AIBU to chuck out naff gifts?

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Weve just moved in to our house this month and weve been given some housewarming gifts, including a home photoframe and one of those signs that are meant to be funny but clearly arent.

AIBU to chuck these things out? I havent put a picture in the frame and dont want to hang up the sign. Gift giver will probably come over at some point this year.

If it was me, I'd take straight to the charity shop.

I give them to the charity shop if they’re any good. It’s the thought that counts. They did something nice, it doesn’t mean you have to hold on to that naff gift forever!

Dont throw them out. Hand them into a charity shop

You sound a bit ungrateful. I know we all have different tastes but a home photo frame is a nice gift,who doesn't put pictures up. The other item sounds a bit bad though.

YABU to throw them out. Charity shop them if they aren’t to your taste but no, YANBU to get rid of stuff you don’t like.

Yes I'd take them to the charity shop, I wouldn't just put them in the bin! Sorry, I used the wrong phrase.

We have plenty of pictures up, just in normal rectangular frames.

Your house, your taste. Don't bin them though- charity shop.

Any idea where they were bought? Could you exchange them? My friend exchanged stuff she got as wedding gifts.

Can you not stick the frame on a window sil upstairs or in the hallway seems a shame to chuck them if the person will look for them but i don't like that kind of thing either I have a live love laugh cube thing in a room we hardly use it was a present and I would feel bad if I chucked it

They might be the type to wonder where said gifts are but are unlikely to ask you. I'd dispose of them.

As a teacher who has been given many naff gifts over the years, I’d donate them to a charity shop. But if possible, one in a nearby town or city. That way you can spare people’s feelings, rather than them spotting their unwanted gift.

Obviously charity shop rather than chucking them but YANBU as long as the gift giver isn't likely to be dreadfully hurt. (I imagine most people won't notice). You should also thank them for the gesture.

mummymayhem18, you do know

I know we all have different tastes

is a direct contradiction to

a home photo frame is a nice gift,who doesn't put pictures up?

Get rid OP.

Maybe charity shops should feed back to retailers what tat they receive that arrives BRAND NEW, and is therefore unwanted? There could be some sort of national league table (that would be dominated by the annual glut of scarves I receive for my December birthday and Christmas).

We've got a couple of things hanging in our kitchen/diner that were given by relatives, and they're not to my taste but they are pretty inoffensive. Mind you, we're having a big redecoration soon and as they've been up for a few years I think I can safely get rid now. MIL gave us the worst thing several Christmases ago: a decorative plate with a bizarre Christmas scene on it, it was truly hideous. It came with its own little stand too. It went straight to the charity shop: it was too horrible even to display for a couple of weeks.