Beat: worst birthday presents ever from parents

[djstu]

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Also, for my birthday last year, I was given socks. I'm not even joking. As a result, when xmas came around I gave my parents a list of presents I wanted, from which they could chose one or more to give me.

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Question: Is making a list for xmass and bdays not standard in your families? My brothers, sister, and I have been doing it since we could write and it saves us a [censored] of trouble around the holidays. You'll still get gifts that weren't on your list that people will think you'll like, but none of this rogaine crap.

[tedtodd]

My grandparents got me this. They used to give me cash or savings bonds....then suddenly their retirement ran low, and we started to get junk like this. Seriously- Don't waste your money.

I have an oven, I don't need this giant EZ-Bake pizza maker taking up space in my kitchen:

[mrpotto]

Years ago when I was 12 or 13 my Uncle the plumber gave me and my brothers a bunch of his promotional plumber tee shirts.

One was poker related. It had a picture of a Royal Flush Card Hand on the front and said below,

"A Flush beats a Full House" Call XXXXX Plumbing.

The 2nd was themed after the movie Ghostbusters. It had a circle with a couple pieces of poop in the middle with a red line through it. Below it read, "Turdbusters--Who Ya Gonna Call? XXXXXX Plumbing"

I thought the shirts were cool but Mom never let us wear them.

[Jdanz]

Folks know i support myself through poker, bought me a big bad-ass slot machine retro fitted to use quarters even though that's illegal now for my 21st. Pretty stellar gift.

It's got all sorts of weird ass Japanese writing on it and pays out like never and i can't figure out how to change it cause it's in Japanese.

[Jdanz]

generally I take the folks to baller dinners for their birthdays. So much more pleasant and worthwhile than some random crap they don't want or already would have bought themselves.

I never ask for anything so I have a ton of saved up birthday capital, that after a bunch of years has accumulated to a trip anywhere in the world for me and a friend. Kinda outrageous but I've pretty much supported myself though college via poker/scholarship and never ask for anything so they're always near desperate to give me money/gifts. Kinda interesting dynamic.

[Dr. Mykonid]

Some book about birds when I was 15, sigh they want me to be a nerd

Last christmas my dad called me when I was playing poker and he complained how he was short on money and could only give me very little this winter, I lost a $700 pot while talking to him and he gave me $25

[Grasshopp3r]

Update from Gild on how the rogaine is working?

[Gildwulf]

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Update from Gild on how the rogaine is working?

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my hair still exists

[skunkworks]

Gildwulf,

I am anxiously waiting your birfday so that I can gift you some Propecia.

[fiskebent]

My dad once got a book called "The female inside the man" ('Det kvindelige i manden' in danish) for my birthday.
The blurb reads "About the psychology of the modern man, as expressed through his dreams".

I've never expressed any interest in psychology, so I can only assume that my dad thinks I'm a girl.