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Think gift-giving gets easier when you’re hitched? Yeah, right. Add in-laws and other family members to the mix and you’ve got funny tales of gifts gone totally wrong.

My MIL is a sweet and quiet lady, which is why I was totally surprised when she bought me a bottle of gin and three leopard thongs. Maybe she was hinting that she wants grandchildren....
--casuallyrad

I received a $10 calling card from my aunt with a Post-it note attached that said, "There’s $8.37 remaining on here. Please keep in touch!"
--shrades77

My grandma gave me a pair of satin sky-blue underwear and a matching bra in her size, not mine. She’s a 36DD and I’m a 32B…I think she was hoping for a re-gift.
--Missuskeekers

My step-MIL gave me a painting of dinosaurs standing in front of a teepee. To this day, I still don’t understand the significance.
--annabelle.27

Last December I received a metal tin filled with old Easter candy from my husband’s aunt. Shouldn’t there be a rule banning eight-month-old candy?
--sisterinlaw2B

I always get used makeup from my old auntie. Gross!
--Lollipop*Gestapo

A pine-scented pot holder. Enough said.
--Nanner

We received a tacky Jesus candle from my MIL. I put it out every year for Christmas so my husband could never tell me I hide all of his mother's gifts. Everyone (MIL excluded!) has a good laugh.
--MsHan

Gifts from my in-laws at Christmas have been: paper clips, pens, and Wite-Out -- all individually wrapped!
--Fergiegirl

I got used cookie cutters from my husband's grandma and a hat she swore she knit herself but had an Aeropostale tag inside.
--patrish1980

A blanket with a tag on it saying it was pee-proof...just in case I happened to have an accident, I guess.
--kelly72206

My in-laws gave us a small can of Folgers coffee. They just knew how much we loved coffee and thought it would be a great gift.
--katie.marsh

We got a very large wineglass that could hold 15 bottles of wine. It was big and horrible. But my friends love it. When they come over, they pour their drinks into it.
--wifeplzak

His grandma bought me a fake mouse that was decorated for Christmas. It even sang and danced. Scary.
--Jpell5120

A single coaster!
--nestinginjapan

My mom gave my husband Antonio Banderas cologne. What are you trying to say, Mom?
--RedPoppies

Something I’d never seen or heard of: potato peeling gloves.
--Dr.Loretta

We got matching holiday sweaters. His had flashing lights on it. Mine had bells. I still have vivid, horrifying flashbacks.
--k8e_girl

My in-laws gave us a candle made from an ashtray (swiped from a casino) with a candle melted into it.
--suecut

Nunchucks and a seashell-encrusted toilet-bowl scrubber.
--scho

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