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Farrah


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I hope that none of you ladies get ANY of these gifts!  It is a pretty funny read though:)!


Worst wedding gifts ever

By Miles Stiverson

With the summer in full swing, chances are good you'll be attending a wedding -- or maybe a few -- and as a guest, you'll be faced with the age-old question: What should you give? If you're thinking about anything that appears on the list below, please reconsider. Brides told us the worst wedding gifts they received.

Erring with art
Don't assume that your taste in art is the same as the couple's -- one person's Picasso is another person's "what were you thinking?" Here are a few pieces of tragic wedding present artwork that are sure contenders for "Most Likely to be Stashed in the Attic":


"A 3-D painting of horses"
"A really ugly art piece involving a cow tooth"
"A ceramic fish statue"
"A hand-painted lucky horseshoe"
"A picture of a wine cork"
"A ceramic angel in a bathtub"
"A hand-blown vase that looks like a hookah"


Cheapskate
The standard wedding etiquette is to spend approximately as follows: For a coworker or a distant family friend or relative, try to spend around $50-$75. For a relative or friend, the ballpark should be about $75-$100, and for a close relative or close friend, you'll want to spend $100-$150 or more. But as long as you avoid the skimps below, you should at least stay on speaking terms.


"A $15 garage rack (we don't even have a garage!)"
"A bottle of vinegar vegetables"
"A mop"
"Dollar-store picture frame with price tag still attached"
"Febreze air freshener"
"Gift card that was empty"
"Mounted can opener with the UPC code removed (so the giver could get the rebate and we couldn't return it)"
"An IOU"
"Nothing"


Re-gifting is a crime
Nothing says "Congrats on your marriage, but we didn't want to shell out for a real present" like giving a gift that someone else has already given you. Here are a few of the most obvious regift no-nos:


"A regifted tray (with the original card to the regifter included with the present)"
"A regifted set of wine glasses we'd given our cousin"
"A regifted apple peeler/corer/slicer"
"A regifted gravy boat that was broken"


Incredibly inappropriate
These couples received suggestive wedding gifts could be taken the wrong way -- without really trying. Avoid these inappropriate presents, or risk having to explain yourself to the happily married couple, and in some cases, the bride's father.


"A book on relationships"
"An emergency survival kit"
"A book called Why Men Love B****es -- I returned it"
"Edible underwear"
"Fertility idol"


Utterly useless
From the redundant to the... er, "unique," here's a list of gifts that would make better gag gifts than wedding presents.


"Six George Foreman grills"
"A birdhouse made of license plates... we live in a condo!"
"A friend gave us a framed invitation to her own wedding, which happened about five months before"
"A Jesus night-light"
"A snowman lamp"
"A Bill Clinton pot holder"
"A cinnamon-scented stuffed dog"
"Dueling harmonicas"



-- Edited by Farrah at 14:27, 2005-08-22

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OMG this is hysterical at my shower this weekend my grandmother gave my FH a hibachi grill she bought at a garage sale! We thought is was hysterical, she loves giving gifts she bought at garage sales.

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so hilarious!! For our wedding my husbands aunt who is pretty close to us and knows us both well gave us a set of towels and bathroom accessories (toothbrush holder, soapdish, cup) that were so ugly!! First of all we did not register for it, we did however register for the bathroom stuff we DID want! The stuff she got us was like puke brown with dragonflys on it. So it wasn't just something that wasn't on the registry, it was just some random gift! And who is she to pick out how we decorate our bathroom anyway? Who does that???? Also when we took it back (thank god it had a receipt) the wrapping paper and card was also on the receipt so it makes me think it was one of those last minute, run in and buy before ceremony, wrap in-between ceremony and reception, gifts. Aren't those types of gifts usually frames and photo albums? NOT BATHROOM ACCESSORIES!! I could see if it was just some person who didn't know us well, but not his aunt. It was VERY weird.

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it's not a bad gift necessarily, but a cheap one:


at our wedding, my dad's super rich client (he owns several dealerships & a sports team) and his wife gave us a $25 gift certificate to a home store his daughter owns.  (Our wedding cost like $60-70 a person.)



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"Dollar-store picture frame with price tag still attached"


We actually got this one....



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ha ha - funny list.  we got the cheap-o frame w/$8 price tag attached, but in fairness, it was from a distant relative who is a nun and i don't think she has much of an income.


we got lots of "nothings" and a few "well, we have like at LEAST a year to give you a gift, right...?"'s.  nevermind that we're moving to Thailand in 6 months.


and i was surprised by a few of my really close friends who still owe us gifts or gave us rather inexpensive gifts...like a $50 gift from a couple we're close to....but at the same time, this time in our lives is when so many weddings occur, and it does get very expensive, especially if you are IN the wedding.  and you never know what shape someone's finances are in.  you shouldn't expect them to give you more than they can reasonably afford, no matter how close they are to you. 


we got a few unique gifts that weren't on our registry, but it was actually really cool, because they were nice surprises and very lovely, although strictly speaking, we didn't really need them (more wine glasses, dessert plates, etc).  But it was nice that they wanted to pick something they liked for us.


overall, i reserve my annoyance for people who just don't bother sending even a card and seem to think we won't notice or something.  it's not that i need or want more stuff, but i do perceive someone not giving a wedding gift, especially if they attended the wedding, as a real slight, and not just a breach of etiquette. 


it's the thought that counts.  "bad" gifts or gifts that don't add up to the $75 I think I'm entitled to, or that don't equal or exceed what I spent per person on the wedding don't phase me, because that's not what the act of giving and receiving gifts is about.  we didn't throw the wedding for the gifts.  we gave it so we could celebrate our marriage with the people we're close to.


edited for clarity.
-- Edited by DC Shopper at 16:50, 2005-08-24

-- Edited by DC Shopper at 16:51, 2005-08-24

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DC Shopper wrote:

 and i was surprised by a few of my really close friends who still owe us gifts or gave us rather inexpensive gifts...like a $50 gift from a couple we're close to....but at the same time, this time in our lives is when so many weddings occur, and it does get very expensive, especially if you are IN the wedding.  and you never know what shape someone's finances are in.  you shouldn't expect them to give you more than they can reasonably afford, no matter how close they are to you. 
Yeah, I agree. Fortunately, I didn't have any close friends get married this summer, but if I had, there is no way in hell that I could have afforded a $100-150 gift. 

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