Broken wedding gift - 3 months after the wedding

Uhh this is one of the many reasons I hate the ‘one year’ gift rule (personally I think it rude to give a gift after the fact). If it were me, to try avoid upsetting anyone, maybe tell them you loved the gift and were wondering where they got it from so you can get something else from the store? This way you may be able to find out some more information so as to see if the manufacturer will give you a replacement?

I would def. write the thank you note for the gift, but don't mention the damage.

Contact the postage carrier that delivered it and see if there's any kind of reimbursement that they can do! Though often times, the reimbursement goes to the mailer, not the receiver. It also may be difficult to get anything from the postage carrier if the item wasn't shipped as a fragile item. Another thing you can do is just go to the store themselves and ask if there's anything they can do. Maybe they can swap it out for an unbroken one!

Yes, this. Things get broken in shipping all the time. Sometimes the shipping company is to blame, but who knows? It's not personal, just a thing that can happen whether or not it's a wedding gift.

I think it depends on this situation. Was this something you wanted and would use? Do you know where it came from? If you know where it came from, you could contact the store/vendor/shop and ask if you could get replacement. If you DON'T know but it's something you would have used, I might suggest bringing it up to the guest and just say you really loved it, but unfortunately it came back broken and you're trying to work on getting a replacement. They didn't intend for you to get a broken gift, so it's almost like throwing their money away.

Also, I know some people don't like the up to a year rule...but as someone who had to partake in that this year with a few things, give some leniency on that this year for many reasons. #1 being all deliveries have been extremely late. #2 being a lot of people couldn't afford to do as much as they normally would due to cuts in pay or loss of jobs from Covid. So really, don't think it's rude to reach out about it, as long as you aren't laying blame on them (even if it was their fault).

I agree - we were married 3 and half years ago and we have a friend who is still telling us he is going to stop by with our gift, lol. We laugh about it and let it go......