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Worst wedding gifts ever

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TaterTots · 25/10/2016 23:52

Seeing the 'should we buy them a wedding gift?' got me thinking - what's the worst wedding gift you received (or have seen someone receive)?

My cousin and his first wife received a teapot in the shape of a thatched cottage, decorated with rose bushes, a pair of cutesy country children and, most bizarrely of all, geese. It was one of the most hideous things I've ever seen. I think it was from a distant relative of the bride - I honestly wondered if she'd offended them in some way. Who thinks a 20 year-old pregnant bride desperately needs a cottage-shaped fucking teapot?! It gave us all a good laugh at least.

(Disclaimer - any wedding gift is a wonderful gesture, it's the thought that counts, accept with a gracious smile blah blah blah)

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DudeWheresMyVulva · 26/10/2016 09:48

that was 'blind drunk'

MrsJayy · 26/10/2016 09:51

A silver (coloured) tea tray in a ripped box from my step dads brother and partner

Maraschinocherry · 26/10/2016 09:52

whifflesqueak

I had friends in similar situation. For one, we just added her name to the group gifts we were giving so she didn't feel left out. (all my friends seem to have got married within a couple of years!).

At my own wedding, I received a card and a rose from a dear friend. That was more than enough, she had made the effort to come. If your friend knew your situation, don't worry, seeing you was all she wanted.

MrsJayy · 26/10/2016 09:54

Oh talking of drunknesss uncle and partner got so drunk at our hour open free bar that they had to be sent home should have given them the tea tray they brought

SheldonCRules · 26/10/2016 10:03

Maybe the weird or tacky gifts are a message to the couple. So many weddings now are about what they can gain via guests from a list or demands for cash.

Not to mention the moaning that bridesmaids need to be paid for, alcohol, food etc yet not even considering that they chose to have those things so of course need to pay for them.

It's costly enough to attend weddings, gifts should be token and not even needed if the couple already live together as no house that set up as was tradition.

SlinkyVagabond · 26/10/2016 10:03

An iron. Used and unboxed, from my dfs first wife. IT cost more to post than to buy.

PlumsGalore · 26/10/2016 10:10

I am not offended by your thread OP. I have a weird sense of humour and find awful presents funny. Sorry can't help it, would never tell anyone but behind closed doors .....

My BF has received so many truly awful and hilariously funny presents where we have literally rolled around the floor laughing. I can't mention any as it is so outing, but I could reel off 4 now and I am smiling writing.

Not wedding though, mainly Christmas or birthday.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 26/10/2016 10:14

I completely forgot to take a wedding present for one wedding, where I was one of the bridesmaids. It was a genuine oversight - but I had spent out a large amount of money on a flight to Ireland for her hen weekend, which she subsequently cancelled because she had forgotten she had another wedding to go to that weekend! It was too late to get money back, so I went anyway, had a decent time, but I wasn't at all well-off at the time. Her stbSIL who had also bought a flight but chose not to go, she demanded the refund from the bride - I didn't. SO I suppose you could say that the cost of the flight was my gift to her, but not really. I was actually pretty mortified that I'd forgotten. Blush

ThomasRichard · 26/10/2016 10:44

dh received a white porcelain 'box' we believe it's an urn for his ashes.

That is hilarious :D

whifflesqueak if you're still feeling bad about it, are you in a position now to get something nice for her home for Christmas? I'm sure she won't even remember but you could explain and it would leave you free of that particular worry.

DobbyTheFreeElf · 26/10/2016 10:55

We got a second hand meat carving plate, that was scratched and had spikes missing
carving plate

6o6o842 · 26/10/2016 14:01

A wooden tray with condiment pots, each complete with a wooden lid and a little wooden spoon. From the 1970s, according to the box (we married in 1998). My brother quite fancied it so we gave it to him but his wife hated it so it was packed back into the box and sent to the thrift shop. And so the cycle continued!

user1474627704 · 26/10/2016 14:20

Who thinks a 20 year-old pregnant bride desperately needs a cottage-shaped fucking teapot?! It gave us all a good laugh at least

Thats not lighthearted. That's real bitchiness, sitting around laughing at the gift of a probably elderly relative? Who does that?

TeaBelle · 26/10/2016 14:22

Dh's best friend got us a cat - she discussed it with us first and we wanted and love him dearly so it wasn't irresponsible but the little bugger has just been diagnosed with diabetes and it costing me a fortune!

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TaterTots · 26/10/2016 14:30

Thats not lighthearted. That's real bitchiness, sitting around laughing at the gift of a probably elderly relative? Who does that?

Are you just trying to pick an argument? Most people have taken this thread in the spirit it was intended, but still you pop up.

For the record, you've invented the 'elderly' part of the story, and the relative received a thank you letter just as those who gave less 'unusual' gifts did.

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 26/10/2016 14:34

A selection of blankets to choose from, all of them used

Oh, and a strange pottery jug covered in hideous orange splotches and with a shape I couldn't quite make out ... turned out the handle wwas on upside down Hmm

DudeWheresMyVulva · 26/10/2016 14:45

Sounds like a clarice cliff pot to me, Puzzled. Grin

HereIAm20 · 26/10/2016 15:24

My Mil promised to make us a patchwork quilt (which I'd love) for our wedding present but it has never happened but did happen for her younger two children who got married after us Hmm

gleam · 26/10/2016 15:33

brasty snap on the hideous painting.

Also a coffee set with a spider motif!
How many people like spiders that much?!

PetalMettle · 26/10/2016 15:45

Re the "it's costly enough to attend" we deliberately had our wedding in London as that was most convenient for people. They had to pay an oyster card fare.

user1474627704 · 26/10/2016 15:48

and the relative received a thank you letter just as those who gave less 'unusual' gifts did

So what? Unless it was a thank you for the gift and sorry for ridiculing you amongst friend and now the whole internet?

Drbint · 26/10/2016 15:52

My friend got a pair of extra large bamboo tights.

As if that wasn't weird enough, she's miniature.

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TaterTots · 26/10/2016 16:36

So what? Unless it was a thank you for the gift and sorry for ridiculing you amongst friend and now the whole internet?

Overdosed on the GCSE Drama haven't we? Unless someone manages to work out who I am in a forum where I've never used my real name, and from that work out who the distant relative of someone my cousin is long since divorced from is, I doubt anyone is at major risk of 'e-shame'.

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Charliej86 · 26/10/2016 16:36

We got a 'wedding fund' savings jar.

user1474627704 · 26/10/2016 16:51

Unless someone manages to work out who I am in a forum where I've never used my real name, and from that work out who the distant relative of someone my cousin is long since divorced from is, I doubt anyone is at major risk of 'e-shame

Way to miss the point. It's not to be a bitch jsut because the people you are bitching about don't know about it.

luckylucky24 · 26/10/2016 16:56

My great nan gave us some 50 yr old towels that were still packaged and had been in her cupboard for years! They smelt musty and were peach coloured with a cream lace trim.

The same nan had previously gifted used makeup/crayons.