Dude weddings
 

Do we buy gifts for our brahs when they marry? I didn't see anything about a registry and I'm flying all over for bachelor parties and weddings so what would I have to buy? These people are loaded too so they'd be moving into a ridiculous house with every appliance one can imagine.

An autographed baseball or something? A lindsay lohan autograph??

-Rudey
--Divorced and bitter man-hating old women, please refrain from ruining my thread...thanks in advance! :)

In your case Rudey, a framed pic of BobbytheDon would be sufficiant.

Towels. No matter what, everyone always needs towels.

That's just about as gay as writing him a poem and giving him a DVD of Brian's Song.

-Rudey

yes. And really nice sheets

get a dark color:confused:

These are jokes right? They have to be jokes.

-Rudey
--Let's be serious people

Most of my buddies got me money, although one got me an autographed picture of my favorite athlete, and another got me a really nice cocktail shaker.

Of course, at the bachelor party they bought me a whole lot of alcohol, but that's a different story...

Get them something to use on the honeymoon or special occassions.

Rudey I got my friend towels for her wedding... :(

Most guys I know give cash. All of the weddings that I have gone to as a date, the guys have all given cash. It's the manly thing to do, I guess. Or gift cards. That way you don't have to cart stuff around.

But if you do decide to buy a gift, have them ship it to the bride's house (or the couple's house if they're already living together), so you don't have to haul it around, and the wedding party doesn't have to haul it home at the end of the night.

LLLLLLLMAO!!!!

I vote for a gift card as well to one of their favorite stores. Or treat them to a night at a hotel after the wedding. Or get him some wedding night thongs. :p

Does he like fish tacos? Have Wahoo's send a fish taco overnight with dry ice.

...and yes only one fish taco no room for sharing with the wifey.

I really hope he doesn't wear thongs because I just really always hoped I'd never have a friend that wore weird underwear.

How much for a wedding? 20 Ronald McDonald dollars?

-Rudey

Depends on your tax bracket and his, anywhere from $75 to $150 is what I've seen (although most were in the 100 range) - most guys tend to take whatever they would have spent on the present, and give a little more cash than that. I have no idea why.

You're not financially challenged, lol, so shell out at least $100.:D

Check their registry and select a gift that screams "RUDEY!"

racing cars

$500

A subscription to 'Playboy' or 'Sports Illustrated.'

Tickets to a big game.

Alcohol related gifts are also big! ;)

Giving money is tacky. If this is your friend, surely you can think of something better--from the heart. :)

enigma_AKA

Stop.

We. Are. Men.

Money is not tacky.

I suppose as boys we could make up a collage of photos from our fraternity days and put it into a cool frame that plays some type of theme song when a button is pressed?

Or a screensaver that does the same?

I feel sick just thinking about it.

So, men, by default, have to be tacky? :rolleyes: Y'all are wack.

No one said to decoupage a paddle for your bud; but it's his wedding day. One or one half of a day to not be an ass. It wouldn't hurt to get him a magazine subscription. Just give him something nice. :)

enigma_AKA

PS--Don't get sick. Unless you have morning sickness. :p

I don't know where to find registry stuff. It's not on the card.

I guess I'll do cash but the thing is I don't think any amount of money I give will be more than a drop in a bucket to them. I thought it might be impersonal too but I'm not good at thinking of personal gifts for dudes unless they involve something the wife will hate me for. I dunno. Thanks party people.

-Rudey

Is it me or is the gift supposed to be for your buddy and his wife?

GET THE SHEETS LIKE I SAID.

DO IT NOW.

(Sorry. I'm dealing with some anger issues)

Please do it now.

Rudy - CALL YOUR BUD!!!

Better yet, odds are better than anything that they're registered with at least one of the following places: Macy's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Linens & Things, Target, and/or Home Depot/Loews. You can check online. It's easy. Even you can do it. ;)

I would check the registery before you decide to make up your own gift. My friend registered for a grill. Men can buy a grill without fear of being girly.

If there's nothing on the reigstery that you want to get them; I vote for cash with a simple card. :D

I registered for power tools and a fire extinguisher. I think we got towels and crystal and a bunch of stuff like that, but when we registered for that stuff, I was taking a break from studying from finals, so I have a very spotty recollection of those things.

LOL. You just blocked it out.

Check the registries at wedding channel and the knot. Chances are the couple is registered at either site or one of their affiliates.

Seriously, I would get like a gift card to his favorite store or something like that, or some power tool of some sort so he could work on a house or a car. That's guy like.

Wedding Gifts Because I Care :p

Crate and Barrel has a registry.
Get them a wine of the month membership for a year.

Get him an 8 ball of coke, two escorts with 36Ds.

If his fiance can't understand, then tell her " You can't make a ho a housewife"

Yes, but at one wedding I wanted to get my friend a Dallas Cowboys bathroom set (he's a fanatic), towels, wash clothes soap dishes etc . . . and my date talked me into getting something else.

It turns out he would have loved the towels and he couldn't have cared less about what i got him off the registry.

So is that what you are saying? Get him something he love like that? Or a big beer stein, or something?

Well, the justification behind that is probably concerning whether or not he had his own bathroom because his wife would be like "Please. :rolleyes: Get that tacky ish out! :mad:". I don't think towels are such a grand idea, but hey a beer stein like this:

http://www.german-toasting-glasses.com/images/g5734.jpg

...with a subscription to Sports Illustrated wouldn't be bad either.

Just promise you won't be wack and give him either a scrapbook (that's *em* kinda fruity) or a wad of cash. Then you'll be fine! ;)

enigma_AKA

So ten thousand dollars would be inappropriate?

If you had that amount of money to give, why wouldn't you buy something meaningful?

enigma_AKA

One of my friends got us a gift card for $100 to a nice restaurant. It was a great gift, we got to go out to a nice dinner for a date night.

Not for nothing but I've never actually seen anyone drink out of a stein. I think I'd be a little freaked out if I went to a bar and my friend whipped out a stein and said "Hey bartender, pour it in here".

-Rudey
--In college we won this big trophy and some douche thought it would be a great idea to drink beer out of it...let's just say that trophies give beer nasty after taste.

Hey it worked!

OK how does all this work? I see items on here that are ridiculously priced and from Neiman Marcus and then cheaper items at Crate and Barrel. People just buy any item and it doesn't matter which? Does it tell them I got a gift before I get to the wedding? I don't want to be the guy that everyone thinks didn't buy a gift.

-Rudey

If I remember correctly, on some sites, it does. On one of our sites, it told us who bought what, while on the others it just told us which items had been purchased.

The problem on some sites is that it doesn't update the registry quickly, so it's possible for two people to buy the same gift. Otherwise, it's a nice system to have.

And it doesn't matter if someone gets you one steak knife or some ridiculous kitchen appliance?

Edited to add: I just found another one of their registries and these prices are ridiculous. First of all why do you need a special dish for fish and second of all why would you pay 400 for it???

-Rudey

I seem to remember having this same conversation about a $200 gravy boat.

If you have credit cards for any of these places, watch for the sale circulars. You can sometimes get things at almost half price.