HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! ‘Tis the season to get all sentimental and slushy over the one(s) you love.
Or perhaps it’s jogged your memory about an, eh, unfortunate gifting experience between a person you once loved/still love, despite them being hopeless at buying presents.
DailyEdge.ie put a call out to hear all about the worst Valentine’s gift you’ve ever gotten – and my God, some of them were doozies.
There was a common theme of ‘tight-arsery’ among some.
I was in another country for Valentine’s Day, so he got my best friend to buy me roses. He never paid her back.”
Awks.
I brought [redacted] to Ireland vs France in the Six Nations a few years ago. My grandmother was very ill at the time and I was spending a lot of time in Dublin with her that month. On the day itself, [redacted] turned up hungover, un-showered and covered in another girl’s lipstick.
He’d also forgotten his wallet, so I had to pay for everything.”
Yeah, not great now.
A birthday card, with ‘birthday’ crossed out and Valentine’s written instead.”
Ah here. It’s not as if you’d be short of branded content on the day!
A perfume from Dealz which smelled like wet leaves/grass.”
Scintillating, truly.
The worst Valentine I’ve ever gotten was definitely a shitty Insta post of a picture of me going out when I was 16, because we’d agreed ‘not to do Valentine’s Day’.”
Boy done … Not so good?
My ex-boyfriend made me a cake but accidentally gave me the one he made for his friend-with-benefits.”
Wow, talk about having your cake and eating it! Haha! Amirite? (I’m so sorry.)
However, some “terrible” gifts are up for debate.
I got an 80s burger phone from my husband-”
Em, class? You get to live your Blossom/Saved By The Bell fantasy!
… He said it combined my two loves – eating and talking!”
Classy stuff.
An ex bought me windscreen wipers one year. But I needed wipers, in fairness.”
Romance can be wholly practical to, y’know.
A bike!”
From a man who’s clearly concerned about his gf’s environmental impact.
I’ve always gotten really nice gifts but the first year I was with my ex I literally just got him a naggin haha. Girlfriend of the year award.”
Nothing says “I’m committed to you” like a bottle of Glen’s.
Those who didn’t get shitty gifts simply got … Nothing at all.
Nothing!”
No gift!”
Two years in, nothing. We broke up shortly after.”
And then, there was the truly batsh*t exchanges.
“A good friend of mine got her now husband a pig’s heart for Valentine’s Day one year. No joke.”
One year, I got flowers and chocolates from a guy who claimed he was a knight of Templar and had stalked me for three years.”
Yikes.
If you’re reading this and hurting, feel free to splash out on something nice for yourself. You deserve it!