More Frequently Asked Questions

We have everything we need - what do we want?

Both my partner and I have been married before. We live in a small community and we feel a little awkward about producing a gift list again, as many of the people we will invite have already been to at least one of our weddings.

The giving of household items such as pots and pans, linnen, brooms and the odd donkey, as wedding presents, was originally intended to give a newly married couple a good start, as they set up home together for the first time.

Now, as more and more couples start out by living together and since the divorce rate is on the increase and thus many people are getting married for a second and even a third time, the question of whether to produce gift list and what to put on it can be a tricky one.

Obviously, couples who have lived together will have acquired many of the things that a young couple will not have had the time or the need to acquire.

Generally, it is seen as acceptable to produce a gift list for second and subsequent marriages. The giving of a wedding present is more often seen as a token with which to mark the happy day, whether its' your first, second or third happiest day of your life.