What gift you will buy if you go to a wedding?Or maybe you will give just money?

It is a Filipino tradition to give a newly wed couple a porcelain container called "arinola". I don't get the logic. I find it weird and funny. I used to attend weddings and I also give present. I am shy to give an arinola so I give a similar token which is cups and/or palayok.Lol!

I definitely do prefer to give a gift, but then sometimes, like you said, for a young couple it may be money that is the most useful to them as they will probably need as much as they can get in order to begin their new lives together. I agree that money is so much more personal though. I guess it depends on the couple.

In our culture, we give money at the weddings, and between relatives or close friends, we also give gifts, mostly for home decorations. The bed wares are usually prepared by the parents according to tration, though nowadays the new couple will take care by themselves. With the rise of wedding cost, the gift money is up accordingly. Though we like to attend weddings to our beloved, the expenses could sometimes be a big burden both for senior and junior.

I prefer to buy gifts for them Anyhow, in my country, people use to give money in a red packet to the couple. Especially comes to the family or relatives wedding, money would come first for the couples. This is what people in my country practise to do so. Sometimes, when it is my friends wedding, I would buy gift for them. Maybe just a gift for memories such as photo frame, couple T shirt or anything else. On top of that, I will give a red packet for them as well. So meaning I give gift and money to them.

In this life like now..in my country people prefer give the money than the gift.. cause the money more flexible to use. But some parents if they have money..also buy a house or car for thie kids..its the same thing..

My family is accustomed of giving checks to the newlyweds so i might do the same when i grow up.Ü

Depends on who is getting married. Depending on who it is I will buy them something nice that is on their registry or give them money. When I get married, I would personally like to have money so that we would be able to use that towards a down payment on a house or something like that.

I still tend to give money as the wedding gift. As I am afraid my gift is not useful for the couples. Perhaps the money is much more practical. At least they can buy whatever they like. Actually it is quite common for us to give money as the gift in the wedding. I love China

If I know the bride and the bridegroom well enough and know what their preferences are , I would get that as the gift. Otherwise, give money which they could use as they wish for their needs.

i'd probably go with gifts. well, i do agree that money will be more useful for the couple but a gift is better if your budget is constrained.

In NY the brides have enagagement parties and then big bridal showers and get all sorts of gifts.So when it come time for the wedding, we all give money, it is easier, plus at the receptions ( which are usually big) there are NO gift tables.

Up to now,I only give money to my married friends, and most of them give the money back to me.In my hometown,its more common to give money to young couples cuz its hard to choose gifts that couples like.If the couples accept the money,they should give the same amount or more back to you when your it saves troubles and the couples can buy anything they like using the money.

wedding gifts in our country usually are material things that could be helpful to the newlyweds. i like giving little appliances. my choices are electric fans, coffee maker, dvd player, and many others. kitchen utensils is also good. money is usually given in the ceremony when the groom and the bride dances and everyone pins money of any amount to the clothes the couple are wearing. its fun. what's your custom? ann

Interesting points! I have been to weddings where the couple asked for cash to help with the downpayment on a home and that made many guests uncomfortable. Then one has to decide how much is right and that can be tough. I always give a gift that I know that the two of them will enjoy, tho it might be tickets to a special ski weekend or something like the theater. It can be hard to know what others will like so sometimes it can be difficult for me to decide. I usually try to find out what they want if they have a wedding registry they list the items they want, the brands, china patterns and such and then that makes things alot easier but in a way less personal.

we usually end up going to a lot of weddings just because my hubby does the sound for our church and if they want sound when they get married, they need him. so either we get invited to the wedding, or get money given to us. i have a standard gift that i give to the couples that are getting married. we buy a nice big bowl (sort of fancy, perhaps pottery) and buy all the fixings for spaghetti and sometimes we add popcorn and a movie to it too. its not an expensive present but it is something different.

i love to give something special, something that has a meaning to the people who get married... i think the best gift for my wedding with my boyfriend would be a bottle of gray goose, it has a spacial meaning to us, that vodka brought us together. so something like that would be a good gift in my opinion. i think anyone can give money, or pillow cases, but not many know what has a special meaning, not many know you well enough... so gifts that have that special meaning is what i think the best gift is, for marriage and all other occasions.

My cousin got married on Saturday. She regestered for many items for her new home and I know that many people bought things on her list. I helped throw a party for her and so that is where my money was spent that I would have given her. (normally we would be able to do both but not this year) The other thing that I did was a group effort. My mom, sister and husband all took many pictures not only of the cerimony but also of the reception and I made her a disk that had all of the pictures on it the next morning. It is waiting for her at her mom's house, she will have atleast some wedding pictures as soon as she returns from her honeymoon.

it depends on who the person is and what that person needs it what i give them.it is ok to give what you want to here and what you can afford or it is with my family and friends

i find gift vouchers are the best present,coz they can choose what they want

If I don't know much about them I'll give money, or if I know their likings, then I'll buy their favourite gift for them.