gift prompts

At a wedding we attended recently, we were told the bride received a number of gold coins as a gift. And why not? Whenever we have weddings to go to, I'm always fretting about what would be the perfect gift or the practical gift. In the old days, I believe people just never had to think very much about what kind of gift to give, they simply always just gave gold or some article of gold.

Now that we are so spoilt for choice, it's even more stressful for the gift-giver. I'm definitely all for the couple coming up with a wish list so guests would have an idea what a useful gift would be. Sometimes the guests aren't very close to the couple or don't know them very well and it really helps to know. What say you?