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hahaha how awful! but funny! nope, no anonymous gifts here, but it's early for me and FI.
sounds like a genuine gift... at least that's how i'd take it... i've never received an anonymous gift, but i HATE surprises so that's probably why...
We received one without a card but with a Bed Bath and Beyond gift receipt on it. Their customer service couldn't tell me who it was from but the receipt did show the tax percentage of where it was bought so I spent an afternoon looking up which cities in our area had a store and what the tax rates in each were! It was a lot of work but I did narrow it down to the right person so I was very proud of myself. :)
Perhaps they thought they were out of line to give you this book so thats why they left it anonymously??
I don't think they thought there was anything wrong with your marriage-- they just wanted to give you a book that you would find useful! Who doesn't want their marriage to thrive? :)
I don't agree 100% with these books, but I say read it! You might be surprised & learn something new!!
Wow! That's an interesting gift choice. I'm not sure how someone would think that's appropriate. Its like giving a gift certificate for therapy.
Wow, that's a harsh gift. I'd say don't worry about the giver--I mean, what a title already, and that is judging a book by its cover!
I don't know, are you offended that someone gave you that book? I guess if it were me I would just think that person really wanted our marriage to be a success and to make sure we were happy with each other?
We got one gift without a card, but we figured out pretty quickly who it was from.
No. But when I got back to my job yesterday (first day back after the wedding), there was a flyer on my chair inviting me to attend a seminar, "Everything You Need to Know about Divorce."
Turns out my law firm's matrimonial department had just coincidentally given them to everyone during the week I was off.
I don't think I would take it too personally. lol These are just helpful books. You will have a point in your marriage where you will probably feel like you are just surviving; not thriving. They obviously are married & know this. Nothing is a fairytale forever. Sorry to be a downer; but I think it was definatly a heartfelt gift!
um so this is going to be a horrible story. A cousin of mine sent an anonymous wedding gift to an girl she hated. It was a book on surviving your divorce. now that's MEAN!!! but i think that the gift you got might have been a genuine gift intended to strengthen your marriage. I mean, let's not kid ourselves, every marriage has rought patches and will go through periods when a book, (or therapy), might be needed.
I think it was a genuine gift about marriage, and a thoughtful one at that. If someone was really trying to be harsh, they would have gotten something more obvious. I would take it as a chance to build your relationship further.
Did you look through all of your gifts yet? Are there guests who are matched up with a gift yet? Perhaps the card got lost or something.
But I'm also wondering if it was anonymous because the gifter wasn't sure if you thought it would be well received. Did anyone see that episode of Everyone Loves Raymond? Amy (Robert's wife) gave the other couples some book on improving their marriage (right after Amy and Robert got married). They were pretty offended that she gave this gift on improvig their marriage, when she just got married (and insinuating that they needed help.)
Maybe the gifter thought it was just a helpful gift, but didn't want to take credit in case you were offended.
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We received an anonymous gift on our wedding day, which I thought was a little weird! It was a marriage advice book, "Marriage: From Surviving to Thriving". I'm not sure if it was a joke or someone thought we needed help with our marriage, or if it was actually a genuine gift! Nor do I know who to write a thank you note to.
Did anyone else receive an anonymous gift? Did you ever find out who it was from?