Valentine's day is almost here, did you remember to buy your present, will you be buying the right one?, don't know where to start? What about starting with what NOT to give for Valentine's day? We have summarized here some of the worst Valentine's gifts that believe it or not, are very common mistakes.

Worst Valentine's gifts for either:

Paper Shredder: While a paper shredder might be an essential instrument in these times when identity theft is so prevalent, it is not good material for Valentine's; and if received as a present might end up being used to shred love letters from the current significant other.
Crock Pot: They are cheap, the box is big, and look very attractive, but give it to your girlfriend or wife, and it is offensive, or, give it to your boyfriend or husband, and he will make you his crock-pot slave until you get rid or the thing.
Electrical Frying Pan: This is exactly the same case as with the Crock Pot, but add a lot of fat to the mix.

Worst Valentine's gifts for her:

Breast enhancers: They are the cheap alternative to breast augmentation surgery, which many men wish they could afford in a selfish kind of way. So by, giving these magic elixir pills or potions which doubly work, men are being both, selfish and cheap.
Women's Rogain: Thinning and falling hair is not just a problem faced by men only, girls are burnerable to it too; but, to give this present specially during valentine's would be a very low blow to any lady.
Vacuum Cleaner: While this might be a needed artifact at home, it is definitely not a present for a would be romantic day such as Valentine's.
Too small (or tight) clothes: The right garment can be a very romantic present, but a clothing piece that doesn't fit might be offensive. If it is meant to be small, then it might create discomfort that will come back to hunt you.

Worst Valentine's gifts for him:

Erectile Dysfunction Cream or pills: While it might be a solution to many couple's problems, nothing can bring a man's self esteem lower than such a present, unless it came with a test kit.
Wacky or heart ties: A funny tie is something that is not for every man, in fact, very few enjoy wearing them, and such a present can have a very high impact in reducing whatever romanticism the male companion has.

We will be doing a post with a Valentine's day survey to try to gather some of the worst Valentine's gifts ever received. Please feel free to add your comments including how your Valentine's significant other ruined your Valentine's day.

References:

Worst valentine gifts(http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDet...)
What not to give (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/110284/what_not_to_give_this_va...)
Bad gift top survey (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb670283.htm)
Tango Desktop Project (http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project)

My sister finds a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ with his heart showing somewhere in the internet. This image of the Sacred Heart, is beautiful indeed, and very divine, but it doesn't belong anywhere in my house. Why my mother printed and framed it, and then decided to give it to me as a present was surely a nice thing on her side, but she has negatively affected my psyche forever. As I write this lines, my guilt is whipping and inevitably punishing my mind.

I swear I have tried, I put the thing on the wall, but I just don't like having an image of Jesus looking at me and reviving my guilt every minute as I set in my living room.

So I decided to put the Jesus poster in the closet, and then maybe, I might forget that my mother ever did this to me, but I can't put the image of Christ face down, I feel bad about doing this since it just feels wrong. Well, now everytime I open the closet to put or get anything there he is, staring at me like if he was asking me, why did you put me here? Is this the way you treat Jesus after what I did for you?.

The truth is that if my mother would have given me some other image that wasn't as expressive and dramatic it probably would have been on the wall of my living room and this post and website would have not been up. I guess I have to thank you mom, thanks. I have started a site dedicated to those presents that someone gives you, that you wish you had never received.

This is the welcome message to the Gift Hell Site.