We received a hammock from good friends for our wedding. We hung it from 2 trees in our suburban backyard. It was great until we woke up one morning about a month after we received it and noticed it was missing. Someone had stolen it. H still mentions the hammock that got away.
We once gave a hammock as a wedding gift! Did we give it to you? I am so sorry it got stolen! We never knew!
One Christmas we gave hammocks to two families. Neither has had it stolen yet and they didn’t liook as nice when we actually saw them as in the photos. 
Oh woks! We got three of those. Never used them…at all. We tried to sell them at a tag sale once…and no one even picked them up. Off to donation!
We got a crock pot that didn’t work. The box showed it was a gift from a bank; we assumed the giver got it for opening an account.
Yes, @Onward, we did use the decanter, for a long time. Now it sits near a crystal whiskey decanter we also got.
H and I just had wine last weekend out of our Orrefors (prelude) glasses! It had been awhile since we used them. I love my china pattern Wedgewood Runnymeade and use it at least once a month when our D’s and their bf’s come for dinner. We received a ceramic mixing bowl set which I still use and love today. Someone gave us a silver plated chafing dish which is still in the box almost 27 years later!
Have to add, one reason we stopped using the decanter was my concern about mineral deposits or whatever that could etch it. Another cheap glass one is uncleanable, no matter what I try.
Oddly, now I realize maybe the good crystal wouldn’t have that issue?? If anyone knows, pls reassure me. MIL always had a decanter of sherry, kept out and ready.
@lookingforward Even if it did etch it isn’t it better to actually use it than keep it pristine and not use it? If not now, when? 
Light bulb goes on over my head. The glass one is plain, so the etch shows. Obviously, this one is cut crystsl…who would even see an etch, behind the pattern ? (I’m having a Duh moment. This isn’t something I ever thought to google.) Thx.
Will use it soon.
I dunno, I have an antique cut crystal vase that I have been using for the past few years, it is quite dulled and water stained, I need to figure out how to clean it safely.
Try one of the following:
Vinegar and dry rice
alka seltzer
denture cleaners
One word of caution - if it is lead crystal, do not use it for storing liquids in it.
My husband’s extended family has a fondness for these. I just say thank you, nod and smile, then discreetly get rid of them.
@Consolation you clearly know your Wedgewood. Our pattern is Amherst - gray with platinum trim. http://www.replacements.com/webquote/ww_amh.htm?rplSrc=KX&rplSubEvent=28614&dvc=c&gclid=CjwKEAjwjPXIBRDhwICRg-DbgHISJADP6QXpaRtZmoX3fw_63_KispfDBObzTehVg6yTbIBraa2RPBoCw9vw_wcB
I think I must be mistaken about my brother’s since as far as I can tell Amherst only comes in gray. It’s very similar in feel, but apparently not Amherst. Maybe Colorado?
^^^My pattern is Amherst too. I love it. We didn’t get it as a wedding gift–H and I had a small wedding, only 4 others. We both the china ourselves. Friends of ours (who were in the wedding) threw a party for us the following week and we did get a Le Creuest casserole that I still use.
After 27 years, still love my white Nantucket china - not one broken plate and use it every day except for microwave. Also still love my Christmas china. The one thing we ended up using the longest was a wall clock, nothing fancy but hung in den until it died after 12 years. Stuff I didn’t register but really have enjoyed is glass or acrylic serving plates, bowls, etc. Clear matches everything!
Didn’t need silverplated pasta scoops or cut glass biscuit jars.
^^Oh well, my now-deceased best friend and godfather of my son gave me the crystal biscuit barrel. I guess I didn’t “need” it, but I do like having it.
But good thing no one had the temerity to give one to you, right? B-)
oh my…the wok…I got one too, electric version. I think I tried it a few times. It was a trendy thing in the mid-eighties
I recall getting a check for $15 dollars from my step-brother and his wife, who brought their child ( who wasn’t included on the invitation ) We paid for a lot of our reception and they cost us $30 so they could attend …they were NOT poor but they were cheap and tacky
Laughing about all the useless woks. Back in the 70’s, my brother’s girlfriend had one and started making up a stir-fry one night. The phone rang and she asked my brother to please keep tossing/moving the vegetables around in the oil for a minute or two while she dealt with the call. She came back to discover that my brother had dumped half a bottle of Open Pit BBQ sauce into the wok because, hey, everything’s better with Open Pit, right? She did not marry him.
We still have our original crock pot, 34 years later. The new ones don’t go to as high a temperature, and I swear my matzah ball soup tastes better in the old crock pot vs. the newer one my folks got me a few years ago.