| Are you invited to a wedding and are not sure what to | | | | Good quality towels & linens. |
| buy for the happy couple? Or are you married and | | | | Cash! |
| have funny memories of bad wedding gifts? Either | | | | Bad Wedding Gifts: |
| way, this list will be good entertainment and good | | | | Anything on the couple's registry that someone else |
| information! | | | | has already bought! |
| So what makes a great wedding gift anyway? It's | | | | Gift cards to stores/restaurants that the couple |
| probably fairly obvious, to most of us anyway, what | | | | doesn't like or are too far away. |
| would be considered a bad wedding gift. The | | | | Bathroom cleaning tools. |
| strangest wedding gift I received was a shovel and a | | | | Yard and garden items for a couple that live in an |
| rake! However, since we had just bought our first | | | | apartment or older couples. |
| home and got married simultaneously, it was put to | | | | Air fresheners or coasters! |
| good use and much appreciated in that situation. Had | | | | Matching knitted "his & hers" hats & mittens. |
| we been an older couple, on our 2nd marriage and | | | | Bachelor party photos! |
| combining households or if we had lived in an | | | | Random, dust-collecting crystal trinkets. |
| apartment... that would have been a bad gift! | | | | Un-matching and/or cheap towels. |
| These examples are light-hearted, and a bit silly. But | | | | IOU's for cash! |
| don't be fooled... people have actually received these | | | | Gift givers - Normally, couples enjoy thoughtful gifts or |
| bad list items (and purchased them)! | | | | gifts that help to commemorate their special day. If you |
| Good Wedding Gifts: | | | | don't know the couple well enough personally to come |
| Anything on the couple's registry! | | | | up with a custom, wedding gift, stick to what's on their |
| Gift cards to the couple's favorite restaurants, stores, | | | | registry list. If possible, always include a gift receipt just |
| honeymoon registry, or wedding registry store(s). | | | | in case. |
| Kitchen tools. | | | | Couples - Getting a few bad gifts is unavoidable, but |
| Yard and garden items for a young couple with a new | | | | you should still send a 'thank-you' card anyway for the |
| home. | | | | thought. Have some mercy, because some people just |
| Personalized home items. | | | | have different ideas about what makes a great gift! If |
| Fun honeymoon or "his & hers" just married items! | | | | you are really lucky, you'll be able to rejoice with the |
| Picture frames for displaying wedding photos | | | | gift receipt! |
| China pieces from the couple's chosen set. | | | | |