How much do you spend on a wedding present, when the couple are friends?
I'm not talking "long-term, known them for ages", I'm talking "friends who we've known less than a year, but get on well with".
I've already gotten her a shower present, and hubby and I both went on their respective bachelor/bachelorette party a couple of nights ago, as well as paid for new suit/dry cleaning/new shoes etc.
We're going to another wedding in 2 weeks - these people I don't even know, and hubby has never met the wife, and doesn't know the groom super well. The groom is Aussie though, and he has barely any representation from his family, so I think that's partially why we're invited. These guys are just asking for money.
The first wedding I got very annoyed with the gift registry. It's all super fancy stuff that surely they wouldn't use, and it seemed a little over the top. They've asked for 12 x place settings of fine china (cup, saucer, bread and butter plate, dinner plate, salad plate, bowl) which runs between $20-50/piece, as well as 12 place settings of "casual china" which runs around $15-20/piece. I have NO idea why they need 12 place settings of each?? There's also 12 pieces each of (Waterford) wine glasses, champagne flutes and regular glasses, all around $25-30 each. So that's 196 pieces, all around $25/piece - around $5,000 worth of cups, plates and glasses. Crazy. Hardly any has been purchased - does that mean they'll go and buy it all themselves? Get refunds on the few bits they do get and get something more practical? They do NOT have room to be doing any sort of dinner party where you would want 12 settings worth of fine china, and won't have space any time soon. Not only that, but they're not going to have any space to store any of this stuff!
There's so much other stuff on their registry and people have been purchasing the more practical stuff - pots and pans, coffee maker, towels etc. I'm guessing everyone has the same opinion. It seems silly spending $100 to get just 4 wine glasses, or $60 to give them just ONE platter.
I just don't think people are practical when they do wedding gift registry's. I think it's better to get practical things you are actually going to use, rather than 12 place settings worth of fine china AND casual china that you're very rarely going to use. Who needs 12 cereal bowls, 12 pasta bowls and 12 "gourmet" bowls??
I would prefer to give someone money rather than buy what seems like useless gifts.
Ok, rant over...
I'm not talking "long-term, known them for ages", I'm talking "friends who we've known less than a year, but get on well with".
I've already gotten her a shower present, and hubby and I both went on their respective bachelor/bachelorette party a couple of nights ago, as well as paid for new suit/dry cleaning/new shoes etc.
We're going to another wedding in 2 weeks - these people I don't even know, and hubby has never met the wife, and doesn't know the groom super well. The groom is Aussie though, and he has barely any representation from his family, so I think that's partially why we're invited. These guys are just asking for money.
The first wedding I got very annoyed with the gift registry. It's all super fancy stuff that surely they wouldn't use, and it seemed a little over the top. They've asked for 12 x place settings of fine china (cup, saucer, bread and butter plate, dinner plate, salad plate, bowl) which runs between $20-50/piece, as well as 12 place settings of "casual china" which runs around $15-20/piece. I have NO idea why they need 12 place settings of each?? There's also 12 pieces each of (Waterford) wine glasses, champagne flutes and regular glasses, all around $25-30 each. So that's 196 pieces, all around $25/piece - around $5,000 worth of cups, plates and glasses. Crazy. Hardly any has been purchased - does that mean they'll go and buy it all themselves? Get refunds on the few bits they do get and get something more practical? They do NOT have room to be doing any sort of dinner party where you would want 12 settings worth of fine china, and won't have space any time soon. Not only that, but they're not going to have any space to store any of this stuff!
There's so much other stuff on their registry and people have been purchasing the more practical stuff - pots and pans, coffee maker, towels etc. I'm guessing everyone has the same opinion. It seems silly spending $100 to get just 4 wine glasses, or $60 to give them just ONE platter.
I just don't think people are practical when they do wedding gift registry's. I think it's better to get practical things you are actually going to use, rather than 12 place settings worth of fine china AND casual china that you're very rarely going to use. Who needs 12 cereal bowls, 12 pasta bowls and 12 "gourmet" bowls??
I would prefer to give someone money rather than buy what seems like useless gifts.
Ok, rant over...