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    15 Worst Valentine's Day Gifts Received by Real Women

    valentinevalentineI'm not a big believer in Valentine's Day. My husband is the romantic one in our marriage while I roll my eyes at the sappy cards he presents me with year after year. Last year, after celebrating 15 years of me griping about the price of flowers and returning jewelry I didn't like, he finally got the hint and got me ... nothing. Unlike most of my friends, I really didn't mind. Plus, compared to some of the whoppers below, nothing seems like the best gift ever.

    1. A T-shirt ... with Looney Tunes characters on it. Now if that doesn't say love, I don't know what does. -- Lindsay

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    2. Real flowers ... after telling him I'm highly allergic. Spent the day sleeping off the Benadryl. -- Mariah

    3. A stationary bike ... Am I that fat? -- Jennifer

    4. An Ugly Dog purse, with a card for the girl he was cheating on me with inside. -- Jen

    5. A royal blue "LOVE" stamp sweatshirt from the post office. -- Kimberly

    6. A card from the dollar store that had a teddy bear on it and it said, "To my friend on Valentine's Day." Someone forgot his glasses. -- Mara

    7. A half-eaten bag of pink and red M&M's. He said he got hungry on the way home. -- Jennifer

    8. A half dozen nearly dead roses and a card in Spanish because all of the other cards were gone. -- Kerri

    9. One of those razors that yanks the hair out by the roots ... OUCH! Guess my husband was giving me a hint. -- Wendy

    10. Lice. He bought me a hat at a secondhand store, and three days later, our whole house was infected. -- Brandy

    11. A DustBuster. No, really. -- Sharon

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    12. A plastic rose. The year after I got a ... plastic rose. -- Shannon

    13. An unsigned card, because he wanted to be able to reuse it the next year. -- Kaitlyn

    14. A pickle book. A recipe book to show 1,001 ways to cook pickles. -- Beckey

    15. Getting dumped ... 2 years in a row! -- Sarah

    What's the most unromantic gift you've ever gotten?

    Written by Jill Smokler on CafeMom's blog, The Stir.

