What was the worst wedding present you got?

Mrs W · by **Mrs W** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:02 pm

have just found this thread and spent half hour going through it, some people give awful sugar.
we got mostly cash but we did get a few strange ones... a slow cooker?? i make dinner that takes half an hour never mind 9 hour vegetable soup!!
and a tea set that is in Harvey norman for €20.... from a couple....
another cousin who we had given 250 to for her wedding gave us a slate clock...not even a fancy one, there was no question about the quality of this one. it was like one kids make in school.
also got 6 sets of the same galway crystal glassses...

AmandaMc · by **AmandaMc** » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:15 pm

Mrs W wrote:have just found this thread and spent half hour going through it, some people give awful sugar.
we got mostly cash but we did get a few strange ones... a slow cooker?? i make dinner that takes half an hour never mind 9 hour vegetable soup!!
and a tea set that is in Harvey norman for €20.... from a couple....
another cousin who we had given 250 to for her wedding gave us a slate clock...not even a fancy one, there was no question about the quality of this one. it was like one kids make in school.
also got 6 sets of the same galway crystal glassses...

Oh my god I love my slow cooker!! Didn't get it at first but then I made a stew one day- never tasted one like it, slow cooking makes the meat so tender!! You could put it on at night before you go to bed and you've a fab easy dinner for the next day. Wouldn't use it for soup or anything like that.

eefc · by **eefc** » Thu Oct 20, 2021 12:46 pm

Have to agree about the slow cooker - I got one when we bought our house .Brilliant for the really really cold days. Prepare the night before (literally throw everything in with some water) turn it going out the door to work, arrive home and the dinner is cooked! Amazing! Couldn't live without it during the winter!

Great for bolognase (sp) too!

I received an invitation to a wedding that had a handwritten note in it on a random piece of paper saying "we would like gift vouchers for argos or money only- no other gifts". For a while I thought it was just in our invitation and then I realised that it was in everyones- how rude!

by **honey d** » Wed Oct 26, 2021 10:24 pm

god! reading this does not instill much cofidence in me,(im getting married next year).
However,as bad as some of these stories are what im about to tell you has to take the cake and the p*ss me thinks!!!
My sister-in-law got married a few years ago and his granny,gave them...................50 euro in a card!!!!! And thats not even the best part,one of his aunties is living at home and the card with the 50 quid was from both of them!!!!!? And before anyone says it, no they aren't broke,they are just complete and utter SCABS,that may sound harsh but it's the truth.

What is it with some people,you might not mind so much if it was a far out friend or relative but your freaking granny and auntie,that is just rude i think,that 50 euro wouldn't even cover the cost of the meal! O:|

fizzgig · by **fizzgig** » Thu Oct 27, 2021 1:05 pm

honey d wrote:god! reading this does not instill much cofidence in me,(im getting married next year).
However,as bad as some of these stories are what im about to tell you has to take the cake and the p*ss me thinks!!!
My brother-in-law got married last year and his granny,his dads mam,gave them...................50 euro in a card!!!!! And thats not even the best part,one of his aunties is living at home(she's in her mid 30s!?!) and the card with the 50 quid was from both of them!!!!!? And before anyone says it, no they aren't broke,they are just complete and utter SCABS,that may sound harsh but it's the truth.

What is it with some people,you might not mind so much if it was a far out friend or relative but your freaking granny and auntie,that is just rude i think,that 50 euro wouldn't even cover the cost of the meal!

Are you for real ? or are you trolling ? :yelrotflmaosmilie:

by **honey d** » Thu Oct 27, 2021 10:40 pm

I'm dead serious fizzgig,I know it sounds too bad to be real but it is the gods honest truth.
When my brother in law told me i thought he was joking at first but then when his lovely new wife cofirmed the story i knew it was true!!!

Guess i can know what to expect for our wedding gift from them next year........cant wait!!!!!! :o0

fizzgig · by **fizzgig** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 8:34 am

well, seeing as no one else has said this to you, i think you sound incredibly selfish.

Poor granny doesnt put the going rate into her card, and you think its mean ?
For the love of god women, you make the wedding sound like a business transaction.
Gifts are not given to equate to the cost of the meal. Its a wedding, you are the host and you kindly invite people as a GUEST.

iD love to skip forward in time, until you are collecting your pension every week and see how much you would put in a card.

Please get your priorities right before you turn into a mad woman.

Scabs my arse...

bazinga · by **bazinga** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 8:55 am

fizzgig wrote:well, seeing as no one else has said this to you, i think you sound incredibly selfish.

+1,000,000

My Granny "only" gave me £50, and I wasn't expecting anything, that's 80% her pension for the week.

I've said it here before, and I'll say it again - peoples circumstances are different. They may seem like they should have lots of disposable income but you never know whether they have debt, a high mortgage, in NE, saving for IVF, Credit card debt, gambling, illness etc.

No-one tells everyone every circumstance.

And if you look back through the thread, I mentioned my OHs Aunt and Uncle, you brought their 5 (uninvited) grown adult children (2 brought their partners - so SEVEN extra people) to our wedding and together they gave £20 in a card. That annoyed me and was scabby, but if it had of been OHs aunt and uncle alone who came, I wouldn't have been fussed. Just before anyone plays the hypocrite card.

I was going to post yesterday to this, but when I saw your reply to Fizzigigg, I laughed that much I logged off.

fizzgig · by **fizzgig** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 9:36 am

Ira Bazinga, i thought id heard the last of the scabby guests debate ha ha.
But accusing someones poor granny is the straw that broke the camels back.

Some post celtic tiger cubs need to get with the times, thankfully...
The greed is an ugly sight to behold.

bazinga · by **bazinga** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 9:41 am

fizzgig wrote:Ira Bazinga, i thought id heard the last of the scabby guests debate ha ha.
But accusing someones poor granny is the straw that broke the camels back.

Some post celtic tiger cubs need to get with the times, thankfully...
The greed is an ugly sight to behold.

I had a big post typed out, and changed my mind! Saw yours and laughed my head off. People will never fail to shock me!! Such an awful trait to have.

PhDmammy · by **PhDmammy** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 10:23 am

Agree 100%! Unfortunately both my grandmothers past away. but at my brothers wedding he didnt even expect anything off our nana. Nor would I. And neither h2b or myself expect anything off his grandad. they are family, we love them and all we want is for them to share the day with us. We don't expect anything off any of my close family. We just want them there with us on such a special day!

StupidSexyFlanders · by **StupidSexyFlanders** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 10:25 am

+1 to the above. I would have so loved any of my grandparents to be at my wedding (I'm actually tearing up :-8

). I'm so envious of my cousins whose weddings they attended

fizzgig · by **fizzgig** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 11:16 am

i know the entire thread is supposed to be funny, and i have laughed at some of the presents people got ;o)

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Overall though, newlyweds complaining about cash they did'nt and did receive is distasteful to say the least.

by **bali** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 1:45 pm

+1
My nana didnt give me anything but i dont care. I was glad she was there. only wish the others were still around.

discussing the amt of cash each person gave is terrible. my mother starting asking who gave what and I told her to mind her own business.

by **pbh11** » Fri Oct 28, 2021 7:00 pm

photo frame from my cousin, I know we shouldn't be ungrateful but come on, it wasn't even a nice frame.!

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