Diesel?

Christ, sounds like a headache more than a present!

Family grave plot.

Family grave plot

Cost more than two grand, only get them for 50 years here (burying my dad next week so just paid for one)

Grandmother in law left me £1000 this year, so far I’ve bought a vase that caught my eye and the rest will be going on an expensive walking stick / staff.

Watch for a £1000 might not be the most collectible but if it becomes a treasured daily wearer it will hopefully gather family history

Gold

Lego?

I think I’d be saying something like “rather than spunk two grand up the wall on some random crap that your frankly weird ‘strings’ dictate, we’ll put it in the bank until we can find something we actually want.” Though paraphrased slightly. 😁

Because, WTF is a 25-year old going to with a grand’s worth of bullion? And a thousand pound watch that’ll spend its entire life in a drawer because he’ll be too scared to ever wear it? Madness, they’d be better off putting it towards a house deposit.

The answer to “I don’t know what to spend a grand on” is “well don’t, then.” IMHO, etc etc. You don’t create heirlooms by throwing money at something fairly arbitrarily, they evolve from something loved and treasured. My grandfather’s legacy to me was his old tea mug, it eventually died but I got daily pleasure from it for years. I could be wrong but don’t think it cost a grand.

Well that sounds like a very presumptious string to be attached to a present. What if they don’t wish to have children?

Literally anything that comes with a receipt to keep granny happy, then quick return to cash out for coke and hookers no?

premium bonds.

If going for art – it’s irrelevant what they buy as long as they like it, and will stick it on a wall….

Go to a couple of gallery’s and speak to the staff..

premium bonds.

No,they said as an investment 😆

It’s a very “old school” set of stipulations. My dad is a bit of a collector of “collectibles” and most, if not all, of it is basically worthless.
My sister and I don’t see any heirloom value in any of it, and my kids don’t give a monkeys.
The idea of get rich slow has been and gone. I knew one guy whose retirement planning was Rolf Harris paintings, which went well
Times have changed. Just blow the cash. Or long term investment in shares or high interest account and hope it pays for a bit of uni.

Shares in Twitter? 😀

depends what floats their boats I guess, but some decent antique jewellery perhaps, or ceramics, at least then it can be admired and enjoyed, and may accrue value, but who knows what the future holds anyway for any of us…

Ballache.
Tell her you want the money to spend as you see fit.
C & H

Yamaha LL6

A watch seems like a fine suggestion. It’s vanishingly unlikely that anything at that pricepoint will actually appreciate, but your son could certainly get a fine Hamilton/Longines/Tissot.

Art is so subjective and would likey offer zero in return.

I’d go for two vintage Hamilton watches.

Art is so subjective and would likey offer zero in return.

That’s exactly the value of it, as something subjective prominent in your home. You’re nothing but a heathen <some other derogatory word> if you think that offers no return. Something that you might not immediately appreciate is even better.