I don't mind a cheap gift, because that's just how some people are. Although I have told my cheap friends I'd rather just get a card. It's the thoughtless gifts that annoy me and I have been known to give a few back. I don't really care if I hurt their feelings since they don't care about mine.

The worst however are the gifts that are meant to be insulting. For years we've exchanged gifts with my husband's cousins. Even if we didn't always get them the perfect gifts, you could tell that thought (& $$$) were put into them. When they had kids the gifts got even better, especially with deals found on these boards. One cousin even told her kids to be nice to us because we give "great gifts". That year her family gave us set of orange plaid place mats. My kitchen was yellow.