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OriginalRandi
Master November 2015

Mystery Wedding Gift:(

OriginalRandi, on January 6, 2016 at 1:23 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 21

What do you do when you've spent hours taking careful notes of exactly who gifted you what in preparation for thank-you notes, but there is one giant set of Tupperware in a gift bag and no name or identification whatsoever? And not a clue at all who it's from? And some of your guests sent money/gifts before the wedding so you have no idea if it's one of them just adding something else on, or if it's one of the guests from whom you don't have any record of gifts given otherwise?

Some guest is going to be out there next year, probably making a post on here about how rude it is they never got a thank you from us for the lovely Tupperware they brought to the wedding. Blech. Smiley sad

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Latest activity by OriginalRandi, on January 6, 2016 at 3:34 PM
  • kahlcara
    Master August 2013
    kahlcara ·
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    Have you tried asking your families? Maybe someone noticed who left it or they mentioned it to your mom or ILs?

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  • Frugal Gator
    Master May 2016
    Frugal Gator ·
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    Was it off your registry? Amazon registry gives you a "thank you note" list, so you may be able to contact the store your registry is through and get the information from them.

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  • Princess Consuela
    Master November 2015
    Princess Consuela ·
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    We have one like this too! We think it might have been one of H's friends playing a joke, but we have no way to know without looking rude as hell. We can't very well go around asking everyone.

    We got a blank card with some random picture on the front with $100 in it, and scribbled inside is "Thank you." We thought it was hilarious at first, like, who writes "thank you" inside a wedding card with NOTHING ELSE? I stressed about it for a minute, but then I forgot and now I'm back to remembering and thinking it's hilarious, haha. (Trying this New Year's thing where I don't stress about things I can't control.)

    ETA - clarity

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  • Missys984
    Master October 2015
    Missys984 ·
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    I don't like when people post a lot of wedding stuff on social media but this is one of the few cases where I would actually update my status and say something about how thankful you are but there is no name. And hope that the person sees it and lets you know.

    For my shower my MOH actually wrote down what everyone got us. So on the thank yous I was very specific. I actually had someone say "hey just wanted to let you know we got you this too but you didn't write it in the card." I felt like such a jerk but she understood and was really nice about it. I hate not being able to properly thank people. I feel bad. I'm with you.

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  • Salisott
    VIP February 2017
    Salisott ·
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    @Frugal_gator- that is amazing! I had no idea!! I'd like to like your post a million times Smiley smile

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  • ReneeCool
    Super December 2013
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    Was the Tupperware purchased off of a registry? I know some registries, like Macy's, have a feature built in to identify the purchaser. If not, definitely ask family/close friends. We had someone leave a gag gift at our wedding without any indication of who it was from so we had some fun investigating and finally figuring it out.

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  • Princess Consuela
    Master November 2015
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    Melissa, I think it's super weird that someone would point that out to you! For the most part, people try their best...I think she's the rude one in that case.

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  • NowASeptMrs
    Master September 2015
    NowASeptMrs ·
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    Check with where you registered first. If not, I'd post a status or email family members:

    "We got a wonderful set of tupperware but the card or name with it seems to have been misplaced! If it's from you, please let us know so we can thank you!"

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  • Nicole
    Master July 2015
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    Sometimes...the mystery just remains. We still have no idea who got us our entire pots and pans set. We asked around and it's just a complete mystery.

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  • Rebecca
    Master November 2015
    Rebecca ·
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    I had the same problem! I had two mystery gifts. One I was able to figure out because my mom mentioned bringing two boxes from her friend and I'd only accounted for one. The other I was never able to figure out. I did make a facebook post with a picture but nobody claimed it. It was from our BB&B registry and they can tell who makes online purchases, but not in-store. So... if it's from your registry, try calling that store. If not, you can make a facebook post, but other than that there's not really anything else you can do. It stinks Smiley sad

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  • Missys984
    Master October 2015
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    Princess honestly if it wasn't the woman it was I would have thought it was rude too. But she is so nice and was just saying it to make sure we didn't think we had a gift from a mystery person. I think shes too nice to actually be rude ever. If it had been someone else I would have been peeved.

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  • OriginalRandi
    Master November 2015
    OriginalRandi ·
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    Yep, I've interrogated the families and it wasn't off our registry, so total mystery. Ah well, helps to know I'm not alone. And Princess, thanks for the reminder about not stressing about stuff—I'm trying to do less stressing too. Smiley smile

    Melissa, I'm glad to hear about the woman who contacted you about what else they got—I never would have thought of someone doing that. Maybe I'll go for specific but not super specific? lol. We'll see I suppose...

    Thank you all!

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  • LizzyC
    Master April 2016
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    Ugh that's too bad! I would also just do a facebook post if you've already exhausted the other options of checking with the store, family members, etc... hopefully they'll see it!

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  • Dana
    VIP October 2016
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    This happened to me, but I was the gift giver. Somehow my card got lost and one of my best friends thought I didn't give her a gift. By process of elimination, I was the only person she could think of who she didn't write a thank you to. She ended up texting me and asking upfront if I had given them a gift. She felt horrible for asking, but I felt better knowing that she knew I gave her something. I would've felt worse had I never received a thank you!

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  • November Bride
    Expert November 2015
    November Bride ·
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    Oh that's bummer, we had a mystery gift but asked a couple of friends and found the guest that gifted it to us!

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  • Princess Consuela
    Master November 2015
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    Has anyone ever seen the HIMYM episode of this? It goes on for years that Ted is pissed because he thinks Marshall and Lily never gave them a thank you note, and Marshall and Lily think for years that Ted didn't get them a wedding gift. (Ted dresses up for Halloween as a thank you note, and Marshall dresses up as a gift.)

    ......

    Anyway, haha...Melissa, I'm glad, haha! Otherwise I'd be like, seriously?!


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  • Jade
    Master May 2016
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    I have a knife set sitting in our gift pile from our shower that I cannot figure out who it came from! I asked my mom & BMs but none of them remember either. I didn't realize I could call BBB to ask, I knew about the Amazon Thank you Manager, but that's super handy to know!

    On a side note/question; there was an item that was marked as purchased on our Amazon Registry, it was purchased by FHs partner's wife at the same time she got something else. We received the other item along with a bunch of other stuff from her at the shower but I realized when I was checking off my Thank You card list that this item isnt there... I don't know if she decided not to get it afterwards and got us other stuff, or if it hasn't been delivered yet, or what AND I feel like it would be so weird to ask her about it. I tried to reach out to Amazon but they wont give me any answers for "security" reasons and I don't know what to do... Any suggestions?

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  • Natalie
    Master May 2015
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    I had a gift that got separated from the card. Luckily I was able to figure it out by process of elimination. Did you perhaps get an empty card from someone, that could have belonged with the gift?

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  • Nancy Taussig
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    Do any of your relatives or friends sell Tupperware or have a friend who sells Tupperware?

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  • Christine
    Dedicated June 2016
    Christine ·
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    I had this happen with a gift from my first wedding back in 1995. To this day I have no clue who gave it to me and I still use it all the time (it was an address book)

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