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[Samia]

Guys, please give me some practical wedding gift ideas! My cousin is getting married and I'm going insane thinking about what to gift! Google isn't helping either by suggesting wine and wine baskets (We're Muslim, can't have alcohol). Please help!

[Irene]

How old is she?
I think weddinggifts has to be something they can both use, like towels or china. It's so hard to find something a little creative!

[Samia]

Irene wrote: "How old is she?
I think weddinggifts has to be something they can both use, like towels or china. It's so hard to find something a little creative!"

Err, my cousin? He is 28-29 (I think). The bride is 23.

I don't want to give them money, really don't, because it is sorta offensive in our culture, specially if somebody younger is gifting the money. But if I don't find anything, I suppose I'll have to risk it.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It depends on their circumstances as well, are they already living together or would they need loads of new stuff?

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Samia wrote: "Guys, please give me some practical wedding gift ideas! My cousin is getting married and I'm going insane thinking about what to gift! Google isn't helping either by suggesting wine and wine basket..."

Do they have places that they have registered at? Maybe they have registered at a few places and you can find something on there for them.

[Samia]

Sarah wrote: "It depends on their circumstances as well, are they already living together or would they need loads of new stuff?"

Neither. It's a joint family (they have a separate floor though), so everything that is absolutely necessary is already there! -_-

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yikes, that does not sound like an easy task to find them a gift! Do you know if there's anything they want or anything they're saving for? I suppose cash is always there as a fall-back, but it would be nice for you to be able to get them a gift.

[Irene]

That's tough! Maybe a giftcard for a hotel or something?

[Heather]

Just got some really promising news from the doctor!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That sounds good ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

How is your pregnancy going? Have you had your first scan yet?

[Heather]

Sarah wrote: "How is your pregnancy going? Have you had your first scan yet?"

It was a false alarm :( and I have to go to a school of medicine to be treated for my epilepsy. May I say my doctor is sexy! LOL

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Oh dear, what a shame ☹

[Heather]

Sarah wrote: "Oh dear, what a shame ☹"

Yeah my birth control keeps me from having my monthly.

[Tati]

So, the guy is definitely not one of my favorite actors or people, and the movie is definitely not good, but I was watching Rock of Ages and, to my surprise, Tom Cruise has a nice singing voice.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I used to have the biggest crush on tom cruise. i had all of his films too. i love TopGun, and A Few Good Men, Mission Impossible ♡♡ Aw, don't want to have to go out now, want to watch Tom Cruise films ☺

[Tati]

To be honest, out of his films, I think I've only watched Top Gun, The Last Samurai and Rock of Ages

[Irene]

I love Vanilla Sky, but it's been a long time :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I could never work out Vanilla Sky, I watched it several times and just didn't get it.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Tati wrote: "To be honest, out of his films, I think I've only watched Top Gun, The Last Samurai and Rock of Ages"

I wasn't the biggest fan of The Last Samurai, and I don't think I've ever watched Rock of Ages.

[Tati]

The movie itself it's no good (I think), but his singing was really nice

[Irene]

Haha Sarah, that's exactly what I liked about it

[Tati]

And I quite enjoyed The Last Samurai (the ending was pants though)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Irene wrote: "Haha Sarah, that's exactly what I liked about it"

Oh! It's not just me being dumb then?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Tati wrote: "And I quite enjoyed The Last Samurai (the ending was pants though)"

I don't remember the ending. I'd probably given up by that point. not my sort of thing. I just remember lots of sword fights.

[Irene]

Sarah wrote: "Irene wrote: "Haha Sarah, that's exactly what I liked about it"

Oh! It's not just me being dumb then?"

If you are, you're not alone. I still don't get it :P

[Jora Jordan]

So I was looking at my books in my room, and discovered that I haven't read half of them. Is that weard.

[Tati]

Random thought of the day: me, promising myself I'd take a little break from challenges next month and then, "Wait, no, next month is the MMC! No break for me."

[Abi]

Tati wrote: "Random thought of the day: me, promising myself I'd take a little break from challenges next month and then, "Wait, no, next month is the MMC! No break for me.""

Ah, we're doing that in August this time as Sarah won't be here for all of it, so you can have thst break you've been promising yourself. :)

Next months challenges are fairly relaxed. We thought you guys needed a break from the madness!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

ha ha! I booked a holiday in july and then suddenly thought 'shit! what have I done?! The MMC!!' so it's being moved to august this year ☺ I am dumb ☺

[Irene]

Haha, Abbie was trying to save you :P But you're not dumb you know, you probably just needed some time off

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I just totally didn't think. it was like so much cheaper to go the first week of the school holidays when some schools haven't finished yet that I just booked it ☺ Then I woke up in a cold sweat thinking 'the MMC!!!'

[Tati]

Sarah, just relax! We all appreciate the work you and Abbie put into keeping this group running, not to mention the challenges, but we also understand that the two of you have lives outside Goodreads, we all do.

Enjoy your holiday!

[Heather]

Has anyone read More Than This by Jay McLean??

[Tati]

It was a GBR for last month. I tried to read it, but gave it up

[Heather]

I am very offended by a reference made to epilepsy and it makes me want to put it down.

[Tati]

Yeah, I've found some authors can't approach some themes with the sensibility they need/deserve... The same thing happened to me with

[Tati]

What was the reference? I don't believe I made it this far

[Heather]

When they were dancing to usher it said they tried to lock and drop but it looked more like epileptic fits. It's in chapter 5 or 6

[Tati]

Ouch...

[Heather]

Yeah I tweeted the author about my offense to it

[Jora Jordan]

Heather wrote: "When they were dancing to usher it said they tried to lock and drop but it looked more like epileptic fits. It's in chapter 5 or 6"

That is offensive. I have frinds that have epilepsy. And no medical condision desorves to be made fun of. And i don't know anybody that asked to have medical condision, or to be made fun of for something thy have zero control of.

[[deleted user]]

I've gotz a new Pretty Little Liars group up. Just letting it out:


https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[Heather]

Jora wrote: "Heather wrote: "When they were dancing to usher it said they tried to lock and drop but it looked more like epileptic fits. It's in chapter 5 or 6"

That is offensive. I have frinds that have epile..."

On top of being offended by that I am now having to apply to different jobs in hoping to get them due to my Epilepsy!

[Irene]

I just wrote a long email to an author and then got an autoreply that it'll be the assistant who reads the email. Bummer! :)

[Irene]

The Danish election is tomorrow and I still don't know who to vote for :| Even though I'm quite interested in politics...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Did you manage to decide?

[Irene]

I did, but not until the same morning :)

[Tati]

I'm beginning to think that my Kindle is close to its final demise...

[Heather]

So I have to be hospitalized from July 14th-17th for testing