Wedding Presents you never used

[MargoLivebetter]

Having just moved house again, I realised that I have moved 3 picnic baskets 4 times since I was married 28 years ago and I've never once used them. Some of them, I have used a few of the bits inside them, but I've never ever taken the baskets on a picnic or anywhere else for that matter. They have just moved from garden shed to garage etc. They were not on my gift list, they were just random gifts that people gave us. It made me wonder what other MNers might have in their cupboards that they were given as wedding or other gifts and never used?

My MIL insisted it was rude to send details of our wedding list to anyone she knew (old family friends) so they all sent us wine glasses which we gave to charity in our last house move after storing them in our garage for years.

I always thought how rude it was to send a wedding list out with the invites - I know it creates more work, but I think you should wait for people to ask rather than assume that if you send an invitation, they will send a gift.

That's one good thing about the wedding websites - you can either click on to the list or not!

We got married before most folk had computers.
We didn't send out a list with the invitations. Apart from the etiquette of it, we wouldn't (nor would the guests) be able to ascertain what had been 'taken' by another guest.
We physically wrote out the things we'd like, if people asked, on the pages of a notepad, and, when people asked, they were given the notepad and took out the pages with the things on they were going to buy.
The people who lived too far away phoned us, or my Mum or MiL2B and had a chat and told us what they were going to get and we took the pages out for them. I think we must have split the notepad into 3, so both Mums could have one (and deal with each side of family) and I had one for friends without the risk of duplicating, as no-one needs 2 ironing boards or picnic baskets

Blimey, it is so much easier now with wedding websites and WhatsApps and it being acceptable to say you prefer cash to physical gifts.
SO many things are better for arranging weddings.

We physically wrote out the things we'd like, if people asked, on the pages of a notepad, and, when people asked, they were given the notepad and took out the pages with the things on they were going to buy.

Us too - our Ruby Wedding this year!

We got the ugliest vase ever made. I kept it but tucked away until the day after the person who gave it to us died.

I then took it to the charity shop but they took one look and said they'd never sell it. So I took it home, smashed it up and put it in a jiffy bag in the bin.