wedding gifts on a budget

jessica.m.meister

our good friends are getting married. their ceremony will be lavish, and they haven't registered for anything. my husband and i are more economical (i'm still in school, he's switching careers). what are some wedding gifts that are affordable but still appropriate and personal?

SarahPLiz

Bidesmaids are not reciprocal, you are right. Unless you are best friends with her, you shouldn't expect her to choose you to stand with her. Her FI picking your H as a groomsman shouldn't have any bearing on that. 

Friendships are most often not equal. Just because you felt close enough to her to ask her to be a BM doesn't mean she didn't value that experience, but it also doesn't mean she feels that close to you. She should have the people closest to her standing next to her, and you should be happy that she has made those choices, even if they don't include you. 

Licia&Wayne

Woah, what happened here? OP, why the change of post? Just for future reference, it's good netiquette to leave your post up, unless you warn that you are going to delete. If your post is left up, people who have the same or similar question as you can get advice without having to start a new thread asking the same question.

SarahPLiz

SHe was upset because her FI is a groomsman in the wedding of a friend and her former BM. She is not a BM in this wedding and was upset that the BM thing was not reciprocal. I'm sorry I didn't quote. 

Manwaithiel

*eyeroll* Nice, OP. Real nice.

SarahPLiz

Thanks, Meg! I'll come by more often. I promise!