Shower Gift - What funny gifts have you received?

blushingbride8888

Ok snarky brides.. my mother, aunt, grandmother are throwing me a shower next month and Mom just sent out the invitations. Prior to the invitations going out I explained to my Mom that if people asked her what I wanted (if they didn't want to buy off the registry) to not suggest lingerie. My Mom would never do that anyway but I'm the first shower in my family so I figured it was worth noting. I have a couple registries will many items despite the fact that Fi and I live together. My Mom advised me to fill it up (with things I need obviously) so people have plenty to choose from.

It's housewares, cute décor items...home/kitchen stuff... champagne flutes. You know - the usual. Well my aunt who can't make it - lives too far away - sent her regrets to my Mom the other day and said she had no idea what to get me and that nothing in my registries looked remotely appropriate for a shower. Where was all the lingerie?!

My Mom had to explain it wasn't a lingerie shower and it was more of a general shower for homey things and I didn't register for any lingerie.... LOL. She replied with disappointment and questioned why we weren't doing the fun stuff. Opening lingerie from family members in front of Fi's mom and my elderly relatives honestly sounds like torture. I'm not talking a robe or PJs. I'm talking legit lingerie. I live with Fi and honestly have plenty of lingerie in my closet I never wear...

She seemed completely perturbed I wasn't registered for lingerie. Just curious if you ladies have any experience with this sort of thing or any funny stories? Now I'm just crossing my fingers no one brings anything alarming... I'm not a prude I promise but a lot of my relatives are over 60.

DaniBites

A couple of my girlfriends got me lingerie at my shower (I registered for all housewares).

I was redder than red when I realized what it was as I opened it in front of all my aunts and cousins and my mom and had to hold it up. 

TrixieJess

I find it odd. I've been to showers (housewares and starting a house) and lingerie showers, but never have the two intersected. It's usually an either/or situation. A bride will either have one or the other, never both. Personally, I wouldn't want anyone buying me lingerie. I'm picky and hard to fit. 

ETF: Words are hard

charcoalandblush

Fortunately I wasn't given lingerie at ANY of my showers. 

All of my off-registry gifts have been wonderful, like a newlyweds cookbook (all recipes for two). Except one of FMIL's best friends hand-embroidered tea towels for us... and spelled my name wrong. They're adorable, but I have no clue what I'm going to do with them.

[Deleted User]

Anyone else picture the episode of HIMYM where Robin gets Lily a vibrator but switches it with a gift tag off a gift from Lily's grandmother?... Awkward....................

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jgrace8611 said:

Anyone else picture the episode of HIMYM where Robin gets Lily a vibrator but switches it with a gift tag off a gift from Lily's grandmother?... Awkward....................

Yep, that's exactly where I went.  But then I'm a freak in that I relate everything to HIMYM.

PandaNikki

I had two showers, and both my mom and MIL went to both of them. At the shower thrown by my mom and BMs, my MIL got me a bunch of lingerie (lots of "someone wants grandchildren" comments there) so my mom got me one lingerie set at the shower thrown by my MIL. 

(Somewhat related) Side note: the shower thrown by my MIL ended up being "accidentally" men and women, and one of the games was like "make a story using play-doh" or something like that. Almost every single story was penis-related. All told by my DH's (then FI) family. Glad my FIL made his sangria that day for sure!

BouxRadley

adk19 said:

jgrace8611 said:

Anyone else picture the episode of HIMYM where Robin gets Lily a vibrator but switches it with a gift tag off a gift from Lily's grandmother?... Awkward....................

Yep, that's exactly where I went.  But then I'm a freak in that I relate everything to HIMYM.

I'm a freak in that I relate everything to vibrators. We all have our quirks.

lovemesomemonster

I think it's funny that your aunt is the one like "Um, hello, let's spice it up!"

You should just tell her that you have a no clothes rule in the house, it helps to keep the sanctuary that you have built together clear of all outside disturbances, so you drop the pants at the door anyways and lingerie is not needed. 

fyrchk

I always find it's the older ladies in the family that buy the lingerie. It's like they're being naughty and they secretly love it.

