We received an awful set of glasses that was decorated with a gaudy floral design. We tried selling it on eBay, but they didn't even receive a bid! They are currently sitting in a box, in our basement, ready to either be sent to a loving new home or a trift store!

For our first bridal shower, I had the honors of attending it alone with my Mom. My fiance was not up for holding his laughter with any of the whole ordeal. Anyway, my style is real easy and specific. I have a website and all to make gifting easier for folks, but no. We still got some silly candle holder that had 80's style prints and some weird poem about love. Well... I drew my Mother-in-law's name for our Christmas gift exchange... I just regifted that lovely candle holder!!

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law got us this silver figurine of a naked man and woman wrapped in each others arms. Sure, it's good in theory, but it's definitely NOT our style!! When I unwrapped it I immediately thought it was an award from the Emmy's or something. When we found out it was from them (they were sitting in front of us when we opened it), we put on a "Oh gosh, thank you" face and pretended it was one of the best. We've stuck it in a back closet and promised to take it out and put it on the mantle whenever they come over. Luckily they don't come over often...!!

i think the fall back gift for people who are too dumb to use a registry is a bowl. a tacky bowl. we got no less than 4, random, clashing, useless bowls. the worst had to be at my shower though when my DH's grandmother gave me the ugliest vase i had ever seen, wrapped in a show box. problem is she explained that she had received it as a wedding gift and was passing it down. i have to keep it even though she never comes to our house because my DH feels it has meaning. ew.

So, this HUGE box arrived about 2 months after our wedding, and my husband was SO excited to open this giant box, but waited til i was home from work... so i walk in the door, we immediately open the box, and find this "gift".... It is a GIANT wooden basket that's made from a solid piece of wood, that is misshapen and cracked.... We are STILL racking our brains of what were they thinking!? It's now filled with random stuff in the closet in the guest room... we did get a lot of other random junk that we'll never use, but this one takes the cake!

The best man and his girl gave us a DVD of porn...homemade porn. How do you write a Thank You for that?!?

We recieved a fish shaped platter. Needless to say it is now at the cabin.

One of our groomsman and his wife got us this aweful wedding activity book, as my hubbie likes to call it, that they probably received as a gift for their wedding 5 years ago. We spent more on his grooms gift (which was really nice), then they did on our gift. TACKY!

At my shower, my Mom's aunt couldn't make it but sent her gift with my Grandma. We got three princess house crystal candle stick holders (sure you might think they are nice, even if they are not our style). My Aunt hasn't sold princess house in 20 years, the box that use to be white was now yellow, the corners were all bent and there was water damage to it. When I opened it and took the holders out they were full of dust, with melted wax stuck to the inside, and the bottom of one of them was chipped. I think she was cleaning off her mantle. :)

a cookbook... titled "the SINGLE girl's guide to fabulous cooking"

so we accidentally invited a guy and his wife (they were on my mom's christmas card list and accidentally got a wedding invite). The guy gave me a hard time in the receiving line, complained that the dj's music was too loud AND the gift from them was a totally cheap pos ice cream scoop (that we did NOT register for) that had "a gift from [so and so]" inscribed on the handle!!! Give me a break!! Dropped that off at the goodwill 2 days later and still hope someone they know finds it ;)

My husband and I received a HUGE decorative chocolate brown and lime green plate from his Aunt and the shop that she owns. We had absolutely no idea what to do with it, let alone where to put it, so we regifted it to a couple who got married one month later than us! ha ha It was the worst idea ever! I couldn't believe the guilt we felt or imagine their expression when they saw what they received from us because it is clearly not our taste! We ended up feeling so badly that we gave them another gift because we got two Belgium waffle makers! ha It was the start of a very funny honesty thing and we are all now able to share just about anything between the four of us! :)

Something was not quite right with our registry and we ended up with EIGHT sets of pyrex bowls. We were able to return most of them. However, the greatest gift of all was a gray throw blanket with a tiger on it - lots of animal print. Not our style at all.

We received a "My First Christmas" ornament in a very worn box. The weird part was that the ornament said 2007 and we didn't get married until 2009! (We had just started dating at the end of 2007). Strangely enough, the couple who gave us the ornament got married in 2007...

we got a stack of about 20 of the bed bath & beyond 20% off coupons from a couple whose card read "bb&b takes expired coupons. if you can't use them, toss them! congratulations" that was all they gave us.

Worst gift: getting NOTHING from your husband's parents, 2 brother, 3 sisters, grandparents, and aunt and uncle....all of whom attended the wedding!! Then you hear from the mother that she was "sooooo busy" and forgot to bring our gift that day. It's over a month later and we're still waiting for her to become "unbusy" to give us our gift.

