wedding gift idea needed

[Rick Diesel]

Get a picnic basket and fill it up with some expensive bottles of wine. A picnic basket is something that everyone would like to have, but nobody really ever thinks to buy.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

Did you ask them about a registry? Maybe they just haven't done it yet.

Then, if they say they don't have one, why not ask them what they want?

If they shrug that off too, sounds like they're not too into gifts, so maybe donate to their fav charity or offer to contribute towards the honeymoon.

[swede123]

Patrick is right on here. The wedding is 99.94% about the girl, and when it comes to the presents that percentage stays about the same. If your buddy is into wood-working maybe get him a set of cordless tools. This is the type of gift that he'll really end up using for many years to come and not just another stupid piece of decoration bullshit (i.e. Decanter) that will end up wasting space 99% of the time.

Swede

[bosoxfan]

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Get a picnic basket and fill it up with some expensive bottles of wine. A picnic basket is something that everyone would like to have, but nobody really ever thinks to buy.

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My wife and I got 2 picnic baskets for our wedding. We have used them a grand total of zero times. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[lucas9000]

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they want cash

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I'm pretty sure this is correct if they didn't register.

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he has specifically said they don't want cash.

[jakethebake]

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he has specifically said they don't want cash.

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then i tell him, if he's too lazy to register, i'm too lazy to shop.

[Phil Van Sexton]

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Patrick is right on here. The wedding is 99.94% about the girl, and when it comes to the presents that percentage stays about the same. If your buddy is into wood-working maybe get him a set of cordless tools. This is the type of gift that he'll really end up using for many years to come and not just another stupid piece of decoration bullshit (i.e. Decanter) that will end up wasting space 99% of the time.

Swede

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Since you don't know the bride well, I'd be concerned that you will be labeled as "the guy who gave me a cordless drill for my wedding" forever. Meanwhile, your buddy will forget within 2 days where that drill came from.

There's a reason the wedding is 99% about the bride. It's doesn't have to make sense, it just is.

[poker-penguin]

I gave my brother and his wife a voucher for a weekend at a mid level hotel a couple hours away. "Use this whenever you want, for whatever reason, because you will need couple time in the next year".

Another original present is a bottle of champagne, a white, and a red.

"The champagne is for when you get back from the honeymoon to celebrate the start of your lives together, the white is a young wine for your fist aniversary, the red will mature, like your relationship, and is for your fifth wedding aniversary." It was part of a speech, and there were some nice metaphors in there and stuff that I've forgotten because I'm not in danger of getting married any time soon. I think it's a good idea though.

[wayabvpar]

If they refuse to register and don't want cash, I would buy them a very nice bottle of wine- preferably something that will be ready to drink near their first anniversary. Make sure to include care and feeding instructions so they don't ruin it before then, however.