What To Do When Your Partner Gives You A Bad Gift
But, you can joke about the practical item
After you have been very grateful and acknowledged how thoughtful the vacuum cleaner is, you can make a joke like, “Hopefully we both get some use out of this!” Or you can comment about the oven mitts, “How sweet! You can use these to make me dinner.” If you two are close and have good rapport, you can drop a little hint that he went a bit too utilitarian with this gift.