We received a god awful 28 piece set of mallard duck plates. As well as a used pitcher that looked like it was used for planting because it still had dirt in the bottom. We just got married a month ago so we haven't quite gotten rid of the horrendous items just yet..but I think we are going to give the plates to my husband's sister for college (you know college kids will use anything) as for the pitcher who knows? I like the Craigslist idea.

My fiance's cousin, who had already written a long letter about how he shouldn't get married because it was a useless institution and he was making a huge mistake, came to my bridal shower and gave me a book... not just and book... the biography of Malcom X. interesting... yes... bridal... not quite.

My husband's twin and his wife re-gifted something they received from a wedding or shower...a giant purple-and-green fish-shaped platter with matching plates and butter knives! It was hideous, so I used it as a white elephant gift at a party with a bunch of college friends. One of my friends loved it and went home with it!

We got an electric toothbrush.... guess the in-laws are trying to tell me something about hygiene?

I recieved a neat punch bowl that turned into a cake plate with cover or a chip and dip display. It was crystal and was beautiful! But when we opened it to wash it and put it away the little old lady that gave it to us forgot to take her return address label off of it where she had clearly used it!! It was covered in soap spots and finger prints! I still do not know what to do with my used gift!

My husband and I spent a lot of time making our registries perfect, making sure we had items that fit every price range and lots of options. Before the wedding I had families asking us what we "really wanted". Well, we really wanted what we registered for! We ended up getting a few beautiful things from the registry, but we mostly got pieces of art that neither of us care for. We even ended up getting two panini presses and two salad spinners (items we didn't register for at all). I've looked all over for the stores these items were purchased from, but no luck. Headed to craigslist now to hopefully make some cash!

One of the sweet older ladies from our church collects nativity scenes. Apparently, she thought we really needed one for our May wedding. The one she gave us was made out of scrub brushes... yes, little baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and even the camels are made out of scrub brushes. Needless to say, we were speechless.

My husband and I got monogrammed towels...with someone else's initials. They weren't even close to ours.

I just got married in June 2010. In our pile of gifts was a huge box. We saved it for last thinking it was going to be good. I got the honors of opening it, and to my surprise it was a large pillow in the shape of a hamster/gerbil like animal. The card said it was for me for when my husband goes out of town. What a huge let down!!!

For my bridal shower I got a box of cleaning supplies. Really, really bad cleaning supplies that don't actually clean anything. For our wedding, our worst gift was a picture album with a hand sewn velour cover that was bedazzled so much it looked like it came out of 1982. Seriously. What is wrong with these people?

We received a blue pottery bowl, like the size of a cereal bowl with buffaloes all over it. And at the reception the lady who got it for us came up to me and told me that she got a something that is valued at $245 just for insurance purposes. So i was kinda anxious to open it to see what was so expensive and when i opened i had to laugh cause she had also put a not in the bowl saying how much it was worth. The bowl wasnt signed or anything by whoever claimed it to be so much. Now my husband still wants me to take a picture of him eating cereal out of it and send her another thank you card with that picture in the card.

My uncle told me he had, "very large 3rd world art" to be picked up at my grandmother's house because he didn't want to carry it to the reception. I thought it was a joke until I saw 4 feet tall naked (with impossibly large male parts) wood carvings of an African tribal couple. Turns out it is re-gifted from his neighors African vacation.

An older woman I worked with insisted on giving me a "beautiful" robe... that she had received for her wedding TWENTY YEARS AGO! She said it had just been hanging in the closet and if I washed it it would be as good as new. It was a floor length lace robe that was yellowing and musty smelling! Gross! So, when my cousin got married the next month, I annonymously regifted it to her at her shower. She had to act like she loved it because she didn't know who it was from... hilarious!

Neither of us drink, we registered for one small set of wine glasses, in case we had guests over. We ended up with four different sets of wine glasses (none of which were actually on our registry), two cork screws, and three bottles of wine. We are able to take some of it back and re-gifting the rest.

I regret to say that we received a warming station at our wedding that was not on our registry. It was very nice, but we had already received the one on our registry. So, I somehow ended up giving it to the cable guy who came to install our internet and cable. I still feel bad about it....but he wanted it :\

we got a set of bath mats and matching trash can with soap dish and lotion dispenser. As well as a set with a coffe maker, iron and electric skillet. Even though we already have all of these items. The bad part is that they are all bright pink! As if my husband would enjoy a bubble gum bathroom???!!!

