt said it was still good. All you had to do was wipe it off a little. |
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