Bad, Bizarre, or Baffling Gifts share your stories

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My MIL gave us a welcome mat this year, with a bible verse on it. In 15 years of marriage DH and I have never had a welcome mat and have made it clear we're not religious.

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My bil sent us a package of 24 meat sticks. Nice grass fed organic etc but it is still random. We rarely eat meat.

Years ago my stepmom sent me a bday present consisting of a giant.box of Equal packets, a couple packs of post it notes, and a large mottled purple candle, immediately dubbed by my roommates as the Extremely Phallic Candle. It held pride of place on our mantle for years.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gave us a welcome mat this year, with a bible verse on it. In 15 years of marriage DH and I have never had a welcome mat and have made it clear we're not religious.

Well, she just solved two of your problems right there!

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL gave us a welcome mat this year, with a bible verse on it. In 15 years of marriage DH and I have never had a welcome mat and have made it clear we're not religious.

What’s the verse?

One year a relative gave me a Hello Kitty picture frame. It was clearly regifted from something that had been given to their then-8yo DD. I was in my early 40s and I have never, ever expressed any interest whatsoever in Hello Kitty. When I opened it I must’ve had a strange look on my face, because she then insistently said “You like Hello Kitty, right?!” Um...sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Ohhh! I have the worst one!

THE SEVEN CHINESE BROTHERS book. So we could "learn about our heritage" (half Asian).

Ughhhh...

Look on the bright side, it could have been Tikki Tikki Tembo or Ping the Duck, which are equally awful.

What? I love Ping!

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Anonymous wrote:My DH’s dad and stepmom have gotten me some pretty interesting gifts over the years.
They lived abroad when we got married so stepmom didn’t attend my bridal shower. The day before the wedding they insisted on presenting me with a bridal shower gift and made a big deal on how DH and I needed to come to their room and open the gift in front of them. It was negligee. I’ve never been so creeped out and embarrassed in my life. Since they lived abroad I had only met them once before and was now opening skimpy negligee in front of my future in-laws. So weird. I thanked them and then returned it post-wedding. No way I could wear something sexy that my FIL had seen and bought!

Why not? That’s weird you couldn’t wear it.

I agree with OP, I would never wear that. I mean...who wants to think about your FIL having picked out lingerie with the idea it would a) look good on you, the DIL and b) turn on his son.