Wedding gift for a Finnish Couple

shwetach · Post by **shwetach** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:31 pm

Hi,

I have been invited to a Finnish wedding and I am not sure what to buy as a wedding gift. any ideas ??

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Tiwaz · Post by **Tiwaz** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:47 pm

They have not presented any preferences?
Possibly gift list? At least one couple had list made in store which held their desired items.

EP · Post by EP » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:10 pm

Don´t they have pages in the net? Nowadays they usually do, with a list of gifts they would like to have. It makes it easier for a guest, since peoples tastes and needs are different. I have just bought a wedding gift, and I just crossed it over from their list. That list was very specific: • 6 "name of the manufacturer + model" red wine glasses, 4 "manufacturer + model" plates, and so on.

When people are 30 they have lived by themselves about 10 years and have just about everything. And when they move together they have at least 2 of everything. Buying gifts was way easier at the times when young couples had just two odd plated and one old frying pan.

shwetach · Post by **shwetach** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:11 pm

no such luck

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:17 pm

shwetach wrote:no such luck

Then maybe you should arrange 10 toasters for them with other guests. Bonus points if they are exactly same and from the same shop and deal done with the shop so young couple gets gift voucher when they return 9 or 10.

EP · Post by EP » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:52 pm

Do they have a special bank account where you can contribute for their honeymoon? That is easy, I often do that. Or can you call and just ask what they want/need? Nobody wants to give a vase that is later hidden in the back of the cupboard. A gift card to a shop is a neutral alternative. They can get whatever they want. Or if you end up buying something, get glasses/plates/whatever, that are so neutral that they suit just about every taste.

EP · Post by EP » Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:56 pm

I just remembered one item from the list of that 2 microwawes/2 washing machines/2 everything couple: a stewing pot. Slow cooking is maybe something they have not done earlier.

shwetach · Post by **shwetach** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:01 pm

thank you ppl. i got some idea now on how to proceed on this

mrjimsfc · Post by **mrjimsfc** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:38 pm

My son just got married last Saturday. Although they were registered at a store for gifts he hoped they would get more cash and fewer gifts from the store. Money IS appropriate!

brengun · Post by **brengun** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:47 am

Tiwaz wrote:They have not presented any preferences?
Possibly gift list? At least one couple had list made in store which held their desired items.

..................How about the book,,, keeping your love alive in a nation with cartel regulated economy.?

Seen Canary · Post by **Seen Canary** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:02 pm

A noose, a good tree and a purple shellsuit for the groom

Nordic walking sticks, a copy of " Men are from Mars, Women are from their Mother's" and a ladder to help the groom with the noose and tree for the bride.

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