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tara t · Marc Jacobs

wedding gifts

Elle · Hermes

It depends on how close of a friend you are. If you send a gift card or money instead of an actual gift, I would also send a bottle of wine (just to make it a bit more personal). I think $100 sound reasonable if you're giving money or a gift card, but you could probably get away with giving them a $50-$75 gift.

lsubatgirl · Gucci

you can still buy something off the registry if you want. I mean most registries you can buy online and have it sent to them. This is the one you had very little info for right?

Right now since I'm in school I spend around $20 for shower gift and $25-30 for wedding gift so total is around $45-50.

e_doli · Dooney & Bourke

according to what i have been told, you have up to a year after the wedding to send a gift. so i think people usually keep their registries open after the wedding for that reason (in case you wanted to buy something from the registry).

another "rule" i have heard is that if you're giving cash you should at least give enought to cover the cost of your plate (how you find out what they're paying a head for the dinner, i'm not sure -- who makes up these rules?)

i think how much you spend really depends on how good a friend and what your budget is, but if $100 sounds good to you, it's a totally socially acceptable amount.