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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
OMG, I forgot to tell you all this. WR.
Older SIL is getting married in April, yada yada yada.
We got her wedding invitation this weekend. Hooker put registry information card in with it and told people to have it shipped to their house. The best part...she's got a honeymoon registry. And you can only give $100 gift cards for the registry. WTF? Her other registries suck ass. She's getting $5 from me.
Also, DH is peeved that all these family members he hasn't seen in like 15 years are coming to this wedding. They didnt' come to our wedding, they didn't go to other SIL's wedding. He said they should throw us a baby shower while they were here. He's obsessed with having a baby shower.
Re: OMG, I forgot to tell you all this. WR.
I just a friendly gal looking for options.
Don't worry, TK has you covered!
Wedding guests inevitably face the age-old question: What to give the bride and groom? If you're attending a wedding and thinking about anything that appears on the list below, please reconsider. Brides told us the worst wedding gifts they received.
Erring with art
Don't assume that your taste in art is the same as the couple's -- one person's Picasso is another person's "what were you thinking?" Here are a few pieces of tragic wedding present artwork that are sure contenders for "Most Likely to be Stashed in the Attic":"A 3-D painting of horses"
"A really ugly art piece involving a cow tooth"
"A ceramic fish statue"
"A hand-painted lucky horseshoe"
"A picture of a wine cork"
"A ceramic angel in a bathtub"
"A hand-blown vase that looks like a hookah"
Cheapskate
The standard wedding etiquette is to spend approximately as follows: For a coworker or a distant family friend or relative, try to spend around $50-$75. For a relative or friend, the ballpark should be about $75-$100, and for a close relative or close friend, you'll want to spend $100-$150 or more. But as long as you avoid the skimps below, you should at least stay on speaking terms."A $15 garage rack (we don't even have a garage!)"
"A bottle of vinegar vegetables"
"A mop"
"Dollar-store picture frame with price tag still attached"
"Febreze air freshener"
"Gift card that was empty"
"Mounted can opener with the UPC code removed (so the giver could get the rebate and we couldn't return it)"
"An IOU"
"Nothing"
Re-gifting is a crime
Nothing says "Congrats on your marriage, but we didn't want to shell out for a real present" like giving a gift that someone else has already given you. Here are a few of the most obvious regift no-nos:"A regifted tray (with the original card to the regifter included with the present)"
"A regifted set of wine glasses we'd given our cousin"
"A regifted apple peeler/corer/slicer"
"A regifted gravy boat that was broken"
Incredibly inappropriate
These couples received suggestive wedding gifts could be taken the wrong way -- without really trying. Avoid these inappropriate presents, or risk having to explain yourself to the happily married couple, and in some cases, the bride's father."A book on relationships"
"An emergency survival kit"
"A book called Why Men Love B****es -- I returned it"
"Edible underwear"
"Fertility idol"
Utterly useless
From the redundant to the... er, "unique," here's a list of gifts that would make better gag gifts than wedding presents."Six George Foreman grills"
"A birdhouse made of license plates... we live in a condo!"
"A friend gave us a framed invitation to her own wedding, which happened about five months before"
"A Jesus night-light"
"A snowman lamp"
"A Bill Clinton pot holder"
"A cinnamon-scented stuffed dog"
"Dueling harmonicas"
-- Miles Stiverson
This was DH at SIL's wedding, too. I swear, he kept a mental tally of everyone who showed up at her wedding but not ours.
As for gifts, perhaps the newlyweds would enjoy a Snuggie?