Wedding Favours

[JaneSparrow13]

As a guest at a wedding, would you appreciate a favour that is something like a wine glass with the couples name and the date on it?

I feel like it would make a good gift for the couple actually getting married, but it's a little self-indulgent to expect guests to take home and keep something like that.

AIBU?

A family member did tiny jars of homemade jam from fruit grown by their parents at every place. That was lovely.

We asked everyone for their top three songs with their RSPV, we then played them at the reception, but has all the songs people said put on CD and these were the favours. I was a bit worried how this would go down, it turned out to be quite the eclectic mix, but 7 years on, I still get people telling me they listen to that CD, and everyone took theirs home.

Maybe tell her some of the responses on here.

It's a very self indulgent gift. As her if she'd use a wine glass with someone else's name and wedding date on it.

No one will ever use it and many folk will leave it behind, thinking that it was just for that day's use.

I've never understood the need for wedding favours. There's no need for them .

With you on this op I wouldn’t want them either 😂

Your friend will spend loads for them to be left behind or taken out of a sense of obligation.
2 weddings we’ve been to did coasters with their names and wedding dates. I still wasn’t a fan - I have a very neutral home decor that neither go with 😂

We did fudge for ours - people ate it there in the evening typically.

I also think loads of people weren’t arsed about it so either save the money or do something consumable like food / alcohol (one wedding did homemade sloe gin, excellent choice) / scratchcards / charity donation!

Hold on.

What is Scottish tablet?!

@JaneSparrow13

Hold on.

What is Scottish tablet?!

It’s amazing, is what it is. It’s like an extra sweet, melt in the mouth fudge. More crumbley than chewy, the texture is quite unique I find.

Waste of money

I'd rather the bride and groom kept there money than wasting it on favours

We don't drink in our house so wouldn't take a wine glass, I prefer favours I can eat Something small you can pop in an evening bag or a small treat to eat at the table. I personally wouldn't go for personalised wine glasses, seems an expensive option which many won't appreciate too much

That's a ridiculous idea. Hardly anyone wants a single, odd glass with someone else's special date engraved on it.
How are they going to get them home safely? A bit dangerous putting a glass in a handbag and risk it being broken into a billion shards. I'd leave it behind or sneak it into a bin at the venue to avoid offending the bride.

Why do you care if she ends up with loads left over? She doesn’t care about your cupboards being stuffed with “Kev & Charmaine” glasses does she?

I would not appreciate a glass with names on it. I think wedding favours are just useless clutter.

It's a nice thought, I can see she is trying to be original and at least it's recyclable, but I'm with everyone else, just stick with chocolates.

Please say that you have talked her out of it

It's a while since I went to a wedding but I'm gobsmacked at the crap the happy couple try to pile on the guests: egocentric glasses, "a beautifully painted rock with my name in one side", a horseshoe and a charity shop teacup as examples here.

@Mumdiva99 no...your post is pointless not the OPs.

@JaneSparrow13 I wouldn't want one 😂 I have ditched a lot of tat wedding favours over the years.

@HollowTalk

Scottish tablet is disgusting!

How dare you 😱

Another I kept was a Christmas tree decoration. Not personalised but lovely. Some wouldn't use it as it wouldn't go with their matched decorations but we love it and I think of them and their wedding every time we decorate the tree.

@lidoshuffle I guess we all have different tastes!

I wouldnt want to take it home even!

Krispy Kreme doughnuts do favours.

I would hate that. I'd like a snack of some sort. They always tide me over until the proper food is out. Not sugared almonds though.

To be perfectly honest wedding favours are an unnecessary expense and rarely appreciated by the guests, usually left behind on the table ready to be binned by the venue. The bride and groom have already spent £??? on their guests so I’m at a loss to know why a wedding favour is deemed necessary.

Yeh it's a little much having their names on.

My wedding favours were handmade candles made by a local business (vanilla and black pepper scent and they smelled incredible) and I had a pick and mix table so they could go home with a bag of sweets as well 😊

Mein Gute! The last vedding I attended (it was quite a while ago), afterwards, the groom shot the bride and then he (Herr Hitler) shot himself. Happy Days 😁

It's a joke...

I don't like these. My husband got a glass engraved as a gift for being a best man with the wedding couples names and date on it. They are now separated. I hide it on the shelf.

Plus he was at a wedding last month and got a shot glass with the couples name and wedding date on it. I'm wondering how long is acceptable to put it in a charity shop....

At my SIls wedding she did something similar with a candle
70% left at the end of the night