Taking gifts to someone's house

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Re: Taking gifts to someone’s house

@nnabid

Agree with everyone’s views here: first time going to someone’s house - take a gift. If it’s a celebration of some sort - take a gift. If it’s a regular meeting - no need for gift.

Question: Do you take a gift if you’re being invited to dawat as a newlywed? I don’t know if it’s a tradition for most people, but if anyone gets married in our family, we invite the new couple for a dawat. When I got married we got invited by khalas, phophos, dadi, sister, (not SIL for some reason… ), cousins who were already married, you get the idea. I wasn’t sure whether or not to bring a gift to each person’s house, so I ended up baking things and bringing small packets of baked treats to each person’s house. My mum told me it’s not necessary when you’re going for dawat after shaadi - and ironically we got gifts ourselves at the dawats too. So, what’s the norm?

I don’t think you are to take stuff if you are the VIP. Or the guest of honor. This gift stuff doesn’t apply.