NOW CLOSED: Competition: What's the least romantic gift you've received?

A vacuum cleaner!

I got a hoover many years ago. Since then my husband keeps to flowers, chocolate and money! Wise man!

A half share in DH's new car! A great prezzie considering I had a nice car of my own!

A pair of small men's pyjama's complete with a draw string and willy hole.

A football computer game that my other (ex) half wanted. He made an excuse that we would both enjoy it! I hate football.

My ex DH had a draw full of free gifts or second hand items. I would work so hard trying to get him an appropriate gift, sometimes sexy other times to do with his various hobbies, but on Christmas morning he would rummage through his draw and present me with my gift, for example a pill case, or a second hand key ring, my birthday present s were just as imaginative. After 13 years I retaliated and gave him a second hand screwdriver which unfortunately he loved. After 16 years I threw in the towel and left for a wonderful life abroad. Heaven

At Christmas hubby gave me a Scholl thing for removing hard skin from my feet!

Some years ago, before we downsized, we lived in a lovely converted farmhouse where we relied on a septic tank. Occasionally we had a blockage which I would try to sort out when DH was at work. For some reason this made me "Chief sewer sorter". can you imagine my reaction when, one Christmas, the interestingly packed gift turned out to be a set of drain/sewer set of rods.!!( He more than made up for this with a Rolex watch on our Golden Wedding)

1964: I'd been married for only one month to a handsome naval officer I adored. He came home looking wonderful in his uniform with a beautifully wrapped oblong package from Jenners, a superior department store on Princes Street, Edinburgh. I opened it with bated breath: it was a stainless steel carving knife and fork. Grrrrrrr.

We don't always do Valentine presents anymore, perhaps because the low point was an out of date French loaf when he worked at a supermarket...

My ex husband brought me an iron the once!! It was a really expensive one so thought I would love it, which I would off as a regular gift but a valentiens gift!! lol

Socks!

I got a reconditioned Hoover for Christmas but was tickled pink as we had just moved into our first house after 12 months in rooms and flats.

I got a Car Jack for my Birthday one year!

A wheelbarrow !! !

My husband loves to walk on the beach as do I - after one walk he looked into my eyes and said 'I've got you a present' , hmm how lovely I thought - it was a seagulls skull he'd found on the beach - and yes i still have it!!!!

My husband once bought me an iron - I was NOT impressed!!

Slippers and socks from DH for my birthday, lovely then the very same slippers and socks from DH for Christmas too, just 4 days later !!

A mop. An actual mop. The reason being? "Well it's practical, isn't it?" I might return the favour with something like a wheelie bin!

A brush for cleaning alloy wheels (his).

For my 40th birthday I recieved a CD wrapped in Christmas paper (my birthday is in March). It was by a band who I didn't even like. To make matters worse, it was a CD that my partner had bought for himself some weeks earlier and clearly had decided he didn't like it. I was with him when he bought it (he must have forgotten?). Oh, and by the way, the wrapping paper had already been used......

I must say that some of the gifts other people have mentioned sound pretty good to me!! I'd have gladly swapped that CD for an electric toothbrush, multi-tool, power screwdriver or a host of the other things mentioned!

I got a microwave for our first married Christmas. Didn't really want one and had never expressed any desire for one. Still it's the thought.

When my girls were small my hubby bought me a vinegar bottle ( from Woolworths) for mothers day to give to me of course I had to enthuse jow lovely it was to the girls. But hubby thought he had done well had smile all over his face, I soon put him right once the girls were in bed. We still laugh about it now 43 years later. PS his gifts have improved .

My ex once gave me a new iron. One of the many reasons he is now my ex :-)

A turkey Baster at Christmas. Practical Yes, romantic definitely not