what's a good wedding gift?

[SubZeroX]

a friend is getting married. What should I get?

 

[pyonir]

aren't they registered somewhere?

 

[waylman]

dont they have a registry?

 

[pyonir]

Is there an echo in here?

 

[SubZeroX]

don't want to bother with that. What's something nice but not too expensive?

 

[pyonir]

bother? it was so much easier to print out their registry and find something simple and in my price range than trying to think of something.

 

[dullard]

Things really change by location. I'm in Nebraska and everyone gives something worth about $25 to their good friends and close relatives (less if you aren't). Then go to some places like Chicago and at every wedding I've been to there people gave about $100 on average just to a friend of a friend.

And as a married person myself, we liked the cash gifts the most. No returns, no useless crap, no ugly household decorations that we cannot get rid of since the giver will notice...

 

[waylman]

Originally posted by: SubZeroX
don't want to bother with that. What's something nice but not too expensive?

its not a matter of bothering......these are things they WANT. Pick something off of the registry and stop being such a dumbass.

 

[Bryophyte]

Picture frame. A nice 5X7 doesn't have to cost more than $20.

 

[SubZeroX]

I'm in LA so I guess something expensive is expected??

I don't know where he is registered...and I gotta get something by tomorrow!

 

[Feldenak]

Pyrex sex toys

 

[Bryophyte]

Who cares what is expected? You're not buying their friendship, just showing them you care.

 

[waylman]

Originally posted by: SubZeroX
I'm in LA so I guess something expensive is expected??

I don't know where he is registered...and I gotta get something by tomorrow!

now you tell us! If they drink, how about a nice martini shaker and some martini glasses...

 

[TranceNation]

give cash..

$100+ if you know them personally
$50 if not.

 

[FoBoT]

toaster
towels
crockpot

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
toaster
towels
crockpot

No crockpots. I got 6 at my wedding + wife's wedding shower.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Is there an echo in here?

Is there an echo in here?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: FoBoT
toaster
towels
crockpot

No crockpots. I got 6 at my wedding + wife's wedding shower.

we got enought towels/sheets that we are still using them today (15 years later)

we got 3-4 sets of silverware, one set is still in the original package, in another 5-10 years we will open it up

the 2-3 crockpots we got have all died by now, but i think we returned 1 of them

 

[Bryophyte]

What I got for my wedding/shower that I really liked the best: tools.

 

[Hipd]

Play it safe. Cash is the gift that no one wants to ask for, but everyone wants.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Everybody needs a toaster or a coffee pot.

 

[Howard]

An HDTV.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

my lastest wedding gift I bought was a water treatment system for the couple's new home. $180 of ebay.

 

[ScottyB]

One Swedish made penis enlarger pump and the book "Swedish Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me: This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby"

 

[conjur]

To be opened after year 1

To be opened after year 4

To be opened when all else fails