What Is an Appropriate Wedding Gift From the Parents?

For a wedding, parents of the bride or groom often give a significant household item, such as a bookshelf, coffee table or dining table. Dining room wares, including formal flatware, wine glasses and family heirloom china are appropriate. Pieces from the couple’s chosen china pattern also make good presents.

Elegant bed or bath gift items are monogrammed towels, silk bed linens or handmade quilts. Sometimes parents decide to help pay for the couple’s honeymoon, such as flight or hotel room costs. Parents sometimes plan special activities for the honeymooners. Depending upon the vacation’s destination, these can include a couple’s massage, scuba diving lessons, tickets to a local museum or a gift certificate to a fine restaurant.

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