What NOT to give on Valentine’s Day

The weirdest gift I have ever received on V day is a framed full length photo of myself (100cm tall).  I have no idea what to do with it.  And no, he wasn't my bf.  I stopped corresponding with him coz I thought he was just too weird!  Another weird gift I got was a single stalk of 18K gold plated rose delivered to my office.  I have no idea what to do with that either!  The top prize goes to the guy who gave me a small toy guitar.  It's those kind you find in toy shops.  What on earth am I going to do with that?  I can't even tune it or play a song!!

Below is a list of weird gifts other people received.  I find the 'go fly kite' one rather funny....
(Source: What NOT to give on Valentine’s Day)


Not everyone's lucky enough to receive the usual flowers, teddy bear, and—if you're really, really lucky—jewellery. Sure, they're cliché V-Day gifts. But if you compare them with these gifts some of our readers received for Valentine's, well, you'll be wishing you got the dozen roses instead. (Names have been changed to protect the embarrassed!)

"Valentine's Day and the Chinese Valentine's Day (Chap Goh Mei) happened to fall on the same day one year and so my then-boyfriend handed me a red packet which was empty! He told me that he would pass me the money only when he became rich. Needless to say, we didn't last long." —Shawna

"In high school, my girlfriend gave me a stuffed teddy bear. Who does that? Why give a guy a teddy bear? It wasn't cute—it was embarrassing, because I opened the gift in front of my friends, and they all saw it!" — Lester

"This guy I went out on a date with once gave me a teddy bear, three roses, and a box, which I assumed had chocolate-colored strawberries. They were strawberries all right—strawberry-flavored condoms! I guess he thought he was going to get lucky. Of course, he didn't!" — Therese

"My then-boyfriend got me a marble jewelry box with a giant jeep on the cover, the kind from a souvenir store in the Philippines. It's horrible because I live in the Philippines, so why get me something a tourist would normally buy?! And for Valentine's, at that!" — Beng

"Origami paper with instructions on how to make an origami rose. In short, 'make your own rose.'" — Zara

"I received a handmade card with the guy's graduation photo 'framed' in the middle of a hand-drawn heart. And no, he was not my boyfriend." — Eileen

"I had a boyfriend who gave me a CD of a group that he liked. Apparently, he wanted me to like that band as well so we could listen to it in my car when he rode in it. So selfish." — Amy

"My first boyfriend gave me a cactus, which he uprooted from his grandmother's cacti garden. He even wrote on the card, 'a unique flower for a unique girl.' Right." - Mandy

"Someone gave me half of a 'couple's pillow case' set. The one that, when put together, completes a picture. He gave me the cupid side, and he kept the heart side. And he wasn't even my boyfriend!" — Sab

"Someone gave me cheap, slutty-looking lingerie that didn't even fit! And another one gave me a supposed portrait of me…but it didn't look anything like me!" — Fran

"I was dating a new guy when Valentine's Day rolled around. He told me that as much as he'd love to send me flowers to my office, he used his money on flowers for his girlfriend instead!" — Maria

"She bought me a kite for the special day and then she told me to 'go fly it.' Naturally, she wasn't a Singaporean, so she didn't know how unlucky it was to say that." — Morris

"I got a pair of his underwear for the special day. He said it was unwashed and had his 'smell' all over it, so I would always be reminded of him." - Jenn