Bad Holiday Gift ideas for your Lesbian Significant Other

After I had created my Lesbian Holiday Gift Guide, I was thinking that it might be fun to blog about what NOT to get your girlfriend/wife/partner for the Holidays. So, to make it a bit more interesting, I posed this question to a group of my friends..."What do you think would be a terrible gift to get from your girlfriend/wife/partner/soon-to-be-partner or soon-to-be-ex for the Holidays?"




This is what they came up with:

1. Any sort of kitchen appliance (unless they're a chef)


2. Clothing (unless they pick it out...no gift cards, either)


3. A statuette of ANYTHING


4. The announcement that you're pregnant


5. A home knit sweater


6. A Chia pet


7. Anything holiday specific ( i.e. "The Hillary Clinton Nutcracker")


8. A gift certificate for a makeover and/or liposuction


9. A surprise winter camping trip
(1-9 from Casey)

10. I don’t think many women would appreciate a membership to the gym for x-mas, but there is always an exception.


11. I never thought I would like to get a vacuum for x-mas, but if it was the dyson I have been eyeing, it might be ok.
(10-11 from Brandy)

12. Superstition say not to give a Clock to anyone because it symbolizes that time is running out.


13. Also not a good idea to give perfume - because when the perfume is gone, so is the love.
(12-13 from Angela)

14. A “re-gift” from an ex or to an ex that you never gave to them


15. A single ticket to anything – especially a one way ticket out of town


16. A “how to" sex book, not the kind that are fun to share as a couple but the kind that indicates that you are less than satisfactory in the bedroom– especially if the relationship is new
(14-16 from Tracy)

17. A dishwasher


18. A vacuum


19. Toothpicks


20. A venereal disease


21. Salve ointment


22. Toilet paper


23. Tampons...These are just a few of the things I can imagine NOT wanting for Christmas.
(17-23 from Julie)

24. A framed pic of your g'friend and her most recent Ex.
(24 from Treena)




25. Well I guess you wouldn’t want to get a book on: 101 Ways to Please Yourself
(25 from Kristy)

26. Something that will break (for obvious reasons)


27. A wedding/promise ring (better to pick it out together)


28. A pet (what if she's allergic?)


29. Something that she would get herself (cuz the best presents are what you really want but can't bring yourself to buy - the super-special treats)
(26-29 from Bridgette)
30. Cooking lessons


31. Appliances (i.e. a pasta maker)


32. A subscription to a book club


33. And definitely don't get your butch GF a gift certificate to a clothing store she'd never even think of stepping foot into


34. A one way ticket on a cruise ship to the Antarctica...w/ the latest Kelly Clarkson CD
(30-34 from Sam)
35. Anything that says Christmas


36. A perfume I dont like (ask me and I'll tell you which one is my favorite)
37. Clothes


38. Gift card
(35-38 from Leila)




39. Jumper cable nipple clamps
(39 from Lala)
40. A subscription to Good Housekeeping


41. A Padded Push-up Bra - Like I need one
(41-42 are my own personal additions)

Nice to see that my friends aren't too cynical...yah right! But really ladies, thanks for all your help on this one, I got a kick out of reading all of your answers.