Should the couple give the gifts back?

To add to viewoint 1....If you didn't want to spend as much money as you spent on someone, then you shouldn't have invited them or you shouldn't have selected a plate that was $100 or better a piece. (No offence to anyone who actually spent that much on their catering)

If the wedding was cancelled I would send the gifts that I hadnt opened back... if it was there situation im sure that money is already spent and gifts used so NO

Sounds like there was some major drama, and the added burden of sending all the gifts back and public embarrassment are something neither of them should have to face right now...

And who knows- they could be back together in a few weeks... (that was so wrong...)

I definitely would not want my gift back unless the marriage was annulled.

Wow tough situation to be in :-( I had a friend from hs get married to a girl he'd dated for about 5 years..they had this HUGE expensive wedding. Very formal. Both parents spent well over 30,000 on it only to come to find out that the bride/wife told her groom/husband on the plane to their honeymoon (traveling Europe for 3 weeks) that she had been having an affair for over a year. The day after their wedding and she tells him that. WTF! They def didn't return gifts and the thought didn't even cross my mind that they should.

@Kristina, you're responding more to what I said than the original poster. I get it, you're passionate that I'm totally in the wrong. It's my personal feeling, I wouldn't go to a wedding empty handed. No need to expand upon "viewpoint 1" which had nothing to do with the original poster's question.

I think the couple have greater things on their mind than returning gifts....

I think they should give back the gifts, but usually it's only required if the wedding is canceled.