What would you put on a wedding gift list, were you to compile one...

[trashpony]

a waterproof radio

for some reason we had that one on the list


it got rusty

for dancing in the shower?

I'd put good pans - not le creuset, I'm with spangles, can barely lift the things when they have anything in them but really good quality nonstick pans and bakeware.

And 5000000 thread count egyptian cotton bedding. And goose down duvets and pillows. And beautiful cutlery and table linen

 

[Melinda]

Yes to everything she said ^^^.

 

[marty21]

a radio alarm


that still works

upgrade to a dab radio alarm

 

[marty21]

for dancing in the shower?

absolutely, just fancied it when we trawled around John Lewis

 

[Griff]

Somebody got us a Routemaster bus telephone for our wedding.

 

[marty21]

Somebody got us a Routemaster bus telephone for our wedding.

do you still use it?

 

[Griff]

do you still use it?

No, haven't seen it in years.

 

[kittyP]

i got a dualit toaster for xmas... but i have put a dualit handmixer and a kitchenaid blender...

plates and bowls and glasses, though - i dunno... don't they just get broken?

That's why you have your wedding dinner service, packed away in paper, being saved for that most special of occasions that never comes, and when it does the boy breaks it and there is a divorce!

On a serious note, won't most stuff you get break or wear out eventually?
Better to use something than it be a waste of money?

Good luck Spangles.

 

[Upchuck]

I'm in the linen and towels brigade.

Also
a good quality crock pot
Wii
good quality salad bowl

 

[zenie]

Somebody got us a Routemaster bus telephone for our wedding.

I love the sound of that, but I do like kitsch stuff!

 

[marty21]

No, haven't seen it in years.

ebayed it

 

[kyser_soze]

casserole, maybe - but i hate le creuset pans. they're too, too heavy.

...
I'd put good pans - not le creuset, I'm with spangles, can barely lift the things when they have anything in them but really good quality nonstick pans and bakeware.
...

Girly wimps.

 

[mrsfran]

We asked for John Lewis vouchers and then bought one large piece of furniture with it.

Sundries:
Puilivet soup bowls
Steak knives
Global knives
Pestle and mortar
Gravy boat
Storage jars
A notice board
Sharpie pens
Photo frames
Photo albums
Art prints

 

[trashpony]

Girly wimps.

Yep

 

[Orang Utan]

Nothing - the very idea of one is appalling and needs to be left in the 19th century along with dowries

 

[Griff]

Nothing - the very idea of one is appalling and needs to be left in the 19th century along with dowries

Top lesson on 'How to put a damper on things'.

 

[kittyP]

Nothing - the very idea of one is appalling and needs to be left in the 19th century along with dowries

Why?

Surely wedding lists and dowries are very different things!?

We didn't have a wedding list but that was our choice, oh and no one was invited to the wedding .

We did have a big party after where we said that there were to be no gifts but this sent a lot of family and parents friends in to a state of panic!
They still had to give something or they felt bad.
I feel it would have been nicer for them if we had had an opt in or out list of some kind.
They ended up mostly giving us cheques (great for us) but I think this made them feel a little uncomfortable.

To simplify, it just makes things a bit easier for all concerned.

 

[Roadkill]

Lots of sex toys, just to embarrass more prudish relatives.

 

[RubyBlue]

We asked for John Lewis vouchers and then bought one large piece of furniture with it.

Nothing - the very idea of one is appalling and needs to be left in the 19th century along with dowries

^ I'm of the same opinion - the idea of a wedding list - I don't know just seems wrong and, I don't know why but slightly greedy If I was going to go along with it I would do as missfran says and ask for vouchers but tbh I would rather ask for donations to be made to charity then ask for stuff - or the vouchers like missfran said but ask guests to send them annoymously - that would make me feel a bit better I think. eta: you'd probably get fuck all then anyway

 

[marty21]

To simplify, it just makes things a bit easier for all concerned.

exactly!

 

[Griff]

Why don't you have one of thos weddings where people come up to you and pin money and cheques on you.

Jewish is it?

 

[kittyP]

I have to say that when it came to my wedding, the idea did make me feel a bit greedy and uncomfortable but with hindsight I understand why they can be necessary.

 

[kittyP]

Why don't you have one of thos weddings where people come up to you and pin money and cheques on you.

Jewish is it?

My friend is Greek Orthodox and they did that at her wedding.

Very normal for her but I thought

 

[Melinda]

Why don't you have one of thos weddings where people come up to you and pin money and cheques on you.

Jewish is it?

Italian/ Greek tradition

 

[Griff]

My friend is Greek Orthodox and they did that at her wedding.

Yeah, just have a Greek Orthadox themed wedding.

 

[pinkmonkey]

i got a dualit toaster for xmas... but i have put a dualit handmixer and a kitchenaid blender...

plates and bowls and glasses, though - i dunno... don't they just get broken?

I still have all my plates - wedding was in 1996, divorce in 2003

It's cornish ware bought from John Lewis so its quite indestructable and is used constantly.

He has the glass crystal (I hate glass crystal - it was an un-asked for gift).

 

[RubyBlue]

Why don't you have one of thos weddings where people come up to you and pin money and cheques on you.

Jewish is it?

Last wedding I went to - Greek Orthodox - did that - I kind of liked it but would seem odd on a traditonal 'English' type thing.

 

[kyser_soze]

^ I'm of the same opinion - the idea of a wedding list - I don't know just seems wrong and, I don't know why but slightly greedy If I was going to go along with it I would do as missfran says and ask for vouchers but tbh I would rather ask for donations to be made to charity then ask for stuff - or the vouchers like missfran said but ask guests to send them annoymously - that would make me feel a bit better I think. eta: you'd probably get fuck all then anyway

I have to say that when it came to my wedding, the idea did make me feel a bit greedy and uncomfortable but with hindsight I understand why they can be necessary.

My friend is Greek Orthodox and they did that at her wedding.

Very normal for her but I thought

Choke on the guilt liberals

So if someone asked you to give them a wedding present from a list, you wouldn't buy one?

 

[RubyBlue]

Choke on the guilt liberals

So if someone asked you to give them a wedding present from a list, you wouldn't buy one?

I have done - just because the idea makes me feel a bot uncomfortable if it was my wedding doesn't mean I would not buy a gift for someone else - it is their day after all

 

[Griff]

Also if you go for the Greek Orthodox themed wedding, look at the cool priest you can get too.