My most embarrassing gift was from FMIL's friend. She gave us a fertility statue thing and then a book about sex. Apparently, no one told her that I had a hysterectomy due to medical issues. When I opened FMIL loudly announced, "Fyrchk can't HAVE babies!" Her poor friend was traumatized and kept apologizing. I had to ask her to stop apologizing because she was so upset and it's not like she was being mean. Poor thing.

If nothing else, it's an awesome statue and we get a lot of good laughs out of it.

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I think the lingerie shower is a holdover from when the bride was supposed to be a blushing virgin, and the goal was to scandalize her as much as possible. I personally think it's very strange, and I've never been to a shower where that kind of thing was the norm.

My shower was yesterday, actually, and the best off-registry gift I received was a pink backpack with cats wearing hipster glasses on it from two of my friends who were able to find something at the perfect center of the venn diagram of my interests.

sheknows6

My shower is tomorrow and I will report back!

julieanne912

sheknows6 said:

My shower is tomorrow and I will report back!

Mine too!

Jstump2

sylveonplath  haha, I have that backpack! My best friend got it for me for my birthday. I've gotten a ton of compliments on it.

OllisaurusRex

FI's aunt sent me a Victoria Secret gift card for our engagement. I just handed it to FI, because it's not like their bras will ever dream of fitting me. So FI was well trained by his parents, and wrote a thank you card, but kept it very generic. It was Dear Aunt So and so, Thank you for your generous gift. We look forward to seeing you this summer. Love FI.

Aunt is a wee bit annoyed at the generic thank you. And that FI wrote it. Erm, his family, not mine. And did she want a "Thanks for the sexy lingerie that's now lying in a heap on the floor! They're so nice, but we did accidentally shred one in the removal. Can't wait to show you the scraps!" type note?

Bumblybee03

Lingerie I don't mind. I got a few pieces- nothing too terrible- at one of my showers, which was dubbed a "Bed and Bath" shower, so it made sense. 

What really got me was the "goodie bag" that a cousin of mine thought would be hilarious to get me full of sex toys. My flower girls were at this particular shower, so when I opened it and realized what it was (everything was still in the sealed bag it came in), I just thanked her graciously, eased it into the bag and left it at that. 

She got offended that I didn't open it in front of everybody like I did the other gifts. My mom and my aunt got an earful from her about how ungrateful that made me seem (within earshot of me. Still at the shower). 

AddieCake

Bumblybee03 said:

Lingerie I don't mind. I got a few pieces- nothing too terrible- at one of my showers, which was dubbed a "Bed and Bath" shower, so it made sense. 

What really got me was the "goodie bag" that a cousin of mine thought would be hilarious to get me full of sex toys. My flower girls were at this particular shower, so when I opened it and realized what it was (everything was still in the sealed bag it came in), I just thanked her graciously, eased it into the bag and left it at that. 

She got offended that I didn't open it in front of everybody like I did the other gifts. My mom and my aunt got an earful from her about how ungrateful that made me seem (within earshot of me. Still at the shower). 

Since she had no qualms about bitching about you and making you seem inappropriate, I would have no qualms saying to her, "Cousin, I'm sorry you were offended that I didn't completely open your gift at the shower, but as there were children there, I thought it best to wait. Surely you can understand that."

snakeylady

My shower was yesterday. No lingerie--it was mostly family, so I'm happy about that--but I did receive an enormous metal turkey serving tray. As in a serving tray that is shaped/engraved like a turkey.

Also a woodchuck came running through the backyard as I was opening presents, scaring all of the aunties.

OllisaurusRex

snakeylady said:

My shower was yesterday. No lingerie--it was mostly family, so I'm happy about that--but I did receive an enormous metal turkey serving tray. As in a serving tray that is shaped/engraved like a turkey.

Also a woodchuck came running through the backyard as I was opening presents, scaring all of the aunties.

Damn that woodchuck! Now any potential shower that I will have will not be nearly as entertaining.

snakeylady

OllisaurusRex said:

My shower was yesterday. No lingerie--it was mostly family, so I'm happy about that--but I did receive an enormous metal turkey serving tray. As in a serving tray that is shaped/engraved like a turkey.

