#wedding-gifts

#wedding-gifts

I remember opening our bounty of wedding gifts vividly. Ten years ago, right after our wedding, my husband and I road-tripped to New Orleans for our honeymoon, and we passed the time on the road by opening a gift every hour or so. With every bit of tissue paper, we felt like the most well-loved people in the world. Friends and family gave us so many of the things we needed to set up our home and start our family. I thought for sure that every single kind gesture would be bright in my mind forever, but it turns out that many of the specifics of those gifts have faded and been replaced by the feeling of the warm glow of support I felt opening them, as my mind has filled up with 10 more years of life.

Don't underestimate the power of Amazon wedding gifts. You know that rule that you have a year after the celebration to dive into the wedding registry and give the newlyweds the perfect gift before you become a rude, uncaring friend? Every single time I'm required to buy a wedding present, I procrastinate so much that I end up sending something juusssst before the 365th day hits. At my worst,

Pardon the perhaps unpopular opinion, but shopping for wedding gifts should be fun. While there's nothing wrong with scribbling off a quick congratulatory check on your way to the reception, we like to take a more personalized approach to things. After all, tracking down the perfect present for the happy couple can be a treat for wedding guests too. That's why we've compiled a list of some of our favorite

After the wedding, I remember sitting on the bed at my parents' house, where we were staying, and opening all the wedding cards bursting with cash. We were given about 4,000 Australian dollars at our wedding Some of our loved ones gave us as much as 300 Australian dollars, which we thought was incredibly generous. Others threw in AU$20, and we were so grateful for every cent. At the end of the card-opening session, my husband was holding a wad of money - roughly AU$4,000, or about $3,200 at the time.

"They didn't tell anybody, but they took their wedding gifts and sent them to the homeless and help centers down there."

You won't win a judgment in small claims court for not sending a wedding gift. It's more about considering the couple's feelings.