A good friend of mine married on 29 August 2020 and has asked me for guidance on gift etiquette. One of her friends, who I don’t get along with very well, didn’t bring a gift to the bridal shower nor wedding (understandable, it’s not compulsory for either) but just yesterday phoned the bride and said something along the lines of ‘I found an extra shower/wedding present for you’. The bride was a little bit taken aback as the wedding was obviously 2+ months ago, so she asked me my opinion if she was in the wrong for telling this friend that the wedding had been and gone and not to bother.
I know some people have the ‘one year’ rule but I personally find it a bit rude. The way I see it is if you attend an event and wish to bring a gift, you bring it to the event, or, if it is too large or inconvenient, you make arrangements to drop it off at an earlier/later point in time, but out of the blue gifting a gift late to me is in poor taste and screams ‘afterthought’ to me. I’m also conscious of the fact that I don’t like this friend of the bride’s very much so I tried to be unbiased.
What I’m wondering from you babes, what are your opinions on late gifting? Rude or acceptable?
