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How much to give as a wedding present:

  • 06-07-2011 11:45AM
    #1
    whatlliwear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering how much people give (per couple) in this day & age?


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  • #2
    beagle001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 764 ✭✭✭beagle001


    Buy a present no more than 70 quid is plenty.


  • #3
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    They're lucky to have me there. In fact, they should give me money for attending.


  • #4
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,180 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    Depends on who they are - friends, relations etc?


  • #5
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    whatlliwear wrote: »
    Just wondering how much people give (per couple) in this day & age?

    Is your username a seperate question about the wedding???


  • #6
    mgmt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭mgmt


    Something like this for the bride?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqAQRbmRXk


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  • #7
    Sweatynutsack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Sweatynutsack


    A €10 voucher for Champion sports


  • #8
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Give them a bondage kit and lube in a discreet package. Then swap cards with someone else and stick it to the package!


  • #9
    Aishae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Aishae


    thats a tough one - ive seen people say that they pay 100 or 150-200 for a couple. thats complete madness i think (unless its a really close family member)
    it also costs so much to attend most weddings - some of the possible costs: outfit, babysitters, drinks, transport, hotel, possibly even flights, day off work (that may be holidays or unpaid leave) and so on

    its all good craic but its a bloody expensive day - so i wouldnt be going overboard on pressies.

    i usually get a thoughtful gift or if theres a wedding list i do that - no more than 50 though.

    i want to give good pressies and i try to suss what they need or want - rather than get a generic pressie like a toaster, glasses, frames. but at the same time i dont buy into the idea that a pressie should cover the cost of you being invited.


  • #10
    Phill Ewinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Phill Ewinn


    6 cans


  • #11
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    DIY Divorce for Dummies, they'll soon appreciate it as the best gift they got.


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  • #12
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    6 cans

    6?! It's only a wedding! A 2 litre of Linden Village will do them.


  • #13
    Sweatynutsack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Sweatynutsack


    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    6 empty cans

    fyp


  • #14
    Cathal O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭Cathal O


    10 euro in a good luck card with 2 all cash gold scratch cards



    maybe i have the wrong ceremony :/


  • #15
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    Used be €150 back in the day . . . but that day is long gone now [sucks pipe].
    I say €100 if you're going as a couple.


  • #16
    rossc007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭rossc007


    Could be the wrong forum for this question :D

    I thought 100 per person was the norm, shows how stupid I am.


  • #17
    Aishae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Aishae


    rossc007 wrote: »
    Could be the wrong forum for this question :D

    I thought 100 per person was the norm, shows how stupid I am.

    that was in the boom times though - even then though... i never went that far. the only people ive ever spent that much on were two cousins i love to bits and am close to. spent 250 on one of them but that was for handmade name place cards with these glass stone trinkets people could keep.


  • #18
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    rossc007 wrote: »
    Could be the wrong forum for this question :D

    I thought 100 per person was the norm, shows how stupid I am.

    No, it's the perfect forum! Ask a reasonable question and AH turns into a cross between the Coliseum and Bedlam. Deadly.


  • #19
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I'm going to a wedding soon, I was going to get them a present but I hear they just want the money. It makes no difference to me I can just give them the €19.99 and they can spend it in Lidl on what they want.


  • #20
    whatlliwear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭whatlliwear


    I wasn't sure what forum alright..
    I had heard crazy amounts in the boom times of €300 + per couple.

    Thanks for all your advice..


  • #21
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Aishae wrote: »
    that was in the boom times though - even then though... i never went that far. the only people ive ever spent that much on were two cousins i love to bits and am close to. .

    2 seperate weddings i hope!


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  • #22
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Usually a toaster but don't want to seem too scabby or unoriginal so I also throw in a loaf of tesco bread


  • #23
    Sweatynutsack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Sweatynutsack


    I'm more a funeral crasher tbh, bring a mass card and you get fed and watered !! Weddings are old news


  • #24
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    three fiddy


  • #25
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    jester77 wrote: »
    Usually a toaster but don't want to seem too scabby or unoriginal so I also throw in a loaf of tesco bread

    You could at least bring Brennan's bread ffs :rolleyes:

    Which reminds me, that 'Ould Mr Brennan' was a right mouthy cunt wasn't he?! All the ads are of him trying to be a smartarse, bet he got what was coming to him in the end tho! :pac:


  • #26
    dsmythy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    If you're lacking money and the couple are actually disappointed that you didn't spend a certain amount then fcuk 'em :D


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