Stepfather Gift?

Jessa617

My parents have been divorced for a very long time and both remarried. I am very close to both my parents and my stepmother....but not so much my stepfather.

What is the etiquette on getting gifts for the step parents?

mlg78

I wouldn't do individual gifts but a gift for the both of them... One for mom/stepdad and one for dad/stepmom...

yellowdaisies84

Jessalyn, when are you giving them their gifts? Will they all be together at the time? Or will you do it in private?

Jessa617

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[QUOTE]Jessalyn, when are you giving them their gifts? Will they all be together at the time? Or will you do it in private?
Posted by yellowdaisies84[/QUOTE]

I hadn't really thought about this. Probably in private since both sets of parents live local to me and I am visiting them all the time.

Jessa617

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[QUOTE]I wouldn't do individual gifts but a gift for the both of them... One for mom/stepdad and one for dad/stepmom...
Posted by mlg78[/QUOTE]

I could do this. Now to think of something they could both use/want...

annhlotr

I think a gift for both of them would be easier than individual gifts. I think timing depends on what gift you give. DH and I gave his parents a wedding album, so after the wedding we gave them the information from our photographer so that they could pick the photos they wanted and order the album (we had already paid the photographer for it, so they just had to place the order). I thought about ordering it for them, but I didn't know which photos they wanted, so we ended up just giving them the information. They ended up being happy with it. And when I saw it, I noticed that they did pick different photos than I would have picked for them.

Kate61487

Common combo-parents gifts would be gift cards for a date night out (movie theater and dinner perhaps?) or a wedding photo album, or a frame for a wedding picture of you with them.  Obviously the last two would be given/completed after the wedding; but you can tell them about it / give them the empty frame before.

Jessa617

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[QUOTE]I'm not sure if your stepfather drinks wine, but I got this for my dad -  <a href="http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/Modern-Aerating-Wine-Decanter/160309.uts?keyword=decanter" rel="nofollow">http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/Modern-Aerating-Wine-Decanter/160309.uts?keyword=decanter</a> Considering the wine decanters I found elsewhere cost close to $100, I was pretty psyched about this.  
Posted by TXKristan[/QUOTE]

He's a beer drinker... sometimes. They don't usually do a lot of stuff together. He fishes a lot and my mom spends her free time with the dog.