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Wedding Gift ideas

StarBright01

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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Tigger

Atm

TwoShedsJackson

A waffle iron is always appreciated.

MonkeyTennis

The lovely shop

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.

kneemos

Paint roller and tray.

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.

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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TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

A waffle iron is always appreciated.

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

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.

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.

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 !!

[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.

hairyslug

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

biko

A massive dildo

smash

sex swing!

MonkeyTennis

the OP asked WHERE folks

smash

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

the OP asked WHERE folks

ms fantasia

The Backwards Man

A tea set

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.

biko

biko wrote: »

A massive dildo

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

the OP asked WHERE folks

Ye olde porno shoppe

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.

[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.

biko

Go classic - toaster.

* from a toaster shop

ixoy

Stand mixer.

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ixoy wrote: »

Stand mixer.

And a portrait of the couple.

biko

A portrait of the pope to put over the mantelpiece.

Wossack

hmv voucher

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!

SEPT 23 1989

a lawnmower

fleet_admiral

A voucher for homestore and more. They have great stuff