What do you do when you get some bad gift? how react?

i still smile and show appreciation, although i know it myself that either i didn't like the gift or i already have something like it. of course i dont want to hurt the feeling of the one who gave it to me. but the fact that i was given a gift regardless if i liked it or not, now that's what i should appreciate deep within and be thankful :)

I really hate the people who brings the gifts we did not like. However I accept it first and put it away or I can give it to somebody who used to like it.

I accept a gift in the intention that it was given. A gift is given from a giver's heart and it should be received in that way too. it truly is the thought that counts and not the gift itself. Even if i was not that pleased with a gift I would not insult the giver by letting them see my disppointment. i would just accept the gift in gratitude.

Hi there! Every christmas season we're having christmas party and do exchanging of gifts. i was picked by one of our maintenance crew during exchange gift, when I open it i was upset deep inside but I'm trying to smile for not him to get hurt. When the party ends, I saw the gifts of my co wrkers and it was nice..most of them.. I go back to room and see again my gift, it was really not my type. I'm not contented of it. But I have nothing to do with it. I only give it to the kids in our town.

Ever since my first year in High School experience, When I had to give a gift durign christmas.. I really did not know much about the person unfortunately for me, he was the One I picked. So I gave him an alarm clock and obviously he kept hiding it and was very pissed. I was so hurt that I had to spend that money in the end he hated it but it was also my fault.. Since then, I never looked at gift-giving the same way as it is. I realized now that its the thought that counts.. It's better to have a gift than picturing myself not having one at all. Guess, it was God's mysterious way in teaching me (:

you shouldnt reject it no mater how....ugly,distasteful,not needed it is

as years goes by i've learned the art of smiling and thanking and appreciating gifts no matter if i like it or not. why? because i find buying gifts very stressful. i suck in buying gifts too so i understand if i get something that means they had a hard time thinking what they will get for me. if ever i get something that i dont like i keep it until my wife nags about it har har har... that the things i dont use has to go.

just receive it and say thank you. they had try hard to think about what they can give to us. i won't make them disappointed. so i just keep the gift and try to give it to someone whom i know who will like it

For me I get angry and whole my life get confuse of all the gift I ever had is bad.

I just appreciate the thought of giving me a gift, yes it counts. However I would admit the fact that there are times I still have my violent reaction when it comes to gifts that I don't really like. Of course I just hide it to myself regarding my negative reactions on my gift. That is why what I am doing is that I am giving it to other people or just keep it if I don't really like it.

Get bad gift. don't react as i think we should respect others and if we don't like gift then we should not react. I just take them very easily and try to forget the things. Have a good time!

I have received a few things in the past I could not used and or did not know what to do with them. So not really re-gifting but gave them to people who could use them. I believe I have always shown appreciation even if I did not like them, but again saved them for a while until I knew someone could use them.

I will react as much fake as I can, poor friend or beloved one that bought me the present I would think. They had a good intention. I received my share of bad gifts in my life and I faked well. I remember how I would wear a terrible shirt my mom gave me for 2 years until she go to Japan, when she went I put the shirt in the back of the wardrobe and never wore it again, then I came here and conveniently "forgot the shirt", LOL. She had such a good intention, I don't think we can hurt someone by not likeing a present :)

If I got a gift that I do not like I will thank the giver. Its the thought that counts. What I usually do is to keep that gift until I need it to give to somebody who might need it or love to have it more than I do. It leaves my giver the sense of happiness that he has given me a gift and also allows me to share something that I don't need.

When I was pregnant with number three my sister in law bought me a couple maternity shirts. Now I am a jean and t-shirt girl a hoodie or sweater all plain maybe some cables sort thing. The one shirt she got me looked like flowered curtains from the 1950s. i could have vomited as I said that's no where near my style. I played it off beautifully. My mother and cousin later actually asked if I actually like the shirt as I played it off so well they thought I might actually have liked it..lol, she never knew and I gave it to the woman's shelter where I hope someone who needed it got use out of it.

A gifts is a gift, whether I like it or not, of course, I received it and keep it for remembrance. It is not compulsory to used it anyway.

I wouldn't blame the guy for not liking the Yankees shirt. Everyone knows sports fans can be really serious about their team. But I never show it when I don't like a gift. It's really the thought that counts for me. And I hate it when I try so hard to get a good gift and someone complains about it.