Worst wedding gifts ever

[TaterTots]

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)

grilled pillow cases

Nice

It's not just you OP
diply.com/tesuto/article/people-who-say-i-dont-to-their-wedding-gifts

A clock that was a China ornament in the shape of a clown dressed like a tramp.

I'm scared of clowns, always have been. It's well known. The gift was from someone who wasn't invited to the wedding.
And before anyone accuses me of being 'grabby' we had a very small wedding, just immediate family and a few close friends. We asked for nothing, no list of gifts. But when people asked we said we would like gift vouchers for a well known home wares store.

We also got the promise of 'a night in a hotel near Alton towers' - tickets to Alton towers not included.
We live in Cornwall and have no way of travelling to Alton Towers.
We asked - nicely - if it could be swapped for a local firm organising a coach trip and entry to Alton Towers. Much tutting and sighing followed. The trip cost £60 each. They paid for one of us...

"Good" to see the Daily Wail is trawling for "news" again, and that the "journalist" in question isn't even able to spell hard-earned correctly.

The comments are amusing though So much bitterness!

Re. the Amazon list and the glasses being sold separately - this reminded me of a wedding I went to as a fairly brassic student (re-training), where the gift list was at a large dept store. The crockery etc. they had chosen was a pretty costly pattern (to me, at the time) and in all honesty, all I could afford was 2 dinner plates out of the 6 on the list - I had a budget, that was pretty much the only thing that fit into it! I felt an utter idiot, buying only 2 plates, but it was an option for said online list (thankfully) and so that's what I did. I could have gone off-list but although I knew one half of the couple, I didn't know the other half hardly at all, so didn't want to get something inappropriate.
So, my point is that the person who only bought 3 of the glasses out of 4 might have only been able to afford 3 of the glasses, not the full 4 (and yes, that does happen).

I have no problem with Daily Mail journalists using this thread on their site. It makes sense. I wish they could spell, but then I wish many things of many people.

A box of chocolates.

I have no problem with Daily Mail journalists using this thread on their site

Bully for you