My husband and I were married in July, and my Great Aunt obviously dug up some old stuff from her basement. We received an old wooden rolling pin wrapped up in an old christmas towel and placemat. They are in a box in my basement waiting to be once again regifted to some old person.

My Cousin gave us a bottle of Lubricant and $20, Not a joke actual wedding gift! I would have been happy with nothing. :S

I received "a pot to p-ss in". Literally a little stone pot with those words on it. Classy, huh? To my relief it was already broken in half when we opened it and I just tossed it right in the trash.

We got an absurd crystal vase shaped like a gift bag. On our thank you note I assured the sender that I'd never seen anything like it before. Ick.

My aunt gave us a little glass plaque on a fake-wood base etched with a poem about marriage. We both hate knick-knacks, and this one looks like it might have been re-gifted from HER wedding (which was in 1980!!!!). We have already decided to give it as a gag gift to my friend when she gets married.

We received a set of plates with apples on them as well as a floral set of plates. On top of that we received a white duvet cover that clearly has a huge "salvaged" sticker on it. The cover looked like it had a been close to a fire and burned in a spot. Why not give cash or gift card if you don't want to shop from the many registries we had.

My husband and I received a large tote full of Christmas items that were clearly discarded items from his Grandma and TOTALLY not my taste. Most of the ornaments looked 15 years older than we are, and one is a green bay packer ornament that has never been opened but says 1997 on it. Woo hoo. There were also some really ugly Christmas towels and a very large, very scary nutcracker. Lovely.

Wow!!!! I am happy to say I only received two gifts that my aunt and uncle could have saved for themselves. Art work that was purchased from the Dollar Store and a 16 piece glassware.

We got a wide silver colored bowl that looks like a trophy. Stem, handlebars, whole thing. Guess its meant to go over a mantle? However, its a superstition/joke in my family that however many ribbons you break when opening wedding gifts- that's how many kids you'll have. Thus, we have the one and only 'baby trophy'. I'll never be able to part with it, just for that laugh.

All of our gifts were picture frames!!! we got tons and tons of picture frames... so we returned the ones where we knew they came from... LOL

We received a book written specifically about how wives must always obey their husbands because women are inferior to men. Yeah...I burned it.

We got a $100 check that bounced... twice! And have yet to hear from the lady who wrote it after the 2nd time it bounced! It cost us $20 in fees! Also, got a 20 cup rice cooker that had the clearance tag on it! My sister got that for us and she knows we hardly ever eat rice, let alone 20 cups! Actually, most our gifts were fine besides my sisters... all her gifts went to Goodwill!! She just gives us random clearanced junk she finds... wedding, shower, and every Christmas!! We have decided, we are just shopping clearance for them from now on instead of gift cards, Wii stuff, and other nice thoughtful things!

We got 5 crock pots as wedding gifts. i actually asked for one, but 5 was kind of a lot. Thankfully I got to return three, but two of them didn't have gift receipts, so we're probably going to give our spare to some friends getting married soon. (And really, I was just glad we were opening all of these in private after our honeymoon rather than in front of everyone at the reception.) The other weird one was a giant box full of 40 mega-rolls of toilet paper! It HAS been useful, but needless to say I was a little surprised when I opened it.

We received a check for $20.00 from my cousin... Who owns 4 motorcycles and all the gear... and they constantly party. Cousin dear, I am sorry but a wedding gift of cash should at least equal what you would have spent at the bar, and I know it would be more than that!

My husband and I accually got a coffee can full of soda pop tabs. I have no idea what they were thinking... It was DEFINATLY NOT on the gift wish list.

We got married a week before Christmas. Some old friends gave us a foot tall figurine of Mary, Joseph and Jesus that had vines painted on it and was covered in gold glitter. It was awful! We were able to return it, but it had gone on clearance so we only got a few dollars.

One of my bridesmaids gave me NOTHING! I was in her wedding 2 months before, hosted her shower, took time off work to go to her bacholette party( which was in the middle of the day at a nail salon) and got her a gift, I spent easyly $300 for her weddiing. Worse shes my cousin, not one member of her family got us a gift !!! thanks alot.

Haha, these are really funny. We did get some odd gifts, but the most embarrassing gift was from my mom. As DH and I are leaving for the honeymoon, she hands me this gift bag and says "this is for later." It was KY Lubricant, panty liners, and personal cleansing cloths. I'm sort of confused by all this, but at least the KY was useful :)

After one of our showers, I got a late gift and immediately opened it. I was surprised to find a ceramic rabbit. It was so random I did not even know what to think. I sent the "Thank you" and plan to put it in storage.

