Re: What was the worst gift you received?
To understand my worst gift you need a little setup...
Imagine if you will two brothers, about 5 years apart in age, enjoying Christmas Day at grandma's house. Among the presents under the tree, we have both seen that there are two large boxes, one for each of us. Mine, I assume because I am older, is larger than his.
We have to wait to open presents. (This is excruciating.)
We get to get things out of our stockings and we play around some.
Finally, time to open.
He and I both decide to wait until the end to open the 'big ones' and proceed to open gifts from grandma, grandpa, and Santa. What fun being young and getting stuff!
The moment arrives... we have all our presents, from toys to socks, opened and set aside. It is time to see what's in the big boxes. My little brother goes first. He unwraps his big box.
A TV! A TV! It's a 13" color TV! Wow. He can play his Nintendo (or whatever it was) in his room now. Awesome!
My box (remember it's larger) is also super heavy.
(It's gotta be a 19" TV for me! -- That's what I thought.)
I tore open the paper, pulled the tape off, opened the box... pulled out wads of paper and there it was...
A huge, clunky, manual, 1940s-1950s looking, typewriter from my grandparents attic.
They wanted to give it to me. An aspiring student. So they had it serviced and gave me paper and everything. I tried so hard to smile and say thanks. I don't know if I could mask my horror.
I looked at my Perry Mason typewriter and then at my brother's 13" color TV. Then I thought, "Well, I got some nice socks."
LOL
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