There aren’t many other high-pressure gift-giving scenarios quite like attending a wedding. The act of settling on the best wedding gifts for that impending block of ceremonies on your iCal comes mired with budgetary issues (what with factoring in the plane tickets, lodgings, babysitters, and beyond). And even with registries whittling down the options for you, chances are you get stuck with a lineup of cookie-cutter options that read like a litany of obvious, even sorta meh housewarming gifts. Going off-book and buying your favorite newlyweds something unexpected for their big day, or one-upping the picks on their list (why go with a sad, cheapo blade grinder for your coffee when you could get a superior burr model?) comes with its risks, but it sure beats settling for the measuring cups on their picked-over registry. And think of it as helping the lovebirds pad their shelves with some forever picks that’ll hopefully last just as long as their romance.
The Best Wedding Gifts, According to GQ
Here, allow this guide to act as your compass for navigating between any wildly esoteric gift ideas and the cheeseboard inscribed with an inside joke into extra special, extra thoughtful territory. To help you out on your hunting, we curated a selection of the most thoughtful, least obvious wedding gifts for ensuring that the happy couple has everything they need to trick out their new home: including gadgets, customizable keepsakes that you can slap a monogram on, the fancy linens, and the splurge gifts for going in on with a group. We think there’s enough variety in here, and general wisdom behind them (ahem, we’ve written about a number of these in the past), to help you select the perfect gift for the occasion and the flexibility of your pocketbook.
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