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Wedding present help

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Potsofpetals · 07/03/2025 19:18

AIBU to think buying a gift for a second marriage is bloody impossible.

Do I just give them cash?

Couple in their 40s. No registry. Why is there no registry!!!

If you got married again what gift did you want the most? Budget 2/300. Not family but oldest childhood friends.

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Iamallowedtodisagreewithyou · 07/03/2025 19:19

I'd spend £300 on a beautiful vase or fruit bowl

arcticpandas · 07/03/2025 19:19

They got everything so money. Easier for you and surely appreciated by them.

Jessicapancake · 07/03/2025 19:19

Gift voucher for afternoon tea

Potsofpetals · 07/03/2025 19:20

arcticpandas · 07/03/2025 19:19

They got everything so money. Easier for you and surely appreciated by them.

It just seems like such an I can’t be arsed gift but if that’s what people appreciate?

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MiddleAgedDread · 07/03/2025 19:23

Restaurantvouchers
John Lewis vouchers as there’s also something needed in a house or things you wouldn’t often buy yourself like nice bedding
crate of wine
annual membership for a local attraction or the national trust

minnienono · 07/03/2025 19:28

We said no gifts, we meant it. Most people did obey! We got some champagne, a couple of picture frames, and some John Lewis vouchers plus we collected 50kg of food for the food bank

Potsofpetals · 07/03/2025 19:30

minnienono · 07/03/2025 19:28

We said no gifts, we meant it. Most people did obey! We got some champagne, a couple of picture frames, and some John Lewis vouchers plus we collected 50kg of food for the food bank

You’re a much better person than me minnie.

John Lewis vouchers might work.

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Cosyblankets · 07/03/2025 19:31

Iamallowedtodisagreewithyou · 07/03/2025 19:19

I'd spend £300 on a beautiful vase or fruit bowl

To your taste or theirs?

FondantFancyFan · 07/03/2025 19:33

Iamallowedtodisagreewithyou · 07/03/2025 19:19

I'd spend £300 on a beautiful vase or fruit bowl

You'd have wasted your money buying me that as my dh has serious butter fingers & would have smashed it before the ink dried on the registry book.

Potsofpetals · 07/03/2025 19:37

Cosyblankets · 07/03/2025 19:31

To your taste or theirs?

This is the thing. I love crystal but most don’t. Would it be wrong to buy my friend a beautiful pair of Tiffany earrings that I know she’ll love and put some John Lewis vouchers in an envelope for her husband I’ve only met a dozen times?

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