To give a really cheap wedding gift?

[talianew]

I'm going to a wedding on Saturday.
It's my friends sisters wedding.
I went into a shop and found a really nice photo frame as a gift it was only £26.99
Got to the till and it was on sale for £6.99
Is this too cheap for a gift ?

I hate the insane expense and huge fuss over Irish weddings. Getting an invite through the post feels like getting a bill. And if you don't give the kind of money Chilled is talking about, you will be judged and gossiped about.

That's total shit. I wouldn't be able to afford to go. From what I've read about them here, too, you're also expected to pay for expensive drink on top of that. What a swizz.

I would be very happy with a lovely photo frame, they’ll probably put a wedding picture in it. Wrap it beautifully, the recipients won’t know how much it cost.
£150/200 would be an incredibly generous gift from a friend of a friend.

I have never experienced giving presents of either £150-£200 or of £20! Only on MN.

Usually it's about £80 for the full wedding, £40 for an evening only and £125-150 for family or best friends.

I remember my own wedding list and some relatives bought 2 tumblers at £15 ( Diff part of the country, so maybe diff traditions?) and we were a bit given that they had been lavished with gifts by us and my side of the family just a few years before. But, hey ho, they made the effort to come.

Usually it's about £80 for the full wedding, £40 for an evening only and £125-150 for family or best friends.

Usually for you perhaps. Plenty of people give what they can afford even if isn't very much .

No way! That is being cheap. 100 pound minimum.

I usually spend tenner to be honest. It's the thought that counts. We asked for no gifts or money as honestly it's not about that (we are not rich lol far from it!)

I'd be mortified if someone spent 100 on a gift for me

And again, what if you don't have £100 'minimum' so give as a gift? Just not good enough to go then? How fucking rude to expect that.

Give the frame. You were lucky it happened to be reduced when you got to the till, it doesn't make the gift 'worth' anything less.

For all the people who ended up with 20 photo frames, this is why it makes sense to have a gift list!

I would never spend £100 on a gift for a wedding
I'm not made of money unfortunately

I think it's ok to give just the bargain frame but if it was me I would feel mean and would buy something else as well.

Id give a bottle of champagne or spirits if I didn't know what to get and I knew the bride and groom would like it.

I wouldn't normally give a photo frame but only because there are only so many you can use. And some folks are really fussy about their photo frames. Just think how many there are in charity shops and car boot sakes.

But as it's already bought and a bargain of go for it.