Am I gifting inappropriately?

I personally would not find Tupperware to be a bad gift. I know FH and I are always buying new ones because the older ones get icky.

Nope, it's a very useful gift

Is it something off of their registry? I typically won't buy anything that isn't on the registry. I also base my gift off of how close I am with them (friend/family). I prefer giving money just because I know everyone wants it and then they can get something they actually want. I typically give between $75-$100 or what I think my plate cost.

It's useful but I wouldn't personally give it as a wedding gift, a bridal shower gift maybe. How much would a set of Tupperware cost?

No, I hadn't looked at the registries. I started doing it when I was deep in a very religious culture where people would meet, date, get engaged and married all within 6 months and I knew I was going to have a ton of friends get married over the next few years.

This particular set costs about $15 regularly.

I didn't realize that wedding gifts were supposed to be really big until I got on WW. I just thought they were supposed to be useful household items. (And I had no idea how much a wedding cost per person until recently)

Additional question: for future weddings, if I continue to give Tupperware (since I have a.stockpile of them from a sale), would a cash gift of say $30-$50 be reasonable to add?

I'll be perfectly honest, unless you are a student or really hard up on money, giving a gift of $15 Tupperware as a wedding gift does seem cheap.

I don't think guests should have to 'pay for their plate' per say but in my circles anyway, a gift/cash amount of $100 per person is pretty much minimum. I want to repay at least some of the money the host has paid to supply me with the lovely meal and ample booze.

For a wedding giving Tupperware is pretty bad. You are supposed to give at least what your plate cost! I always give 100 to 200 depending. But if your talking about you have Tupperware to a bride at her bridal shower then that's very useful!

I would think you ran into the Dollar Store and grabbed a gift on the way because you forgot to get one before, honestly.

Eek! I had no idea it was really that bad! I will definitely be adding a cash gift from here on out!

I don't think it is a bad gift, as long as the couple had it on their registry. I normally either give cash or a gift from their registry.

Where I'm from that would seem cheap. I know gifting is different in different areas. No one brings physical gifts to the wedding, those are for the shower. I always bring cash. When I was younger I would bring what I could afford, now that I'm a more established adult I can give a more generous gift. Giving money doesn't mean you have to go broke!

It's not what I'd bring as a wedding gift, but it's better than showing up empty handed.

Perhaps a shower gift...

I would be thrilled to get Tupperware, honestly. We can always use more!!

LOL OMG not even my 80-year-old Aunt gives Tupperware.

You are being thoughtful, and a gift is a gift. Hey - at least it's better than showing up empty-handed. My first thought would probably be it's all you can afford. My second thought would be, "this is odd af."

I all up for more Tupperware! But if I was going to wedding or shower, I would add-on- maybe something from the regristy, there is usually a range of prices from cooking spoons to a 500$ esspresso coffee maker.

ETA- I usually bring a card w cash at the wedding- pretty much to cover my plate and my FH

I don't think of it as necessarily a "bad gift"... But I can tell you when we opened our gifts, it was probably the most unexciting gift we got. If you still want to give something useful, spend a little more and go with the glass storage containers (we registered for a 18 piece Pyrex glass set).. I was much more excited about my glass containers than my Tupperware. Otherwise, you can never go wrong with something on their registery.

But I also agree with PP's, that you can really never go wrong with cash/monetary gifts. I am so excited to let people know in our thank you cards that we will be saving their gift in order to help us with a down payment for a first home. I feel like if I was a gift giver, that would be so much more rewarding than giving a couple "stuff". ETA: I didn't see the stock pile part of your comment until just now. Yeah, that's pretty bad. People probably know exactly what you're doing, espeically if they're all in the same circle. We have family who we know could not afford to give as much, and there is absolutely no fault to that, but I know they didnt get what they gavs us out of a stock pile....

I agree with gymrat, I would find it super odd. And I would think you forgot and grabbed something last minute. I typically never give less than $100 for a wedding gift. I think that would be fine for a shower, I usually keep my shower gifts pretty inexpensive. But IMO, it's cheap for a wedding.

ETA: it also is a little worse since you have them stockpiled in your house and you just take one out of storage and give it to them...

The way I think of a wedding gift is I cover my plate (by me typically $100-150) then a little additional

I agree with @Melissa here. I think the biggest issue I have with this is that you just stockpile these sets ands go grab one from the closet when you have a wedding to go to. Also you mentioned earlier that the sets normally go for $15, but you are stockpiling them which makes me think you paid even less than that. I have gone to weddings where I really didn't have much money and gave $50 and felt really bad I couldn't give more, so I'd probably feel really guilty showing up with a $15 Tupperware set that actually only cost you $10 or so.

There's nothing wrong with giving boxed gifts, but I will tell you that most people prefer cash. But if you're going to give a boxed gift I think it should be something personal or something off their registry so you know they want/need it. Not something you've had sitting in your closet for months.

I think it's very useful- and while I'm picky about the type (I like rectangle and square since they stack better) most people are not as uptight about shit like this as me! ;-)

I think this is a fine gift.