Another wedding one....

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We are attending a very last minute wedding tomorrow, it was only booked 4 weeks ago.
We are only attending the church service due to childcare.
I have bought a card but money is extremely tight at the moment & I need what I have left for next week's food & bills. Should I have bought a present, even a small one? Due to the wedding being very last minute I haven't had chance to budget for a present & even if I could get something tomorrow morning I have no idea what, they are a young couple with 2 children so already have everything they need.

could you manage getting somethig like a bottle of prosecco

I agree with the poster above, try and stretch to a bottle of prosecco (aldi do a good one)

Completely depends on how well you know them but in identical circumstances I would assume very good friends if I was making the effort just to go to the church service? In that case I would explain (then be brushed off as daft for even considering this as a problem) and would be very pleased offer a significant babysitting intervention to assist in them celebrating together at a point of their choosing. I appreciate a) you may not be able to offer this and b) they may have it on tap, but in summary that’s what I would do and I really would not worry.

Don’t worry about a present.

I'd try and do the wine thing too.

Thank you for such quick replies, I hadn't even thought of buying a bottle of something, I think I'll do that 🙂

How about the bottle of prosecco, then have them over for a nice lunch in the next few months?

If they are good friends they would rather you pay your bills.

If you were my friend, I'd be grateful you were able to attend at all and would rather you paid your bills. So many people are dealing with financial problems at the moment and the future is still uncertain for all of us.

Yeah if they aren't the type that would rather you pay your bills then don't bother with the wedding.

I don’t think we had any presents from people that just came to the ceremony. It honestly won’t be an issue.

I've just spoken to my mum & she has a bottle of prosecco she won't drink (she doesn't like it) so I'll give them that, thanks for all your replies 🙂

We got an inexpensive bottle of fizz when we got married but it felt really special to us and we saved it and had it for breakfast the following Christmas morning as a married couple and we remembered our wedding a few months before I’m sure they will love it.
I would always rather people came than worried about bills to buy us a gift.

"I've just spoken to my mum & she has a bottle of prosecco she won't drink (she doesn't like it)"

That'll be fine OP, have a lovely day