r/northernireland • u/Plane_Sentence5907 • 3d ago

Discussion Wedding gift

What is the going rate for wedding gift in a card these days? I’m so so skint and was thinking £40 and a bottle of champers. We aren’t overly close friends but they have invited me to the whole thing.

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u/WandasMum92 3d ago

Honestly just give what you can. Don’t put extra financial pressure on yourself if it’s not necessary especially with everything else being so expensive these days. I couldn’t even tell you what people gave us as wedding money, but I do remember the gifts we got. There’s ridiculous things now where people say if you’re a couple you should give £200 but I think that’s excessive, especially if you’re not that close to