How to Accept a Really, Really Bad Gift

If there is a really, really bad gift under the tree, it's always addressed to me. I'm a bad gift magnet; I've come to accept it and so can you. This article will show you how to overcome badgiftaphobia and learn to accept a really, really bad gift.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• well-meaning friends, family and co-workers with extremely bad taste (everybody has at least one and one is all it takes) OR
• friends, family and co-workers who have extremely bad taste and think their gifts are funny

1. To accept a really, really bad gift you must first practice making a poker face. Never, ever open a gift and expose your true feelings. When Aunt Bitty gives you a neon blue glowing brain lamp, say something like, "I could always use more brains." Of course it's a lame thing to say, but you have to be a quick thinker. Trying to diffuse the awkwardness is the kind thing to do.

2. 
    
   Inflatable picture frame!

   Secondly, to accept a really, really bad gift, get the unwrapping over with fast! Unwrap that god awful jar of pickled turkey gizzards and the sooner the better. This is not the time to be lollygagging around. If you wait too long, the perspiration on your face is a dead giveaway and the second cousin twice removed who got your name in the family gift drawing will surely be disappointed.

3. Practice. Practice. Practice. Practice your facial expressions, your whole body language. Practice being gracious. Practice being a good sport. Perfect the art of lying.
   
   Go to this website (link below) and look at their emporium of really, really bad gifts. Be resourceful; these guys allow you to showcase your tacky treasures and even sell them free of charge! :)

4. Most importantly, when you accept a really, really bad gift, don't ask yourself "why me?" You should remember that it's not our place to ask why, just to accept.
   
   There will always be really, really bad gifts out there. The best thing you can do is be prepared. Picture the worst gift imagineable and hopefully, it will be better than that. Won't it?

Tips & Warnings

• Don't donate these bad gifts to charity; they don't want them either.
• Re-gifting a bad gift is in poor taste. It's like a double poor taste sort of deal. This is cruel and kinda weird too.
• You're probably in Aunt Bitty's will, so choose your words carefully!

Resources

• Bad Gift Emporium

[Diablo2]

on 11/8/2009 Haha, reminds me of a few bad gifts ive received myself. Thanks 5*

[blingaling]

on 1/25/2009 Wow, a "neon blue glowing brain lamp!" You really are a bad-gift magnet... Enjoyed this article a lot.

[Punkuns]

on 1/8/2009 This is so funny! I actually had my kids practice what they would do if they received something they weren’t too happy with before Christmas! LOL

[celticeagle]

on 1/3/2009 It's all good. Fun article. Keep 'em coming. I am off to visit the bad gift emporium. ????

[Lakota99]

on 12/23/2008 lol i rarely get bad gifts but just in case :P