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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

You were married by 17?
I was still a virgin
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
My Nan knitted me a mohair jumper back in the 70's. Apart from being too itchy to wear, the sleeves were twice as long as my arms.
Do you have a pic by any chance? Lol
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

My mother-in-law knitted some ghastly bright yellow bootees, for our eldest girl, which were so big they would almost have fitted her as an adult.
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

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This made me smile Mups because a pal of mine one year stuck for ideas for Christmas decided to buy her grand kids a world wildlife fund care for a baby elephant for a year gift.

She sat them all down to explain what she had bought with pictures of the little elephant and its name thinking they would be delighted...but they totally misunderstood and jumped up and down with glee wanting to know where it was?...was it in her car they asked?.....what tears when all she had was the pictures....they are adults now but they often remind her how cheated they felt that it wasn't sat in her car patiently waiting to surprise them


Aah, that's a shame poor Gran's good intentions weren't quite understood, Summer.

There are lots of things you can sponser now as Christmas gifts aren't there, and they help something worthwhile as well.
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

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Do you have a pic by any chance? Lol
Ooooooooooh No! I looked like a Gorilla.
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09-11-2018, 04:39 PM
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

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You were married by 17?
I was still a virgin


I was only 18 when I got wed.
You think you know it all at that age, don't you.

Must have had the rose-tinted glasses on too much.
Still, I don't regret it really, and we stayed friends forever after we split, even though life moved on.
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09-11-2018, 05:40 PM
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

Originally Posted by Sweetie pie ->
I was married by that age. X
You were cute and happy as a button, I'm sure .

Originally Posted by Bratti ->
You were married by 17?
I was still a virgin
Me too and a loooooong time afterwards. Nose in the books and all. Besides, I looked like I was twelve.
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09-11-2018, 07:53 PM
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

Originally Posted by Bratti ->
You were married by 17?
I was still a virgin
Me too, married at 17 I mean, not a virgin

The strangest gift I've ever given was probably the bog seat I bought for my ex boss one Christmas.

She was absolutely chuffed with it and said she wished more people would buy the things she actually needed rather than expensive tat she didn't.
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09-11-2018, 08:00 PM
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

Originally Posted by Nicol ->
Me too, married at 17 I mean, not a virgin

The strangest gift I've ever given was probably the bog seat I bought for my ex boss one Christmas.

She was absolutely chuffed with it and said she wished more people would buy the things she actually needed rather than expensive tat she didn't.
Mmm, I suppose if that's what she wanted.
Mind you there are some lovely ones these days Nicol.
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Re: What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

I did buy my girlfriend a newspaper full of pea pods when I was 16, always the romantic
 
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