This 18-year-old girl's brother, who is 24, recently got engaged. So, she was invited to attend her brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law's wedding next year.
She has known her brother's fiancée for about five years now, too, and believes the woman is extremely sweet. That's why she honestly cannot wait for the pair to get married.
However, she started working on her brother's handmade wedding gift, and her friends have recently caused her to have some second thoughts.
It all began a few months ago after she found out her brother was engaged, and she had an idea for what she thought would make a great present.
More specifically, she decided to crochet a large blanket that could act as a throw over her brother's and her sister-in-law's couch.
So, she went out and purchased some great soft-quality yarn and even swatched a few stitches to get a sense of how the yarn would look in a blanket.
She also considered how her brother and his fiancée would likely appreciate the ability to throw the blanket in the washing machine and dryer as opposed to handwashing it every time.
That's why she decided to purchase an acrylic yarn and get to work on the blanket- which she thinks is coming along really great.
But she recently went out to eat with her friend group, and after she shared her wedding gift plan, they all claimed it was a horrible idea.
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"Most of the comments I got is that it would be seen as cheap and a waste of space in their home," she revealed.
"My best friend even said that it would be best to get something off the gift registry and that giving a blanket is kind of a plain gift to give someone at their wedding."
According to her, though, her brother and his fiancée do not even have a gift registry, and she doesn't think they will create one because they simply "are not those kinds of people."
She was also pretty disappointed by her friends' reaction to her wedding gift because the yarn she bought was not cheap.
She tried to explain this to her friends, too, but since none of them crochet, she didn't think they fully understood her perspective.
Still, she has already spent about $80 on the yarn. Plus, she will likely have to buy more yarn to finish the blanket and still has to purchase fabric backing for the other side of the blanket.
She has also only ever made smaller projects for her brother in the past- such as hats- so this is her first time crocheting a blanket.
And while she was excited about it in the beginning, her friend's comments started to freak her out.
"I'm just worried that I chose the wrong thing and already invested a good amount of money and time in a gift that would be seen as useless," she said.
Thankfully, her mom does think that her blanket idea will make a great gift. But her friends have not backed down and keep telling her to buy her brother and his fiancé something else.
So, she's feeling pretty conflicted about what to do. On the positive side, she believes that if she decides to get her brother a different gift, she could probably still save up money from her job in time to buy another present.
Yet at the same time, she thinks it would be a real shame to waste the money, time, and effort she has already put into the blanket project.
She did admit to never considering that a blanket may not be the best present.
"But I guess it isn't a very extravagant gift for a wedding," she vented.
"And this would be my first time attending a wedding, and I don't want to ruin it somehow by not understanding the unwritten rules of gift-giving."
That's why, ever since talking to her friends, she's been left wondering whether making a crochet blanket as her brother's wedding gift would be a bad move.
Do you think a handmade present is more meaningful than a store-bought registry item? Why do you think her friends are advising her against gifting the blanket? Should she continue with her wedding gift plan or switch her idea? What would you do?
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