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To ask what was that worst wedding gift you received? (lighthearted)

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Miracularity · 03/03/2015 13:01

Yes, yes, yes, we must be grateful for all gifts, etc., BUT - what was the worst gift?

I don't know why I suddenly thought of this because I got married ten years ago! But the worst gift we received on the day was a box of chocolates. That were an old brand, five years out of date and hadn't even been manufactured for three years.

(The gift-giver was not old, ill, infirm, poor or mentally unwell. They were well known for being mean - in fact in our family they were known as Meano Mary. And she certainly lived up to her name that day.)

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patty73 · 03/03/2015 21:27

My DH aunt and uncle gave us some turquoise flannelette sheets. But you could tell they were ancient the cellophane they were in was all crinkly and discoloured. DH said they were probably in his grans cupboard as no one would sell those! We sold them at a carboot sale and got 50p!

HerRoyalNotness · 03/03/2015 21:32

For my engagement we received from an adult guest, one of those flipping, barking toy dog things Hmm Confused

TheChristmasTreeFairy · 03/03/2015 21:35

Peach coloured towels
We exchanged them for a much nicer colour and still use them when we go swimming 10 years later

Also a wooden cheeseboard and matching knife, neither DH or I like fancy cheeses so it is in a box in the loft still in pristine condition!

miasdaddy · 03/03/2015 21:40

4 jars of mustard :(
we both hate mustard

Mrsteddyruxpin · 03/03/2015 21:42

TWe got lovely presents and most in good taste - White lamps etc that I love. A friend of my fathers gave a huge sum of money that was no way expected

We had a few non gift givers

Worst was a chipped lamp and cheap set of knives and forks. This was from a family friend who moaned why I had not invited her son and girlfriend who I don't even know at all or have seen for 20 years. Silly old cow.

wobblebobblehat · 03/03/2015 21:50

A wine set (wooden box with two bottles of wine, corkscrew, various bits of wine paraphenalia).

We opened the wine six months later and it was off. Tasted like vinegar. Bizarrely, the giver decided she didn't want to speak to me ever again a month or so before. Bit of a shame I never got to thank her for the regifted gift... Hmm

PesoPenguin · 03/03/2015 22:16

Dh's friends thought it would be hilarious to all buy us Argos value toasters ( they did also get us vouchers or whatever Tbf to them). The idea was that we could return them all and keep the collective money however Argos will not accept returns without a receipt, even though it was clearly an Argos product Hmm and only 2 people has included the reciept, leaving us with 5 useless cheapo toasters that we couldn't do anything with!

Ghirly · 03/03/2015 22:21

I got a set of two towels. One embroidered with "boss" and the other with "slave"

Lozzle26 · 03/03/2015 22:28

Not a wedding gift, but a shit one all the same. My auntie has given me a can of de-icer for my birthday for the last three years, (my birthdays in January) it hasn't snowed or iced up enough for me to even open them...

Pilgit · 03/03/2015 22:28

Some of these are hilarious! Puts the revolting pink duvet set we got totally in the shade. At least it gets used (only in the guest bed - it's not 100% natural fibre and I cannot sleep in synthetic -'and the colour offends me). We definitely got off lightly!

CharityD · 03/03/2015 22:30

Brilliant thread!
Re the silk underwear gift, I'm not sure which is worse... That the MIL asked for them back or that the (first) recipient sent them back! Grin

starfishmummy · 03/03/2015 22:33

Mil went through our list (only given to people who asked) with a fine toothcomb and then took delight in giving us feedback criticising it.

DH had obviously told her about our trip to choose china. Every pattern I liked - about half a dozen- he didn't. But mil only remembered the one he said that he liked and I didn't. It was his birthday just after the wedding and she handed him his own place setting with the immortal words "I got you some of that china that Starfish wouldn't let you have". Naturally it is completely different to the set we eventually chose together!!

Hammerhead21 · 03/03/2015 22:42

My inlaws bought us a cheap faux silver wedding certificate holder engraved with our names and managed to spell mine completely wrong. Oh and a pack of 5 size 12 thongs.... I was a 16! Things haven't improved 10 years on.

Bogeyface · 03/03/2015 22:42

A frog shaped loo roll holder from DH's ex

Were frogs their thing?! :o

Mine was a weird 3D metal heart. It had holes in it so it looked like it could be a tea candle holder or an incense burner type thing, but its sealed. Its just an ornament, but it doesnt stand up, doesnt have a hanger....its just odd!

It is currently on the shelf in our bedroom, on its back as that is the only way to put it!

The best was from one of our best men. He came alone as his wife believes that outside the M25 is just barren wasteland and zombies stayed at home, so he didnt think of a gift. He is a bit "mad" professor, things like that dont occur in advance! He was gutted when he realised that it is expected to bring a gift, we werent at all bothered, some gave, some didnt, but he was really upset that he had forgotten. So he and the guest book disappeared for half an hour and when he came back he presented us with a beautiful picture he had done in wax crayons stolen from the kids table and "IOU one weeks stay in London" written across the bottom! It was lovely, I treasure it!

We have never had the stay in London, but hopefully will one day!

Seriouslyffs · 03/03/2015 22:45

A silver picture frame. Which is lovely, except...
are you reading this on a phone?
Turn it landscape, mentally chop it into thirds, then shrink it a bit.
You couldn't display a postage stamp in it!

LaurieFairyCake · 03/03/2015 22:46

His and Hers butt plugs

I can honestly say we may be the least likely people to buy butt plugs for

I assume they thought it funny

My thank you letter was much funnier

Bogeyface · 03/03/2015 22:52

:o At the butt plugs!!

I would probably buy them for my sister, we have the kind of relationship where we can do that and laugh, but I would buy a proper gift as well!

InteriorsMum · 03/03/2015 22:53

A fecking cuckoo clock :(

LaurieFairyCake · 03/03/2015 22:53

They were fancy glass butt plugs and cost £150 Shock

I can't believe they bought them

BOFster · 03/03/2015 22:55

Maybe they were a re-gift, Laurie? Grin

BOFster · 03/03/2015 22:57

I hope you sent them back and told them to stick their present up their arse?

Bogeyface · 03/03/2015 22:57

£150?!!! And they are not exactly the sort of thing you can sell on are they?!

I found the absolute perfect piss takey Xmas present for my sister and DH but I didnt buy it as I thought £30 was too much for a joke.

I wonder if it was an attempt at grooming you both. They didnt also buy you a pampas grass for the front garden did they? Wink

Puzzledandpissedoff · 03/03/2015 23:05

Two used and flea-bitten blankets

These were from OH's elderly aunt, who'd even written to us before the wedding to explain the "lovely gift" she planned - I'd hoped she'd forget all about it, but sadly not. And before anyone asks, no she hadn't gone ga-ga; she'd always been as mad as f**k with a very large mean streak

Then there was the jug with the upside-down handle ... but at least that was new Confused

funnyface31 · 03/03/2015 23:07

Jux, the plan was to pass them on as instructed but my brother's was the next wedding and to be honest, his wife is cuckoo and they didn't deserve them.

They got put up out of the way and got forgotten about. I will pass hem on though as they have up there 16 years already.

almondfinger · 03/03/2015 23:07

A blow up mattress (double).

While it did come get used, why would you do that? We had a list and are not campers!