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small wedding gift

  • 07-09-2010 8:04pm
    #1
    Sala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭


    I was invited to the afters of a friends sisters wedding. I can't go but I would like to get a small gift and drop it up to the house. I havent much money. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe 100euro voucher fro somewhere but I don't know what type


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  • #2
    snlynch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭snlynch


    €100 voucher very generous for an afters ur not going to!
    Last one i was asked to , same situation as u, i gave €50 voucher for a local restaurant

    Sala wrote: »
    I was invited to the afters of a friends sisters wedding. I can't go but I would like to get a small gift and drop it up to the house. I havent much money. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe 100euro voucher fro somewhere but I don't know what type


  • #3
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    €100 is EXTREMELY generous for someone who says they haven't much money. €50 is waaaay more than sufficient, even more so that you are not going AND it's an afters invite. A voucher is a great idea. I would suggest giving a €50 One 4 All voucher. I think they are great coz you can use them anywhere, even on groceries and petrol! So at least you're not stuck with a voucher for one particular shop that you may not be able to use.

    If you really are stuck for money, well there isn't that much of a need to give them a present at all ... you're only invited to the afters, and it's just a friend's sister that is getting married, it's not like it is your friend. So in that case, it is perfectly acceptable to just send a card, and not bother with the present. Seriously, everyone just gets so caught up in what is "acceptable" for wedding presents and the like, a wedding is not meant to be a cash cow. So if you cannot afford it, and if giving a present would make you go without for a few days and have to scrimp and scrape, then just send a card!


  • #4
    leap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭leap


    I agree that you dont need to give a large gift. Though personally I hate to give a card with nothing in it. I normally put some scratch cards in and wish them luck.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If someone invited me to any afters I'd be slow to go anyway to be honest, no way would I throw €100 at them, at the end of the day it's your friend's sister. If I didn't go to the afters I wouldn't give anything.


  • #6
    niceoneted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭niceoneted


    What about prize bonds - the minimum is €25 ideal I think .


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  • #7
    magentas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭magentas


    A voucher for local restaurant would be lovely and I think €50 would be fine sala. If you wanted to get them a small gift I would recommend something from the Genesis gift range they do some lovely stuff. I got a lovely bronze figurine of a man and woman called unity think it was €45

    http://www.genesisireland.com

    I'm sure they'll appreciate the sentiment more than anything though, most people wouldn't give anything if they weren't going. very thoughtful of you:)


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