Worst Wedding Present You Received

[Anonymous]

One of my mother in law's friends (who is very wealthy) gave us a tin of those wafer cookies you put on top of a cup of coffee to heat them up. She also constantly interrupted our photographer so she could get her own photos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't want it, get rid of it. Otherwise, it's tacky to complain about gifts.

+1

I am rooster lady and I wasn’t complaining! I think my cock is epic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why I give money.

You think that makes you safe from ridicule? Have you seen all the threads with people ridiculing someone for not giving enough money for a wedding? Or even better, not giving enough to a young teen for their bar/bat mitzvah? Some people just love to complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my mother in law's friends (who is very wealthy) gave us a tin of those wafer cookies you put on top of a cup of coffee to heat them up. She also constantly interrupted our photographer so she could get her own photos.

If you mean stroopwaffles she gave you the best gift ever!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I give money.

You think that makes you safe from ridicule? Have you seen all the threads with people ridiculing someone for not giving enough money for a wedding? Or even better, not giving enough to a young teen for their bar/bat mitzvah? Some people just love to complain.

Have never been to a bar/bat mitzvah? You give money for those?

[Anonymous]

A cake stand. It was ceramic and the family friend was very into painting and personalizing things. Loved painting insects. The cake stand is covered in images of bugs.

[Anonymous]

For my Bridal Shower I ended up with 7 sets of towels. I was unprepared to offer helpful advice when asked, and I said to someone, "towels". Word spread.

I didn't know where we would move to after the wedding, so I remember privately being annoyed (I shouldn't have. It was my own immaturity) with questions, if I had a color scheme. I did not.

[Anonymous]

A large religious sculpture from a close relative of DH. They would drop in often when they lived close by in the early days of our marriage and we had to have it displayed prominently. We managed to “lose” it when we moved to a new home.

[Anonymous]

An older relative gave us a set of bath towels. For one person.

This was years ago.

[Anonymous]

Hand-knitted heavy wool blanket that would fit like, half of an adult. It's more like a table runner than a blanket. "Thanks."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
An older relative gave us a set of bath towels. For one person.

This was years ago.

That is a perfectly fine gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hand-knitted heavy wool blanket that would fit like, half of an adult. It's more like a table runner than a blanket. "Thanks."

Wow, you are an ingrate. It is a lap blanket and they handmade it.

[Anonymous]

So many surly grannies in here!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.