We got a doozy from my dad's best friend. I would have gone to live with his family if my parents had died when I was a kid, so you figure that they'd know me well... They couldn't come to our wedding, but they sent us a lavish gift. The box was longer than I am tall and inside was a painting, but the frame was broken and the glass had shattered and got all over our apartment. After we cleaned up that mess, we took a good look at the art, and, uh... It was a print of an orthodox Jewish wedding with lots of Hassidim men dancing and enjoying the day. None of the women were moving at all and there was a giant "putting the ring on the finger" thing at the top that was pretty phallic. My boyfriend's family is Jewish, but neither of our families are religious at all -- we were married by a friend of mine who's a lead singer in a metal band. The note said that this is what they were thinking about as they toasted to our happiness. Frankly, we found the gift offensive. It took me a few days to calm down and write out a lovely thank you note for that one. I'm still struggling with the insurance company (they've lost our form a few times), but it is serious art by a serious artist and we're trying to figure out how to sell it to someone. For now it's hanging in our living room with binder clips so we don't mar the print. It's a great conversation starter and we've gotten a lot of bad gift stories from people who've come over, but I'd definitely take "nothing" over that one.

While we feel we were very, VERY blessed by our friends and family, we had guests who RSVP'ed, did not come, and did not send a gift (while we paid around $100 for each!) and did not apologize or even talk to us. And we also had groomsmen and bridesmaids who did not get us any sort of gifts-for anything. I mean, I understand broke, but isn't it just rude not to bring anything at all when everything is paid for you?

My DH and I received a King size (for our queen bed) UGLY pale pink comforter from an elderly couple. It definitely looks like it was taken out of a closet! We tried to find a store that would return it, but no one sells comforter like that any more!

Three words: homemade personal lubricant.

Before the wedding I had heard some rumors that family friends were planning on bringing dates, unfortunately we only planned on the family coming. (Which makes sense right?? If you are invited as a family, you don't bring dates too. Right?) When I called the daughter to inform her she was upset but understanding. I thought we both handled it maturely and quickly. So guess who I saw at the reception? Yupp, the boyfriend. Then the dad had the audacity to come up to me, on my wedding day, while still in my dress, with a huge smile on my face, to say "I should have called him, not his daughter about the unwanted guest." I politely informed him it was my day and that he should have ASKED in the first place, and walked away. Then the son showed up with a buddy, not even a girlfriend. C'mon people. I was floored. So that makes 7 people when they RSVP'd 4... I didn't want to make it a big deal at all. The only thing that shocks me more than the amount of people they brought to my big day... the gift. $50.... I don't want to sound selfish... but I had friends give more than that and it was them and a date. Am I wrong for feeling this way??

My husband and I recieved previously used adult movies. We were totally disgusted by them. They were all wrapped together, not in cases. We have decided to let them sit in our living room and re-gift them the way we got them to the person who gave them to us for Christmas. I know rude...but this person was way out of line for giving them in the first place.

A $20 giftcard to Quiznos... (like Subway).

The best gift we received was a thing of Velveeta Cheese and a Velveeta Cheese holder. It was from a couple that wasn't invited to the wedding, but the gift was brought by a mutual fried. I guess they were saying screw you for not inviting them? We only see them once a year, so we didn't think it was a big deal. I guess everyone needs a Velveeta Cheese holder.

My EX MIL gave me her dented, rusted and dusty Home Interior brass butterflies to hang on our walls. Very telling - a hint I probably should have taken a little more seriously.

We got a volleyball net. We live in a third floor apartment downtown.

We got married a month ago and opened our gifts the day after the wedding with all of our family there. My aunt had good intentions I think, but she gave us a bright pink plastic tub full of cleaning supplies and pink polka dotted rubber gloves and a very colorful feather duster that suggested... Well, something naughty. My husband's young cousins were there and we are both very conservative, so needless to say, we were quite embarrassed. However the dish soap she included came in handy when we moved into our apartment. The tub is under our kitchen sink for now and the feather duster has disappeared. If I ever find it, it will disappear to salvation army.

my husband's aunt and uncle sent us a giant blanket with a horrendous horse pattern on it. literally hundreds of different horses. i cant tell if it would offend my husband if i suggested we donate it to good will or not so for right now, it sits in our living room. in its own embarrassing way, its kind of a hit when we have guests.

My husbands parents didn't contribute to the wedding at all because they were too busy buying a new car and new floors for their "out of town" guests. Thinking we would get something good from them since they didn't contribute at all was a joke. They gave us 4 glasses with roosters on them. I was very shocked and confused after opening them. I guess the rooster means new beginnings or something. Either way they are sitting in my guest room. Weird.