Re: Wedding gift etiquette?

Stray · ‎04-20-2013

Depending on the relationship. For my only niece, I purchased a personal gift and a gift for the shower. For her wedding, I purchased something I knew no one would get them and something she would cherish long after her wedding. For others, I do the gift for the shower and a check at the wedding.

queendiva · ‎03-12-2010

Niece was married earlier this year. First family wedding for the younger generation. As has been our practice in the past, all the aunts pooled our $ to buy one very nice shower gift. Spent a bit more than I wanted to. The registry was on The Knot. Very pricey retailers for my budget. For the wedding I bought a lovely gift at a good sale price in my budget at a different high end retailer. She loved it and will have it for many, many years to come.

I prefer to give gifts for both shower and wedding.

queendiva · ‎03-12-2010

Forgot to add: I do not bring my gift to the reception. It is always sent to the bride or groom's home prior to the wedding day.

KathyPet · ‎03-09-2010

It depends. For the shower I usually do something from the registry that is more practical in nature such as a small appliance or towels. For the wedding if they have registered for fine china and or stemware Imwill purchase that. If they are not wanting those sorts of items then I,will give a check. My godson is getting married in September and they have been together a long time and own a home. They did not register for good China or stemware so I am giving a $200.00 AMEX gift card.

seaBreeze · ‎02-04-2014

Cait,

Both my first cousins' daughters had summer weddings .... they also provided a 'registry' with the shower invite, which meant: What wasn't given to them at the shower .... those remaining items can be given at the wedding which I did.

(My credit score has skyrocketed in the process :-)