To ask what your shittest wedding present was? (lighthearted)

[AiryFairyUnicornRainbow]

When we got married ten years ago, we didn't do a registry or request thingy - we told people we didn't want presents at all - however some folk insisted - we were even called awkward for not doing a request - and some of the presents ended up in the charity shop

Worst one, was an ugly picture frame...like the worst thing I have ever seen in my life

5th casserole dish (1980) - but two are still in use

A celebratory plaque with our names and wedding date on it, except it was the wrong date......

Wewill - I'm with you. I'd have taken socks any day of the week over the man.

Some friends bought 'us' a set of golf clubs. Needless to say /I/ have never used them.

When selecting their gift from their extensive gift list when they got married I was very tempted to pick lots of individual things, like 1 plate, 1 fork etc.

A wine kit thing with corkscrew, thermometer, various tools and two bottles of wine. Opened it six months later and the wine was like vinegar....

Had managed to fall out with friend a week or so before.

Have never seen her since...

A napkin dispenser. It was a thing to marvel at; I've never seen one like it before or since. I think it's still in the loft.

Frog shaped loo roll holder.

First time around had a tiny wedding just parents and siblings. Exmil kept asking if her sister could come kept being told no because apart from anything else ex and I didn’t like her she’s not a nice woman at all.
Said uninvited auntie gave us a candle and a packet of potpourri with the next red sale price stickers still on it as our punishment for not inviting her. Exmil was really upset by it because she’s given her niece and nephew generous gifts at their weddings. I didn’t care.

A mantlepiece clock made of cut crystal. A kind thought from an older friend of the family but not our taste.

Box of stationery

One of those tacky horseshoe things you used to get in card shops with loads of ribbon.

Some second hand sherry glasses that were still dirty. We don't even drink sherry.

I also got a disgusting photo frame and to make it worse 6 people has 'chipped together' to buy it. It honestly must have cost about £5 total. We had a gift list but obviously they decided this was better! You have to laugh...luckily we aren't bothered about gifts! The people in question have since shown their true colours so maybe it was a sign of their feelings towards us 

We did very well at our wedding but in retrospect I wish we had made a small gift registry and chosen a shop for vouchers. We asked for money as we didn't really need the small things for our home but did need big things like a dining table and chairs.

90% of guests seemed happy with this but a few chose their own gifts. So we received 2 toasters, 3 sets of glasses (two were the same so been great as I break things) and three vases. I don't really like flowers if I am honest. One was a tiny posy vase so not even useful for when I do get s bunch (and it broke) another is tall and thin so no good for flowers - I have some fake flowers in it with lights but it still falls over so is just 'leaning against the wall.

We also got a few photo frames and some cheap his and hers watches. Plus a couple of hundred pounds in vouchers which was fine except they covered 3 shops one of them being a really expensive shop so it was difficult to spend 😂

Still we were very lucky on the whole and grateful for every give.

I’ve mentioned this before on here but I was given a recipe book from my mil on my wedding day. It was handwritten by her and includes all the meal dh loved as a boy. Which is a very sweet idea. Except mil’s idea of cooking is ready meals and frozen veg. So it’s full of ‘recipes’ such as - Roast Potatoes - heat oven to 200 degrees, place four Aunt Bessie’s frozen potatoes on a baking tray, cook for 25 minutes until golden brown. Angel Delight - empty packet into bowl, add 500ml milk, whisk, pour into dessert bowl, place in fridge for 20 minutes.

It’s so wonderfully thoughtful and terrible at the same time.

When my Mum got remarried she had a wedding list with quite expensive china on it. Among the items was a gravy boat and saucer, but someone bought her the saucer but couldn’t stretch to the gravy boat. So she had a fairly useless saucer. She wasn’t very impressed, but as a 15 year old, I found it hilarious though and thought it served her right for asking in the first place.

A mirrored wedding certificate holder, covered in sparkly butterflies. I'm sure there are people that would love, but it's just not my taste.

I had a white satin, lace and pearl covered waste paper basket. No idea what happened to it, maybe it got chazzered. I can't even find anything similar on google.

A royal wedding commemorative tea pot and tea towel.

My sister gave us a spliff 

Oh and DH got a watch. Nothing for me, just a watch for him!

SIL bought dh a beautiful collection of books for a hobby he has. I got a JML magnetic necklace.

It was a plaque to hang on the wall with hooks for your keys. It was meant to resemble a piece of carved wood but was plastic. The givers had bought it abroad on their holiday must have cost all of 50 pence. Luckily they weren't anyone who was likely to visit so we didn't need to actually hang it!

A comedy pair of giant glasses to hang on the wall with convex mirror lenses.

A wooden tray with our wedding invitation glued to it. Badly glued to it. Such a shame the movers dropped that box of kitchen stuff.