What are you buying your fiance?

dragossoul84

I got my fiance this kit to build a mechanical arm hes an engineer and he loves that kind of thing

lazydayz2003

We are not planning on doing gifts as we are paying for our own wedding and HM. Our HM is plenty gift. I agree with a PP, our marriage is gift enough. Sorry i have no creative ideas for you.

Maggieaha

He said he didn't think we should spend the extra money on those things since we're paying for most ourselves. I love the b-pics idea, but maybe I'll do that on an anniversary or something instead of for the wedding.

CBWildcat85

My FH is having a golf tournament with the guest comign to the wedding so I am getting him a new putter and a watch for his suite.

mctlong

We gave each other a wedding.

canadagk

We got each other small gifts as our mini-moon was our gift to eachother.

I made DH a wedding survival kit. There are many posts about these but things like:

a small bottle of alcohol - for a 'shot' of courage

socks - for cold feet

gum - for our first kiss.

I'm also knitting his a blanket, so I put the yarn samples in the kit and called it - for cold winter nights.

[Deleted User]

I am doing a boudior shoot as well. My fiance actually knows about it and he loves the idea. It is not something I would ever do so its special and its for his eyes only. He isnt the guy to parade intmiate things around. It is something special made for him.

Pirata13

Like many of the other ladies here, H & I did not buy each other anything. We put a lot of our own money into the wedding and such, and we figured we were the perfect gifts for each other. We tend to do more for birthdays and Christmas, so we just enjoyed ourselves and our honeymoon and didn't worry about adding another expense.

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My guy loves watches, etc.  He's an avid rugby player so I plan on writing him a letter and giving him sterling silver rugby ball cuff links to wear instead of the cuff links from Men's Wearhouse he would otherwise be wearing.

I understand the boudoir photos, but I would never do something like that (I would be really uncomfortable) and so it's never something my fiance would expect from me. 

Get a gift to speak to your fiance's interests.  Something personal, a book for the honeymood that he's been wanting to read, a CD full of songs that you enjoy together, a "gift certificate" for a night you will enjoy together.  I once bought my fiance ribbon in his favorite color because of something he said to me one night and he still says it was the best gift I ever gave him.  Personalize the gift and it won't matter how much you spend.  He will know (although he should already) how much you love him.

shiloh777

We aren't buying gifts for each other... but we are exchanging letters before the ceremony, and I am surprising him with a Groom's Cake. He really wanted a Nightmare Before Christmas themed wedding because it's our favorite movie, but I just didn't want the whole wedding to have that theme, so I am making him a Nightmare Before Christmas cake.

hcontreras3

I have been thinking about gifts for my fiance as well. I don't know for sure if we are  exchanging gifts or not. I like the idea of letters, suggested above. I personally wouldn't be comfortable with the boudoir pictures, but that's just me. I'm sure every man would think its hot to see his wife in pictures like that, but I definitely wouldn't want anyone else to see, ESPECIALLY my dad!

Not exactly a present, but I'm surprising my fiance w/ a Raiders grooms cake (obviously his fav team). Especially since your fiance is a football fan too, you can do it in the shape of the Steelers logo. That might be nice surprise and it gives tripute to him as well, since the wedding is mostly focuses on the bride.
Good luck!

DAHIRA20

I'm doing a boudoir little black book. The idea freaked me out at first, but my MOH referred me to a very good friend of hers which I totally loved. If you want give her a try, it'll totally be worth it. And it is not tacky at all! Check out her website... Tastefullybare.com

Trust me, doesn't matter what kind of guy you have in your hands, they ALL love this kind of stuff.

MPaskel07

My fiance and I debated it for a while but we finally decided to get gifts for eachother so we could have an excuse to have one last date night before we're married.

I don't know what he's getting me, but I got him a Texas Rangers poker set...lame? maybe. But we live in Dallas so we're die hard Rangers fans and he loves to play poker with his guy friends. It is an awesome set that comes with two sets of cards, poker chips with the Texas Ranger symbol on them, and the box is a heavy, glass top lockable box with the Texas Ranger symbol on the glass. It's really cool.

asialee2

We are not doing gifts, but I got him a nice bottle of wiskey for him to have with his fellas before the ceremony. 

lauterbach22

For my gift for my fiance is a GPS system. We are driving to DC for our honeymoon and i think it would be a nice gift to get him excited! (men love gadgets to play with) His birthday is a month before the wedding also so I am just doing something small for that and them splurging on the wedding gift. 