Also a woodchuck came running through the backyard as I was opening presents, scaring all of the aunties.

Damn that woodchuck! Now any potential shower that I will have will not be nearly as entertaining.

Poor thing was just as terrified as the aunts. It went charging toward them, realized that they were certainly much scarier than what he was running from, and then doubled back.

banana468

Almost every shower I've attended includes one nightie.   It's generally tasteful and worth a few oohs and aahs.   I've never seen anything given at a shower that needs to be cleaned with something antimicrobial. 

julieanne912

My shower was Saturday and woohoo, no lingerie!  But the hosts put on the invite that the Crate and Barrel registry was the go-to registry, and pretty much everyone followed that.  My mom's cousin did give me a wine bottle that had twinkle lights in it, and then she painted the outside with a farm scene.  Sort of funny, but she did also get me something off the registry.  I guess it'll make a good nightlight somewhere.   FI's mom also went off registry but got me all kinds of fun kitchen gadgets, a huge box full.  

sassercake12

No one asked my bra size for lingerie, which I would have died opening. My FSIL did get me a cute nightie and robe. I saw it in the bag, held it up for a second and dropped it because I was a little taken aback, but it was cute and tasteful. She also got me a battery-operated candle with Kermit and Miss Piggy in a canoe on it. It's sitting in our bathroom and is so cute.

ShesSoCold

My H's grandma got me this horrible 80s ceramic cake topper sculpture looking thing. When I opened it and talked about how nice it was, she laughed and said she won it somewhere and it's been sitting in her closet for 20 years waiting for someone to get married.

I think it's in our attic. Or goodwill.

snakeylady

Oh! I can't believe I forgot this before, but Fiance's aunt gave us bride-and-groom bobblehead picture frames with our pictures in them.

TheCheeseWench

PandaNikki said:

I had two showers, and both my mom and MIL went to both of them. At the shower thrown by my mom and BMs, my MIL got me a bunch of lingerie (lots of "someone wants grandchildren" comments there) so my mom got me one lingerie set at the shower thrown by my MIL. 

(Somewhat related) Side note: the shower thrown by my MIL ended up being "accidentally" men and women, and one of the games was like "make a story using play-doh" or something like that. Almost every single story was penis-related. All told by my DH's (then FI) family. Glad my FIL made his sangria that day for sure!

^^^This is the scene where CheeseWench turns 50 shades of red and actually dies. Under NO circumstances do I want to open lingerie in front of either of our mothers/grandmothers/aunts etc, and Hell if I am going to wear some picked out by them. I mean, what a turn on..."gee, every time I wear this I'll think of my MIL?!" :-0 Besides, FI hates most of the clothes my Mother buys me as gifts anyway. There's a spot in the back of my closet for those items, in a category he calls "Boner Poison".

When I married exH my friends threw me an impromptu bachelorette sort of gathering (like 1 day notice) and invited my Mother, who brought a friend. The friend brought me a gift bag full of things from the sex shop. Flavored lube, massage oil, a how-to book for giving the best BJs etc.... I was MORTIFIED.

ashtsb

I got a cooler full of frozen meat. Which sounds weird, but what meat we've cooked has been some of the best steak/hamburger I've had in a while. The cooler is a nice one which will be great for picnics.

TheCheeseWench

ashtsb said:

I got a cooler full of frozen meat. Which sounds weird, but what meat we've cooked has been some of the best steak/hamburger I've had in a while. The cooler is a nice one which will be great for picnics.

^^^^FI got this as a groomsman's gift once. He said it was awesome. Funniest part is the groom who gave it to him is now a vegan.

lovemesomemonster

I can finally comment on this! Just had my shower and one of my aunts made some comment about the wedding night, right after that comment I opened the gift from my FMIL. It was a book titled "Porn for Women" and she had cut out pictures of FI and glued them on the guy's heads in the book. They were pictures like a guy vacuuming with the saying "You know I like a clean house" but it was super funny because it was right after the wedding night comments. My aunt couldn't believe that the only funny gift was from FMIL, but she is awesome so it was totally expected!