Gift Ideas For Married Couples From The Unmarried Friend

The calendar app on your phone has just reminded you that your married friends have an anniversary coming up. You want to get them a gift, but you aren't sure what to get them. If you yourself are single, what you would want in a gift may not be the same as what a couple would ask for.

Where you might prefer the newest video game, a couple might like to turn the console off for some quality time. A single individual might love an evening of speed dating, while a married couple might prefer a movie night at home. With all of the differences between single and married people and their habits, it makes sense that gift buying is harder than it was before your friends were married. If you’re struggling to find the perfect gift for your married friends, help has arrived. Here are some great gift ideas for the married people in your life.

Subscription boxes are amazing!

In today’s world of convenience, subscription boxes are available for just about everyone. There are subscriptions for meat, wine, coffee, date nights, clothes, and more. A great plus is that if you’re on a budget, many subscription services offer a first-time sample box at a fraction of the cost of their regular box. Think about what your married friends love and consider these popular subscription boxes:

Butcher Box

Married couples that regularly cook with meat would love Butcher Box, a service that delivers all different types of meat right to your door. This box is hugely popular among barbeque fans, meat fans, and food fans in general. It’s hard for meat eaters not to love a quality box like this one!

Cellars Wine Club

For a lot of married couples, wine is a staple. Cellars Wine Club offers a subscription service that starts at just $29 a month, which provides a variety of options. Whether your friends would appreciate a monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly wine subscription, this box is a great choice!

Atlas Coffee Club

Most coffee fans would agree that Atlas Coffee Club is a subscription service that provides quality coffees monthly. A married couple that loves coffee would be incredibly grateful for a gift like this one. The coffee comes bagged and accompanied by an instruction card that explains how best to prepare it. This coffee is the real deal with real beans—no k cups here!

Crated with Love

This subscription box is a bit different from other subscription box services. Crated with Love is a box that creates a date night for a couple looking for something new. Instead of dinner and a movie, a couple can enjoy a variety of games, crafts, projects, and other activities that inspire fun and laughter. If your married friends could use some creativity in the date area, this box is a great choice.

Date night

If you’re low on cash, a great gift for a married couple with kids is to offer them a night off. When children come into the picture, a married couple has far less one-on-one time than they had previously. Although most wouldn’t trade time with their kids for anything, having a date night once in a while can do great things for the health of any marriage. Offer to babysit for an evening and give the couple time to enjoy unhurried time with one another.

It could be extra special if you were able to arrange the date night for the couple ahead of time. In addition to watching the kids, you could present tickets to a ball game, a restaurant gift card, or set up a fun evening with other married friends. If you know your friends well enough to create the perfect evening for them, this is a gesture that will be highly appreciated.

Personalized decor items

A large number of couples are still happy to see their names together on home decor. Whether the couple has been married for two minutes or 20 years, there is something heartwarming about seeing your names joined together. From signage to cutting boards and from calendars to tumblers, personalization in a married couple’s home is always a hit. Some of the more popular and enjoyable options are these:

Personalized wine glasses

Shutterfly has a variety of personalized gift options, but wine glasses are always a popular choice. Stemless wine glasses are becoming more and more trendy in this day and age, so gifting a pair to your favorite married wine lovers will be a thoughtful and current gift.

Monogrammed cheese board

As a single person, it may be hard to imagine why you would need a cheese board at all, let alone one that is monogrammed. When you get married, you often have goals of hosting dinner parties where wine and cheese are served before the meal. Having your cheese board monogrammed is just a personal (and loved) touch to a great gift. 

Engraved coasters

Coasters can be a great gift to help protect your married friends' furniture. You can get coasters engraved with personalized information, such as the couple’s name or wedding date. This is a sweet, personal gift that is sure to come in handy.

Personalized socks

Sometimes the best gift for a married couple is one that is humorous but still functional. Buying someone socks is usually a gift for a single person when you don’t know what else to get them. Personalized socks, however, can be printed with the face of a loved one. Depending on the sense of humor involved, the gifter could either provide each person in the relationship with socks depicting the face of their spouse or give both individuals a pair of socks with the face of the person gifting them.

His and hers spa day

When adult life hits and you have less and less time with your special someone, it can be hard to relax when date night comes around. Gifting a married couple with a spa day is like wrapping up relaxation and quality time all in one. Find a local spa with great reviews and look into their gift certificate options—your friends will not be disappointed!

Kitchenware

As a young adult, there may be nothing more boring than receiving a skillet for Christmas. A married person, however, may love imagining all of the delicious food they might cook for their partner with that skillet. Of course, it doesn’t have to be a skillet. A waffle maker, griddle, cookie sheets, or stand mixer attachments are wonderful gifts as well. The perfect kitchenware depends on the couple’s relationship with the kitchen. 

Pay for a service

Married people are typically a busy bunch. In addition to working, they are keeping up a home, spending time together, visiting with extended family, and (in the case of some couples) parenting. Getting a break would likely feel like a dream come true. Gifting your married friends with a maid for a few hours, a personal chef for an evening, or even hiring someone to mow the lawn are all ideas that are hard to beat. While you can put a monetary value on these services, the couple that gets to enjoy a week off from mowing the lawn or gets to skip laundry for a day will surely find your gift to be priceless.

Map of travels

For a couple that travels a lot, a map might be the way to go. There are a wide variety of styles to choose from. Some couples use a corkboard map and stick pins in the locations they have been to. Another more modern option with potential is a scratch-off map. This style allows the couple to scratch off a foil for each travel location. It is a useful gift that can be used in the present and provide memories of past and future travels.

Framed photos

While your married friends may have lots of framed wedding photos in their homes, they may not have photos from that weekend you all spent at the lake or that trip to the city you all took that summer. Find a fun candid of the happy couple and have the photo framed. This is a personal gift that will surely be set out on display immediately.

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By ensuring that the gift option you choose is specifically tailored to the couple in question, you are sure to offer a gift that will be loved and cherished. Being an unmarried friend does not mean that you have to be a bad gift-giver. In fact, by putting in a bit of thought and personality, your gift has the potential to be a favorite.

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