I was once invited to a customer's wedding and bought the happy couple a pair of garden shears. Not quite as practical as it may seem, the groom lost his left arm in a motorcycle crash as a young man.

I also bought them a Doulton crystal tantalus but that came out of company expenses

Many years ago I also attended the wedding of a customer's daughter. It was a Jewish wedding and a totally off-the-wall experience. At the ceremony, the bride was the only female on the floor of the synagogue, all other women, girls and pre-barmitzvah boys were packed into the balconies and random blokes were popping to their feet, wailing something in yiddish before sitting down again - weird. When I asked the bride's father what gift would be appropriate, I was told in no uncertain terms not to bother. At the reception, as the bride and groom danced alone, people approached them and pinned money to her dress. By the time they'd finished she looked as if her dress had been sewn from high-denomination banknotes. I reckon she waltzed out of the reception with over £10k on her dress.

For a mates wedding earlier this year I gave the couple a football acca bet

If it came off they would have got around £600 but one team cost them!

The rugby team I played for had a tradition of each player buying the happy couple a toaster

Recently attended a 'do' where the couple renewed their wedding vows, cost a fortune to hire and buy clothes for the occasion, which we couldn't avoid. The 'groom' chuntered about the cost of it all for months beforehand. Then had the nerve to say he wanted guests to give them cash instead of presents!
The bride in the article opted to invite her guests so she should entertain them if they choose to give her and her partner a gift then accept with good grace.

I got married on 4th May this year. Seeing as me and my Wife already have our own place and everything we need, we were in a very privileged position to ask our guests for charity donations.

Our very generous guests raised over £1600 or Spinal Research!