Worst Wedding Present You Received

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I never got a thank you note for a Chia Pet that I gifted. Maybe they didn’t like it?

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The worst gift I got was no gift or card. There were three guests who came with dates and didn't give us anything. These were people who were local and financially comfortable. I'm glad they came but just wonder why.

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A handmade plate made at a ceramic store. She was / is super wealthy too, which made it worse. Our names were written on the plate with glaze. This person is not an artist.

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Anonymous wrote:I almost forgot.. used him-her flutes (we don’t drink) and a random cookbook for seafood (spouse is allergic to it)

My kids would love drinking sparkling cider from the him-her flutes. And if they break em, NBD.

Usually at the wedding, it's at least 10 years away from letting littles handle champagne flutes...

This wouldn't be my first or even tenth thought upon receiving used him-hers glasses...

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Anonymous wrote:My moms friends, all wealthy ladies, each gave us a personalized Christmas ornament (think Hallmark). Not my style at all and they must have coordinated the gifts!
SIL gave us a cookbook of convenience recipes (like, just open three cans) when I'm actually a pretty good scratch cook.
Aunt and uncle gave us some wine glasses that they got for free from their retirement broker. The note was in the box.
We had a registry with lots of cheap items at Bed Bath and Beyond since we were mid 20s with nothing, but people love to go rogue.

Funny, I would love personalized ornaments and a cookbook of convenience recipes.

I gave my best friend from high school a personalized ornament as a package tag on a wedding gift from her registry. Her name is unusual and the ornament was a meaningful design. I thought she and her husband might like to have something with their names on it. It was not wedding-themed.

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I got a used, dirty red glass bowl as a wedding gift. I’d rather no gift at all!

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Anonymous wrote:We got a very large book set — dozens of volumes, on a topic that neither of us was interested in. At the time we were both starting graduate school and in a life phase where we would be moving a lot and living in apartments. It was many many boxes to move. No one will take it for donation, and I can get rid of it on Craigslist. I sprained my wrist when it was delivered trying to life if off our front stoop because it weighs so much. The same set is available digitally in a searchable lightweight format, which is why literally no one wants it. The kicker is that I know it was not a regift and it cost a lot of money. It was such a waste. We have paid to move it 3 times, still have it and use it for things like lifting up a computer monitor or weighting down items. I just feel bad throwing it in the trash. I think the gift giver is just the type that thinks everyone likes what he likes and didn’t realize this was really a niche present — he didn’t want to be boring and just get something off the registry and genuinely thought this was a great gift.

What was the topic ?

I'm dying to know the topic! It must be something like military history to encompass so many books that a bulk pickup would be needed to take them all away!

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I was thinking like religious books of some sort.

Okay, I will come clean. It is the Oxford English Dictionarty.20 volume set. It weights 177 pounds. Periodically when I mention it to people they say “that’s so cool! I’d love the OED!” But when I offer it to them, they do not in fact actually want it. It basically needs its own bookcase. If you want it, post your email address here. Our version is many decades old so will not be updated like the digital version that is likely available through your public library.

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A giant frame-able guest book. I guess it was meant to be hung somewhere in my house. It was placed at the entrance to our reception and everyone signed it with the special pen. I threw it away a couple days later.

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Does this count? My brother and SIL did not get us a gift, not even a card. They had gotten married the year before and we got them a thoughtful gift that is displayed prominently in their home (so it’s not some piece of crap they don’t like). I couldn’t stand my SIL to begin with but this felt like such a slap in the face we hardly speak to them anymore.

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I wouldn’t say worst, but we got 14 crystal bowls. They ranged in size from almost two feet in diameter down to about 2 inches. We registered for exactly 0 crystal bowls. And they weren’t regifts. They were generally all from higher end places/brands from Simon Pierce to Tiffany. I was just confused as to how 14 people looked at our registry and thought “you know what the 24 year olds who live in a tiny apartment and are moving in together for the first time and are broke and have nothing forgot to register for? A crystal bowl.”

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Anonymous wrote:The worst gift I got was no gift or card. There were three guests who came with dates and didn't give us anything. These were people who were local and financially comfortable. I'm glad they came but just wonder why.

How did you even know? I did not keep track of invited people who did and did not give gifts. If I got a gift I sent a thank you note. Very rude of you to expect a gift and track it like that.

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Anonymous wrote:Does this count? My brother and SIL did not get us a gift, not even a card. They had gotten married the year before and we got them a thoughtful gift that is displayed prominently in their home (so it’s not some piece of crap they don’t like). I couldn’t stand my SIL to begin with but this felt like such a slap in the face we hardly speak to them anymore.

No, it doesn’t count for the reason above. No one owes you a gift. You would be a happier person if you didn’t bean count like this.

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Anonymous wrote:A handmade plate made at a ceramic store. She was / is super wealthy too, which made it worse. Our names were written on the plate with glaze. This person is not an artist.

She was probably supporting an artist friend. Bothering to commission a gift is a lot of effort, you seem ungrateful even if the result isn’t to your taste.

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I’ll defend the bean counters. I bet they tracked thank you card tasks like I did - I used my invite list to record gifts, deleting it only after the thank you card was sent.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll defend the bean counters. I bet they tracked thank you card tasks like I did - I used my invite list to record gifts, deleting it only after the thank you card was sent.

I also did this. I feared missing sending a thank you note. Which I was so anal about, I wrote and mailed from our honeymoon.