Being an Adult by Lucy Tobin

Author:Lucy Tobin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SEL044000, SEL031000, SOC022000, PSY043000, SEL005000, FAM054000, SEL021000, HUM008000
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

How are you meant to show you care when someone gets married or has a baby?

There comes a time in everyone’s life where your social media feeds will stream endless pictures of engagements and new babies and weddings and slightly older babies. And even if you’ve reached your love limit (it happens), some of these exciting things will probably be happening to people you’re close to, and you’ll need to show that you are a nice person and you care. Here’s how:

ENGAGEMENTS

This one’s pretty easy because not many people expect an engagement present. But best practice (and we really mean practise because you’ll be doing this A LOT) is to send a card to the couple with a nice message. If your friendship group goes big on gifts, get them something they can enjoy together, like a bottle of champagne, but the real gifting happens when they actually get married.

MARRIAGES

Knowing when to buy a gift for someone getting married is pretty straightforward — if you aren’t invited to the wedding, you only need to say congratulations. Luckily, most almost-weds will give you some direction on what they expect as a present — if anything. Some will make a gift list with big shops like John Lewis. (Tip: get on that as soon as you can, so you can choose a gift in your budget and don’t end up staring at a list of one really expensive milk jug and a sofa.) Others will ask for money towards their honeymoon fund, and some won’t ask for anything at all. (But, to confuse things, it’s still customary to put something in an envelope and give it to them on the day.)

So how do you know how much to actually spend? Well, you don’t. It’ll vary depending on how well you know the couple, how much you like them, and what your own budget it. But here’s what actual adults we know have to say on the matter:

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