    Image courtesy of Scary Mommy's Valentine collection

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    • Amanda  •  Plano, Texas  •  3 months ago
      Aw I finally got that ring I've been waitin 6 years for. I love him so much. I was cooking him breakfast this morning and as I turned around to put his plate on the counter he was behind me on one knee with the most beautiful ring ever. I'm so happy.
      • leelee6868 3 months ago
        Congratulations Amanda!! Cherish that moment and don't let the little things in life destroy your love for each other!!!
      • Ashley 3 months ago
        Awe yay :D
      • Charlene P 3 months ago
        Congratulations! What a sweetie! May you have many, many happy years together!
    • adarc  •  3 months ago
      Valentines Day isn't such a big deal. I don't know why so many people get so worked up about it. Every year my husband asks me the same thing " What do you wnat for Valentine's Day and I say "nothing", poor thing we've been married 16 years and he still won't believe me!
    • childs  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      One day when he's gone you'll miss the 'sappy' cards you rolled your eyes at.
      • katie 3 months ago
        So if a guy had said, "I hate it when she gets me flowers and sappy cards" would you have said "One day when she's gone you'll miss the "sappy" cards you rolled your eyes at" or would you have applauded him for not being gay or girlie? Not every girl's idea of romance is a $3 card from hallmark that has no thought put it into except the name that's signed on the bottom. I'd rather spend that on a movie rental we can watch together in bed.
    • Redtailfrog  •  Maricopa, Arizona  •  3 months ago
      Gummy bears. #$%$
    • Jason  •  Littleton, Colorado  •  3 months ago
      For my 1 year wedding anniversary I got my wife Tickets to see her Favorite Band Ear rings she wanted movies she wanted the works. She got me nothing and when I asked why she said she dropped the ball on that one. Needless to say we divorced after year 2
      • Tank 3 months ago
        Her lack of gift to you on Valentines day is what drove you two to a divorce.. really??
      • Christine 3 months ago
        That was really immature of you Jason...getting a divorce just because she didn't get you anything?
      • Candice R 3 months ago
        i think yall are missing the point.. it sounds like his ex was a shallow gold digger type that was never satisfied with a sweet jesture..
    • kame2c  •  Beaverton, Oregon  •  3 months ago
      I say celebrate every moment... enjoy Valentine's Day don't make it a chore...love!
    • Mysts  •  West Fork, Arkansas  •  3 months ago
      A can of Cinnamon from the baking aisle, he wanted cinnamon toast for breakfast. I smiled graciously and put the can in the cupboard. I divorced him two years later.
    • ler  •  3 months ago
      The funniest part is that after this story was put out, Shine did an article on gifts to get for men and they included pencils and a card. Way to break the bank.
      • Elizabeth 3 months ago
        I just read one that suggested silk long underwear would be a good gift for her. Really? Long underwear?
    • Emily  •  Highlands, North Carolina  •  3 months ago
      Women who #$%$ about flowers and jewelry are the ones who ruin it for those of us who would give our right arm to have a man actually love us and try to be romantic. Try appreciating a man's gesture for once.
    • H.  •  Columbia, South Carolina  •  3 months ago
      A CHAINSAW....sigh..and I'm still married to him after 35 years!
    • Ella  •  3 months ago
      I've never been given a valentines day gift from any guy. That's okay. I've been dating someone for over a year and last v-day, i cleaned his toilets and bought him nail clippers because I wanted to get him things he needed rather than do romantic things. He got me nothing. This year, I bought him Family Guy pj's. We love that show. He got me nothing. I don't really, deeply care, but it would have been nice.
    • cowboys!  •  3 months ago
      I'm so glad my husband and I celebrate by saying Happy Valentine's Day and that's it. It's a money making scheme... flowers and chocolates priced at 4 times what they'll be tomorrow. Save your money and buy it tomorrow!
    • yahoo user  •  3 months ago
      My best Valentine's Day gift from my husband was this: We had just moved to a new house and our shower area was freezing! I don't think it had the insulation it should have. He asked what I would like to have for Valentine's Day and I told him that I would like to have heat there. He installed a heater/fan in the ceiling vent. 20 years later, it is still working and I think of him every time I shower in the winter in the warmth.
    • eeyore  •  Richardson, Texas  •  3 months ago
      A call on the phone wishing me a Happy Valentine's day. I didn't see him at all that day, he was out with the woman he was cheating on me with.
    • Donna  •  Owensboro, Kentucky  •  3 months ago
      I enjoy buying my man gifts, especially on Valentine's Day. Not only for us women, you know.
    • Nancy S.  •  3 months ago
      One year, the guy I was dating, bought me a heart shaped box of chocolates, and then ate them all. I got maybe two pieces. Even though I had bought him his own box of candy. I decided I didn't need a man who was going to be a selfish, inconsiderate pig and told him to get lost.
    • ErinN  •  3 months ago
      Nothing. He took me out the day before, and insisted that nothing should be done on Valentine's Day itself, because we'd already celebrated on the 13th. (Might I add, he didn't tell me that this was his plan.) He criticized me up and down for wanting to do something on the Day itself, and called me selfish for wanting to celebrate. He told me he wasn't going to buy me anything else. I told him I didn't want him to buy me anything; I suggested going for a bike ride, or a walk. Nope, nothing doing. He refused even to set foot outside after that. Even with that rotten behavior, it was months before I got up the balls to leave.
    • MMorningstar  •  3 months ago
      I'd dated a guy for three years and thought maybe this Valentine's Day would have an engagement proposal. Instead he walked in with a hose reel cart (yes, I'm not kidding) with a big red bow on it, saying he'd noticed I needed one for my yard/house. Of course I thought it was a joke, leading up to the big proposal, but the cart was it. I found out that day that he was in love with somebody else and had just been stringing me along... I laugh out loud about it now, because I found somebody much, much better.
    • April  •  Jackson, Tennessee  •  3 months ago
      how about nothing, but i would rather get nothing than get lice! that was halarious lmao
    • Karen  •  Brea, California  •  3 months ago
      I personally would have liked #1 since I love the Looney Tunes! :)

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