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Wedding gift for someone who is getting married again?

Melle, on August 9, 2021 at 12:02 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 7

My husband's BFF is getting married again [this is his 3rd wedding].

I guess I've personally never been in this situation before where I've been to someone's wedding again especially one that soon after the last wedding. His last wedding was June 2019 and this next one is in a few months, I don't really know what the etiquette would be for a wedding gift?

I always give cash and so I'm wondering do I give less... ? Or do I just give the usual amount I would regardless?

What would you guys do?

Thanks for the tips!

7 Comments

Latest activity by Jake, on August 28, 2021 at 7:26 AM
  • Samantha
    VIP October 2022
    Samantha ·
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    Since he’s a close friend of your husbands, unless they say “no gifts,” then giving *something* is probably a good idea. It doesn’t have to be big, but some sort of gift.
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  • Sarah
    Master September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    If it were me, I’d give the same amount.
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  • M
    VIP January 2019
    Maggie ·
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    I think the "etiquette" about how much to give (there isn't really any actual etiquette about how much to give, but there are customs and traditions) is always to give what you are comfortable and moved to give based on your relationship with the recipient. If your relationship and financial situations are the same, then you would probably give the same amount for each wedding.

    That said, I definitely didn't feel moved to give the same amount to my brother-in-law at his second destination wedding in less than two years. So, I absolutely understand asking the question.

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  • Nisha
    Expert May 2022
    Nisha ·
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    Give what you're comfortable with. I hate receiving gifts AND this is my 2nd wedding (my last was 2012, his was 2004), so we're not creating a registry, nor are we putting a card box at the door.

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    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    I would still have some kind of box/receptacle for cards. Even though you don’t like to get them people will still bring them. You want to have someplace for them to be all together so you don’t have to worry about them. Some one handed me a card at the end of the evening and I had to hold on to it while I finished dancing and gathering my things which wasn’t super fun. You don’t want to loose anything.
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  • Suzie
    Super October 2021
    Suzie ·
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    I would gift the same amount as usual. IMO it shouldn’t matter which wedding it was for them, the point is to gift the couple for hosting an evening for you to enjoy and to start their married life together.
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  • Emilia
    Super June 2019
    Emilia ·
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    Hi ! As that friend, I would really understand if the amount were not as high as the last time ;-) I think you should give whatever you feel you can/want...

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