How much for a wedding gift?
Posted by Frugal on July 11th, 2007
My best friend is getting married! I am very happy for him. I don’t have much time to shop at all (or pretty much do anything else), so I plan to just send in a cash gift of $600. Maybe I should buy him an one ounce gold coin instead?
Any other suggestion? Is it too much or too little? I guess it’s all relative (to whatever you want to compare to).
This friend of mine comes from a middle class family without much wealth. He even had to support and pay the tuition for his younger brother through college (he and his brother opted the cheaper universities in Texas). He was in some serious credit card debt, but he has paid off all of his debt several years ago. Now together with his future wife, he would probably be earning a higher combined household income than I do.
Way to go, my best friend. Another great example of building wealth from nothing.
He has refused to take any gift from me by not giving me his mailing address. But I was able to get hold of his work address. It’s going to be tricky to coerce him to take up my gift. Maybe I could ask him to help out my website here a little, so that he can feel as not taking a gift.
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July 11th, 2007 at 5:45 am
It sounds like a lot to me. My concept is that a gift covers your share of the cost of the wedding.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:33 am
$600 for a wedding gift sounds like a lot! Is that the standard gift amount around there?
July 11th, 2007 at 10:16 am
$600 is alot, but I think it’s all situational. I mean it sounds like frugal can’t attend the wedding, so in that case I would probably be more generous to make up for not being able to attend given this is his best friend….
July 11th, 2007 at 11:29 am
I think it depends on how close you are. If it’s your kid for example you would probably spend a little mor than if it’s your friend’s brother’s boyfriend’s cousin from south Africa. I like the idea of gold or other investments really, something the new couple couldn’t waist on junk rite away.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
$600 would be a lot in my book, but I think we are on different monetary levels
If he wouldn’t accept a gift from you, you could always make a donation in his name to his/her favorite charities. That way he doesn’t feel guilty taking a gift from you and you don’t have to worry about getting a check later in retaliation.
of course, you could stiff him and send me the money. I’m always open to charitable donations.
July 12th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Thanks for all of your feedbacks.
I cannot attend the wedding, and have no plan to “recover” my cost. But I will most likely try to “solicit” his help for my website, so that the chance of acceptance would be the greatest. He works in IT, so there should not be any problems for him to perform some work for me.
Charitable donation is a very nice idea. YES! I think I will split this $600 into two parts, and he can receive both tax benefit and some cash, and somebody else can benefit too.
Thanks.
July 12th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I would go with the gold coin. A real keepsake, but also has real value. I don’t think $600 is to much. I gave my best friend $1000 cash for his wedding, now divorced.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:05 am
If it is indeed your best friend, you should by all means find a way to attend the wedding. Money is no substitute.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:05 am
If it is indeed your best friend, you should by all means find a way to attend the wedding. Money is no substitute.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I understand your motivation and a wedding gift is the perfect vehilcle. The coin is a nice idea, but it will be so sentimental coming from you that even if they hit hard times they would never use is. May I suggest handing a card with the check in to the lovely bride at the reception?
July 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I understand your motivation and a wedding gift is the perfect vehilcle. The coin is a nice idea, but it will be so sentimental coming from you that even if they hit hard times they would never use is. May I suggest handing a card with the check in to the lovely bride at the reception?
July 25th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I understand your motivation and a wedding gift is the perfect vehilcle. The coin is a nice idea, but it will be so sentimental coming from you that even if they hit hard times they would never use is. May I suggest handing a card with the check in to the lovely bride at the reception?
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