Is this a good wedding gift?
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I think there's easier and cheaper ways not to get invited back around to theirs again than doing this. It's the sort of thing, if someone gave us one, it'd get put into a box and that's the last anyone would see of it, I think I'd rather have had a 4 slice toaster.
For ours, we said we didnt want gifts because it was close to Christmas, but if people wanted to give us something, then US dollars would work well as we were off to New York on honeymoon. My best man got us a car rom the airport to our hotel which was a nice touch. Wasnt bothered about having things as mementos really.
The best actual present was a caricature - took 5 mins and it's framed in the study/spare bedroom. Other things we got were a John Lewis voucher for £150 which we've spent on kitchen stuff, even though we've lived together for a while, womens need to replace things that work perfectly well will make sure this gets spent.
For ours, we said we didnt want gifts because it was close to Christmas, but if people wanted to give us something, then US dollars would work well as we were off to New York on honeymoon. My best man got us a car rom the airport to our hotel which was a nice touch. Wasnt bothered about having things as mementos really.
The best actual present was a caricature - took 5 mins and it's framed in the study/spare bedroom. Other things we got were a John Lewis voucher for £150 which we've spent on kitchen stuff, even though we've lived together for a while, womens need to replace things that work perfectly well will make sure this gets spent.
Edited by andy-xr on Wednesday 28th January 11:59
hmmm... not really
A giant corkscrew on the other hand, now that is a great wedding gift
http://www.campagnolo.com/WW/en/store/big_the_cork...
A giant corkscrew on the other hand, now that is a great wedding gift
http://www.campagnolo.com/WW/en/store/big_the_cork...
I got married a week ago, and asked our guests to make donations to our chosen charity. Who really needs a pile of things these days, traditional wedding gifts were meant for couples setting up home together for the first time, and we'd been living together for about 5 years.
That said, we were bought a couple of little memento items including a pair of wooden spoons engraved with our names and wedding date. To me that's a much more personal gesture so an engraved gold bar could be nice too. Quite expensive for a token though, maybe a silver bar would be a better bet?
That said, we were bought a couple of little memento items including a pair of wooden spoons engraved with our names and wedding date. To me that's a much more personal gesture so an engraved gold bar could be nice too. Quite expensive for a token though, maybe a silver bar would be a better bet?
andy-xr said:
For ours, we said we didnt want gifts because it was close to Christmas, but if people wanted to give us something, then US dollars would work well as we were off to New York on honeymoon. My best man got us a car rom the airport to our hotel which was a nice touch. Wasnt bothered about having things as mementos really.
The best actual present was a caricature - took 5 mins and it's framed in the study/spare bedroom.
Caricature is a nice gift, no offence but I find it annoying when people ask guests for cash to pay for their honeymoonThe best actual present was a caricature - took 5 mins and it's framed in the study/spare bedroom.
OP - did they ask for cash, can't you buy them a gift?
Adam B said:
no offence but I find it annoying when people ask guests for cash to pay for their honeymoon
None taken, those we invited were close friends and family for everything, not one set of friends for one part of the day and more later on. I never quite got that bit, having people come later to the reception, surely it makes more sense if you dont want to spend money on them just to invite them to the church and tell them to bugger off afterwards. Anyway, there was nothing we actually needed, didnt bother with a list and said it was fine if people didnt bring anything, the old 'being there is enough' card came before 'gis your money' one. Family gave us dollars, friends mostly gave us foodstuffs other than one who gave us an umbrella.
Cash - hate it, but understand why many ask for it these days.
Gold thing - I like the idea as I know that whilst it will go in the safe it will be kept forever but with it in mind that if everything turns to s
t there's something else to fall back on before you fire up eBay and it isn't likely to go down in value... I can see others may have less use for it.
John Lewis - can't really go wrong with their vouchers, only thing I tend to think is "if you are going to let them know what you have spent why not just give cash?"
Bottom line my attitude is that anything anyone gives me is a bonus and gratefully received. Even if it isn't really something I would have it's always possible that I know someone who would think it a great gift for their Christmas/birthday/wedding.
Gold thing - I like the idea as I know that whilst it will go in the safe it will be kept forever but with it in mind that if everything turns to s
t there's something else to fall back on before you fire up eBay and it isn't likely to go down in value... I can see others may have less use for it.John Lewis - can't really go wrong with their vouchers, only thing I tend to think is "if you are going to let them know what you have spent why not just give cash?"
Bottom line my attitude is that anything anyone gives me is a bonus and gratefully received. Even if it isn't really something I would have it's always possible that I know someone who would think it a great gift for their Christmas/birthday/wedding.
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