We had an engagement party and we got:
- 3 Silver photo frames (which we love)
- Heart shaped silver salt and pepper shakers (ridiculous!)
- Louise Kennedy brandy glasses (neither one of us drinks brandy!)
- 20 bottles of champagne (neither one of us drinks champagne)
- Horrible silver star and crescent shaped candle holders (horrible!)
- Gorgeous Newbridge silverware tealight tray or something to that effect
- concert tickets for a band neither one of us have heard of
I got a lovely oil on canvas for a friend's engagement and a floor lamp for another friend's engagement.
It's really difficult as even people who know both of us well gave us stuff we wouldn't get ourselves (it's not that we are not grateful) when a nice card would be sufficient. If they insisted on getting us something, dinner voucher or those One4All vouchers would have been perfect. Instead we're stuck with champagne that will never be drank, glasses will be flogged to somebody else and all those silver yokes will be kept as they came from family.
What do you give as an engagement present to a couple who don't live together and won't be living together for a few years?
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