Engagement present for couple who don’t need anythjng

An experience - a meal, afternoon tea, wine tasting, just something to mark the occasion

Silver photo frame always goes down well.

Our best gift ever was a pair of binoculars. We use them occasionally and were something's we didnt have plus unlikely to buy ourselves.

As a second time around person myself - here's a few suggestions:

There's a rose called Engagement / Congratulations / Happy Couple
An afternoon tea voucher
A donation to their favourite charity in their name
A bottle of bubbly & glasses
A tasting at a vineyard
A wedding planning guide

I hope they appreciate whatever you decide to gift

We got a pair of really nice champagne flutes for our engagement.
It was the only present we got and I still cherish them

I'm not sure if they're having their get together at home or away, but if they're at home I'd agree with the champagne suggestion, you can all share it at the time. A crate (or half-crate) would be very generous, but a bottle or two is always welcome.

Lovely suggestions here. Any would be welcome.

A friend told me she had been given art gallery membership for a year which pays for all the exhibitions not included in free entry.

When my DSis got engaged to an honourable their announcement went in the Times. Then she called it off and wasn't at all sure if there should be a further announcement.

We never got engaged. We just married.

That's a good thought, Fleurpepper.

Think about the things they like? A night away, dinner at a posh restaurant , a really nice bottle of wine or a case, something for the garden, a photo shoot with a photographer, you know your budget work from that. I live in Wales and a Welsh love spoon is a nice gift. You can but online and have it engraved , Esty have some nice ones in a variety of prices and designs.

Nothing‼️ Pre-married and 40’ish couples don’t need anything. And they (probably) should not be asking for a wedding gift either‼️
Bring flowers or a bottle of wine/champagne.
Take your son and new wife out for a fancy dinner‼️ Maybe a gift card for that.

jeanieallergy - you say you are "taken aback" (by the no need for gifts comments) because the
OP has decided she would like to buy a gift for her son and his fiance.

I did not read that.

Maybe some of us wondered "is this necessary" partly because the OP said they "have everything they need but I felt I should get something for them".

She sounded hesitant to me.
I felt I was encouraging her to think about it. About IF a gift was really required or not.
I read her "felt I should" as feeling obligated rather than really wanting to!

I was, however, "taken aback" by you saying If you have no suggestions to offer, just pass by - particularly as several people said they didn't think it was necessary but also acknowledged what they thought might be nice.

I don't believe anyone said a gift was "unwarranted".

If they have a garden, Wedding Day ramber rose makes a lovely gift, it flowered prolifically in the summer, only one flush like most ramblers but massives of white clusters of roses.

If they are animal lovers you could sponsor an animal in their name. Local zoos and the world wildlife group both offer this kind of gift and they could always visit their local zoo to see their sponsored animal and their names on a plaque.

something personalised? have you looked on not on the high street?

look at local artists too, sometimes they do ranges of personalised wares for big occasions. Obviously it is down to taste but I like this lady for example www.katiecardew.com/product-category/fine-art-prints/fine-art-prints-personalised/

what about a goat for a poor family in somaliland, given in their name, or similar.
as they don't need anything, they might like to think about and contribute to, those who do.

You could get a painting made up from a photo of their house, plus a frame?

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/755199849/custom-house-portrait-our-first-home-an?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_custom1=_k_92159143f4e714d60d41f46d1bf1c871_k_&utm_custom2=420373312&msclkid=92159143f4e714d60d41f46d1bf1c871

Can you make them something? Sloe gin, fruit cake, napkins, matching bobble hats?

Have read through the comments with interest.

As others have said, how times change.

To me, getting engaged 51 years ago was considered a ‘big’ thing.

You met a boy, you got on, you ‘courted’ (how quaint), you then ‘went steady’ and after a while, you got engaged, got married, and in time, started your family.

Well, at least, it hopefully worked out in that order!

But the getting engaged and maybe having it in the local paper was a definite sign that you had found your mister right, and were committed to a future together.

But back then, you probably both still lived at home with parents, you didn’t live together, and your engagement ring was a real sign to the rest of the world.

Having said all that, don’t think we ever got any presents. Didn’t expect any. The ring was all you needed.

When my mam was alive and didn’t know what to get as an engagement present she always opted for a good quality set of white towels. She said white went with any setting and washed well.

Germanshepherdsmum

I didn’t think engagement gifts were given, just wedding gifts.

When I was engaged we received gifts for our 'bottom drawer'. But that was a long time ago, when girls had a bottom drawer and it was the first time of becoming engaged.
I'm invited to a fortieth wedding anniversary dinner. The invitations ask that no one offer gifts.

Yes, it was the same for us, too Aldom - gifts for the bottom drawer and only from family as I recall - things such as tea towels, towels, tablecloths, pans etc. It wasn’t an expectation, it just happened, so perhaps it wasn’t the usual thing to give engagement gifts.
I think in this case, some of the ideas already mentioned are nice, such as a plant or perhaps a bottle of champagne and two nice flutes if they drink or a voucher for something special such as an afternoon tea/meal at a nice venue.

Never heard of engagement gifts.

This is an old post! Wonder if they're still engaged!

BlueBelle I was engaged in the early 1960's. We received lots of gifts and congratulations cards. It was the norm in those days.

For a ‘vow renewal’ last year I gave a couple who have been married for years a ‘ Highland Title’, so they can be Lord and Lady of the Glen!
Just a useless bit of fun, but they enjoyed it, and have given the certificate pride of place!