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Help ! Lady min gift for weeding reception

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stillvicarinatutu · 27/05/2022 16:36

Hi
Got an invite to a wedding reception at a country club - last minute.

What's a suitable gift ? Woulda ice bottle of champagne be acceptable? No instructions for gifts with invite .
Partners friends - he didn't think about a gift so I do t know the couple but we can't turn up empty handed !

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stillvicarinatutu · 27/05/2022 16:36

Title should obvs be last min gift ..

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MagnoliatheMagnificent · 27/05/2022 16:38

A nice card? Wouldn't worry too much about a present , they can't be that close if you're a last minute fill in! But if you want to a nice bottle of something is likely to be well received.

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stillvicarinatutu · 27/05/2022 16:42

Sorry it's late min for me not partner - he added me as a plus one . He's know about it a while and he's useless 😂

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Dogmum40 · 27/05/2022 16:47

I think they would probably prefer cash in a card to be honest! All the weddings I’ve been to have asked for cash!

TuTuLemon · 27/05/2022 16:48

I would just stick cash in a card

PeskyRooks · 27/05/2022 16:50

Let your partner worry about it.

I only clicked on the thread because I was intrigued about what it was about, couldn't tell from the title!

Maireas · 27/05/2022 16:55

Surely a trowel and some gloves?
Sorry, that thread title completely bamboozled me! Maybe ask MNHQ to change it?

MargosKaftan · 27/05/2022 16:56

Have you asked your DP if as well as not mentioning the invite to you, has he failed to mention a gift list ? It might be worth him pinging a message to any other guests going he knows to ask if they have wedding list details. Usually, if you dont want to buy one of the things from the gift list, you can add to buy vouchers for the same store.

Otherwise cash in a card.

Notagain76 · 27/05/2022 17:00

Think bottle of Champagne or even some champagne flutes a lovely idea

cherrypiepie · 27/05/2022 17:47

Cash in a card.

Are you going all day? I go by enough to cover the meal (if I was eating out not crazy wedding prices). I was happy if people put in £10 a head as ours was a posh buffet evening (we eloped so a bit weird)!

I didn't include any gift instruction.

HumourReplacementTherapy · 27/05/2022 17:57

You don't need to buy another gift. Just put both names on partners gift.

cherrypiepie · 27/05/2022 18:02

Oh yes a litre of gin would be great for me!

NerrSnerr · 27/05/2022 19:02

If it's a friend/ family member of your partner then the gift is up to him. Just let him take whatever gift he was going to and if he's useless and doesn't bother that's on him. No one will be judging you.

MagnoliaPrimrose · 27/05/2022 19:04

Best thread title ever 😂😂😂

BanjoVio · 27/05/2022 19:09

Not your friend, not your problem. I heard the other day that 80% of greetings cards are bought by women. It’s time blokes thought about others for a change.

Antarcticant · 27/05/2022 19:44

5 litres of 'Roundup Total'? Grin

pussycatlickinglollyices · 27/05/2022 20:16

Hoe?
Watering can?
Or you could go big and get them a wheelbarrow. Grin

PandaOrLion · 27/05/2022 21:04

Ask DP if there is a wedding list. Otherwise cash is fine.

Redglitter · 27/05/2022 21:10

If your partner has known about it for a while has he not bought something

Riverlee · 27/05/2022 21:15

Ideas from John Lewis (at various price points)
whiskey decanter and glasses

Riverlee · 27/05/2022 21:17

wine set

house plant set

Marshall speaker

Fidodidit · 27/05/2022 21:27

Clicked on thread because I could not work out what it could be about.

I’d leave it to your DP it’s his friend and he’s the one turning up empty handed, not you. Suggest he gets them a bottle of champagne but really, don’t go and get it yourself.

amandadada · 27/05/2022 21:29

PeskyRooks · 27/05/2022 16:50

Let your partner worry about it.

I only clicked on the thread because I was intrigued about what it was about, couldn't tell from the title!

Yes this
Pisses me off that women do all of this stuff

Batshitkerazy · 27/05/2022 21:56

It’s your partners problem to deal with

Imagine if it was the other way around. You invite your partner as a last minute plus one to your friend’s wedding that you’ve known about for months. Can you imagine him fretting about what gift to bring and posting on an Internet forum for ideas, whilst you wash your hands of all responsibility? Nope, wouldn’t happen. So why is it always women having to step up and deal with wife work

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