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If you leave it too late to pick a gift from a friend's wedding list and all the best items have gone. Do you...? Ask a Question

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get them a gift card.

Sounds like my dilemma at every gift giving occasion! I usually barely have time to purchase a card and the gift card on my way to the event.

Thought you had three months after the wedding to send the gift?

4 Replies to dauguy's answer

Is that due to the low life expectancy of today's marriages?

Wait a few months and see if they make a go of it before splashing out?

And here's me thinking I was king of the cynics!

Nope. It was a year when I was younger, now it's three months. Since a gift was an extra, not a requirement, I guess it was to give you time to save and plan for it.

I have never heard of, or expereinced anything but folks bringing them to the reception.

With so many people announcing their weddings up to 2 years in advance, I think there is little excuse not to be ready in most cases.

The goddess of etiquette agrees immediately after the wedding is OK, but up to three months is acceptable:

http://www.emilypost.com/weddings/tips/wedding_gifts.htm