Just think of something that you can use in your new life together. Cufflinks and stuff like that are so overdone. You could even just write him something nice that he could read before the ceremony along with a small little something. Sometimes it isnt the amount of money you spend but what it symbolizes. 

Good luck with your search!

kds2d

I am buying my hubby to be Fender Flares for his truck, and having them put on*
He has been wanting them for a while ~ so hopefully it will be a great surprise!
Is he into vehicles or sports or buy him a ticket to theater, game, movie he's been dying to see?
:]

kac12170

My fiance and I are just going to exchange sentimental letters to be opened right before the ceremony (not together though). I think grooms cakes are silly, but I am getting him one I know he will love, just because our wedding day is his birthday, so that will be his birthday cake. I think letters is just as special as getting a gift, since most people can likely not afford a super special gift.

dmbihn3

     Like many other people, My husband and I did not get each other gifts for our wedding.  We paid for our wedding and honeymoon ourselves, so that was our gift to each other.   
    Being on a budget, neither of us wanted to spend any extra money on things that weren't neccessary.  But if we would have gotten each other gifts, we were going to do "practical" gifts, which we would both use often, rather than something that would end up in a closet over time.
  

futuremrsbecerra

I want to exchange gifts bc i already have a really cute idea but its going to by a small/inexpensive gift. My fiance doesn't see the point but i told him nothing extravagant. I am going to get him some black thermal socks with his monogram on them and then put a note on them which says "so you don't get cold feet". i thought it was cute and from the heart. i don't expect him to get me anything extravagant just from the heart. A card from him would be just as special!!

cpk9979

My fiance is the same way. Our wedding is in September. He loves sports and the Phillies so i bought him the entire 2011 Phillies team's rookie cards and am framing them! It's the entire team and all their rookie cards. I figured i would say something like this is our beginning and here is there beginning kinda thing. I asked a few of his close friends what they thought and they were jealous and wanted the cards for themselves:)

agall1006

we paid for part of our wedding and all of our honeymoon together but I am going to surprise him with an expensive golf driver on the day off he's been dying for it for months already and we would NEVER buy it normally

AJKPetrigala

We are on a pretty tight budget, so gifts for eachother might not be in the mix. I think the best gift is the entire day, getting married to your best friend! I read somewhere that you don't need to get a gift for eachother. It's pretty much all up to you.

lizgardiner

Well, in my perfect world, I would buy my FI an acoustic guitar because he loves playing the guitar and I would get it with his name engraved and have it delivered to him the day of the wedding, but the one I want to get him is like $700. Depending on our finances in the next few months, I may or may not be able to fulfill that gift. Really anything that you get him will be special to him just because you thought of him. So I agree, if all else fails, a love letter will be good. Just think when he recieves it, it will be the last few hours before getting married. Maybe get him something special that will remind him of ya'lls first date, movie stub, etc.

juliecaroline

I am still contemplating what to get as well, our wedding is in August! I am thinking, if no one else buys it, to get him this knife he REALLY wanted to put on our registry. It is a $280 knife, that he says he will use for everything and he was really excited to see it!! I on the otherhand think it is ridiculous, which is why it would be a good gift for him! This is something alittle out of the ordinary since he already has nice cuff links, watch, etc

BeckyJ84

I'm doing Budoir pics... only because they had a Groupon offer for it. hahaha But I had a really good idea while I was reading these comments.  I think a love letter is a really good idea, but what if you wrote out of list of reasons why you love him and why you are marrying him. It would be extra special if you started the list when you first got egaged until your wedding day... keep it hidden in a notebook somewhere and then jot down the reasons as you think of them or when he does something amazing for you.  I think I may do this!  Good luck.

meep2

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[QUOTE]I am still contemplating what to get as well, our wedding is in August! I am thinking, if no one else buys it, to get him this knife he REALLY wanted to put on our registry. It is a $280 knife, that he says he will use for everything and he was really excited to see it!! I on the otherhand think it is ridiculous, which is why it would be a good gift for him! This is something alittle out of the ordinary since he already has nice cuff links, watch, etc :)
Posted by juliecaroline[/QUOTE]

Ask him for a cent for it! ;) It's bad luck otherwise to give a knife as a gift.

HeyBrittany04

Your wedding is my 25th birthday!!

As for the boudoir pics (that seemed to become a hot topic on here....). I am doing them. My photographer normally does pin-up style pics so they'll be tasteful and well done. So that's going to be my gift. As well as the wedding and HM. We're paying for the whole thing.

But I agree with PP on the other ideas, something practical that you know he'll love or something that he's always wanted but still never gotten.