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Groom's Gift
What are you getting your FI for their gift and when do you usually give it to them? Is it at the rehearsal dinner or before the wedding? I'm stuck with what to get FI and I know his mom has already given him an idea on what to get me. He'll probably do something sentimental and I feel I should go that route but I'm not sure it will mean as much to him. Then I was thinking of getting him something he'd actually use.
And THEN I saw there's a Price is Right game show in Las Vegas. We're doing 3 days in Vegas on our way back from Hawaii and I thought about making two obnoxious t-shirts that say we're on our honeymoon and giving him the shirts with two tickets.
So I guess my question is - which is better: Sentimental? Something he'll use? Or something for the honeymoon?
And THEN I saw there's a Price is Right game show in Las Vegas. We're doing 3 days in Vegas on our way back from Hawaii and I thought about making two obnoxious t-shirts that say we're on our honeymoon and giving him the shirts with two tickets.
So I guess my question is - which is better: Sentimental? Something he'll use? Or something for the honeymoon?
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My original thought was a watch that was going to be engraved "Love you til the end of time." Problem is, he doesn't wear watches.
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[QUOTE]For his sister's wedding a year ago, J and I sent scrapbook paper to everyone who knew their Dad (probably 100 people - friends and family invited to the wedding and old friends who weren't even invited to the wedding) and asked them to write any stories they remember about him (he passed almost 25 years ago) and include any pictures and memories of him. We put together the most amazing scrapbook for her and gave it to her at brunch the day after her wedding. It was incredible!
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this is such a sweet idea.
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Taccoten's gift is awesome!
[QUOTE]I will say, FI and I are doing something sentimental for each other, but we hadn't considered it part of the gift. We got journals at Barnes and Nobles called, "The Story of Us" that gives you prompts to write about your relationship from when you first started dating, to engagement, marriage, having kids, etc. So FI and I each are writing in our own books about each other up until the marriage and then giving them to each other the night before to read. We figure we'll continue this and pass it on to our kids to read about our relationship when they're older.
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One of my brides maids gave us this for Christmas. I like the idea of showing it to your children. We haven't filled it out yet.
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so, he is getting a helicopter flying lesson. he wanted to go into the air force instead of going to college right away, but his parents talked him out of it. he told me once that he would love to take flying lessons, but since he was in a relationship and didn't have just his own safety and future to think about anymore, he probably never would. so, i'm giving him something he can check off of his "things to do in life" list!
[QUOTE]I gave him my BPic album.. and also a book I found in B&N that was a cute cute kids story about a dinosaur and his girlfriend. The dinosaur was closed off living in a block of ice until the female dinosaur came along.. and it just goes on to talk about various things that were similar to our relationship. So I signed it with a note saying I coudlnt wait to marry him and other various personal things and gave it as the "card" to the album present.
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What is the name of this book? It sounds so cute. I love this idea.
FI also wants a watch, but I want to get him something different; it's a nice idea, don't get me wrong, and if I can't come up with something else, it will be that. My other fallback idea is a new iPod with an engraving on the back (he has a first gen Nano, 1G, and desperately wants a new one).
I am leaning towards doing a combination gift; he is an Eagle Scout, but all his Eagle project is shoved away in a corner. I want to scrapbook it together. Then, I want to get him the Eagle Scout frame (for his medal and certificate), which he has wanted for a while. Finally, he has always wanted his Eagle ring (like a class ring, but for Eagle Scouts), and I think I am going to suck it up and get it for him.
I am really struggling with other ideas. He loves backpacking/hiking/camping (that's why he was an Eagle), and I might do something else related to the activities he loves. He has hiked Philmont Scout Ranch 5 times (out in NM, and 5 times is alot, most boys/men do it once if that), and I know he would love to go out there again, with me (he wants me to see it desperately), but it's so expensive to go. I really want to do something that is going to mean something, and need to think it out more.
I have also thought of doing a scrapbook of our relationship, and displaying it at the reception. For those of you who think you aren't that great at scrapbooking, there are kits and ready-made books that make it super easy. And I promise you, it isn't as hard as you think, especially if you have a ton of pics and items to put in the book. You would do great at it, I am sure! (FYI, there are also classes at the craft stores and thru scrapbooking clubs that you could do and get a ton of help/ideas for your book).
The pocketwatch idea- hearttouching. I did something similar when my grandpa passed; I took all his flannel shirts (without my grandmother knowing) and make her a blanket. I gave it to her the first Thanksgiving with him, and we all cried; she uses it every single day. In addition to that, I made patchwork teddy bears for everyone (grandma, mom and uncle, and 4 grandkids). That Christmas was waterworks; she sleeps with it every night. I wish I could do something like that for FI (his grandpa died 25 years ago, and his grandma is too sick to make the trip out here from OH), but I don't have any items, nor do I know much about them.
Ooods- it's funny yor DH gave that to you. When FI asked me if there was one thing I wanted, I told him a hope chest. I want to be able to put away memories (like our children's baby blankets, christening gowns, etc), and have always wanted one. He is hugehugehuge into woodworking (his dad and granddad are artisan wordworkers, and he knows it all, but wants to do it as a hobby and not a job), and I want this not only for the memory storage, but for the fact that he made it for me, doing something he loved. I think items like that, like what your DH did, are precious and keepsakes for generations.
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I'd like to give them to him the night before our wedding so that he can wear them the day of.