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Wedding Gift ideas

  • 16-04-2015 10:04AM
    #1
    StarBright01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭


    Hi, does anyone know of anywhere I can get a nice wedding present for a friend? As its a good friend I don't want to give cash. They've just bought a house. Any ideas welcome!


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  • #2
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Atm


  • #3
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    A waffle iron is always appreciated.


  • #4
    MonkeyTennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    The lovely shop


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    As they've just bought a house, you should either give them money or ask them what they want.

    Seriously, trying to think of something that they might like and surprising them with it is risky. The amount of wedding presents that we got which are now sitting in the attic is crazy. Nice idea, but the kind of thing you would buy for your home is not the kind of thing I would buy for mine.


  • #6
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Paint roller and tray.


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  • #7
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Just ask them if there's anything they need for the house. It's much better than trying to guess. I remember when my brother got married he wound up with 3 toasters and a half dozen (incredibly ugly) lamps.

    Or a voucher for Woodies/B&Q/Homebase.


  • #8
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,004 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Cash is king.

    The only present we received which I appreciated more than the cash gifts was a family heirloom: a mantlepiece clock my grandfather was gifted on his wedding day. Without that familial attachment, it wouldn't ever have been something I'd have been interested in but as such it was priceless.

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  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    TwoShedsJackson wrote: »
    A waffle iron is always appreciated.

    Why would you iron waffles? Then they'd just be pancakes.


  • #10
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    As tacky as it sounds, a small money gift or even a donation to a named charity is usually the best option.

    When you get married and buy a house around the same time (we did) you have so much duplicate or unwanted stuff that you could never hope to use.

    Even lovely thoughtful gifts just get overwhelming in terms of storage and usefulness when you multiply them by X guests.


  • #11
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,455 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    anncoates wrote: »
    As tacky as it sounds, a small money gift or even a donation to a named charity is usually the best option.

    When you get married and buy a house around the same time (we did) you have so much duplicate or unwanted stuff that you could never hope to use.

    Even lovely thoughtful gifts just get overwhelming in terms of storage and usefulness when you multiply them by X guests.

    I'm gonna be brutally honest and say I'd be fairly disappointed if somebody donated money in my name as a wedding gift.


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  • #12
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Welcome to the zoo OP.
    For non Zoo related topics to do with weddings you may prefer http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=670 !!


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A nice gift card for a department store, so they can buy whatever it is that they happen to need themselves. It's less tacky than cash but gives them the freedom to choose for themselves. :)


  • #14
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    If they are going on a honeymoon, get the money equivalent in the relevant currency


  • #15
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    A massive dildo


  • #16
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    sex swing!


  • #17
    MonkeyTennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    the OP asked WHERE folks


  • #18
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    MonkeyTennis wrote: »
    the OP asked WHERE folks
    ms fantasia


  • #19
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    A tea set


  • #20
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,698 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    Does the house come with a garden? Are they interested in Gardens?
    Vouchers for a garden store, maybe with a bird house/table to give yourself something to wrap.


  • #21
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    biko wrote: »
    A massive dildo
    MonkeyTennis wrote: »
    the OP asked WHERE folks

    Ye olde porno shoppe


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  • #22
    5starpool
    Subscribers Posts: 32,937 ✭✭✭✭5starpool


    I'm getting married fairly soon and I'd prefer any/all gifts to be in cash to be perfectly honest. I differ from the OP's friend in tat I haven't just moved in somewhere and have no need of new house stuff, but even so it'd be clearly preferable to get cash.

    Obviously I'm not one of those that say anything as crude as 'Cash Only' or mention anything about gifts at all. If people don't want to give cash, or even if they want to give nothing at all that's up to them obviously, although I can't imagine the latter happening in many cases. I'm not looking forward to deciding what to do with 3 vases, 4 cutlery sets and 2 vouchers for obscure shops that stock nothing I want though, but the givers will be thanked regardless.

    I'm going to a wedding this weekend though where my friends have just moved into a new house (more relevance to the OP) and they will certainly be getting cash though.


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've five weddings this year. I always seem to have five feckin weddings a year. I'll be giving cash to them all.


  • #24
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Go classic - toaster.


    * from a toaster shop


  • #25
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Stand mixer.


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ixoy wrote: »
    Stand mixer.

    And a portrait of the couple.


  • #27
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    A portrait of the pope to put over the mantelpiece.


  • #28
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭Wossack


    hmv voucher


  • #29
    StarBright01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭StarBright01


    hilarious biko...! Good idea on the honeymoon gift. Was thinking of a dinner set from Meadows and Byrne but not sure as would like to get something more meaningful since its a good friend. Thanks for all the suggestions , lots of ideas to go on!


  • #30
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    a lawnmower


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  • #31
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    A voucher for homestore and more. They have great stuff


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