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Gift to FI

kmschulerkmschuler
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Are you and your FI exchanging gifts at the rehearsal dinner.  My family tells me this is traditinal and you always get your FI something... but I have no idea what to get him.  Some ideas that family has told me are a nice pair of cuff links but he NEVER will wear a tux or suit again after the wedding.  So I would hate to waste my money of that when it will never get worn.
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  • lbarr088lbarr088
    2500 Comments Second Anniversary Combo Breaker
    FI and I talked about it and he said the gift we are "exchanging" is our wedding bands, so no gifts for us.

    I wouldn't get him something wedding related for a gift.  A nice picture of the both of you, a gift card to his favorite place along with something personal, special pictures, etc. are all great gifts.  Go for something that you know he will like and will be meaningful.
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  • CowgirlK39CowgirlK39 member
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    We agreed to not buy each other anything. I don't get the point... "Hey congrats you're getting married, Funny thing, I AM TOO! Here's a present!" That's weird IMO.

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  • kmschulerkmschuler
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    I was thinking the same thing, kinda silly to me! We are already spending all this money on this wedding then we have to spend MORE money to buy gifts!

    I thought about getting him this Blues (st louis hockey team) tumbler that he really wants and put some golfballs in the cup.  That will only cost me about $30 so no big deal!

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  • mamameechmamameech
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    It's a tradition thing; if you want to do it, go for it, if you don't, no biggie.
    I'm giving FI that pair of socks with the cute "cold feet" label, and I will include a little book of my sassy photos. I never felt like I had to get him something, I just wanted to do something cute for him. I also made him some cufflinks that I will have someone deliver the day of. It's just thoughtful touches because I want him to feel like it's his day too despite most of the focus being on moi ;)
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  • volleygurl0306volleygurl0306 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_september-2012-weddings_gift-to-fi?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:a464c18c-2e4d-469b-8eae-3865079cb9cfDiscussion:90fe682b-05bf-4087-a6b5-75fe6577943fPost:3ca0ac02-b787-4fe2-9a30-f746670252ed">Re: Gift to FI</a>:
    [QUOTE]It's a tradition thing; if you want to do it, go for it, if you don't, no biggie. I'm <strong>giving FI that pair of socks with the cute "cold feet" label, and I will include a little book of my sassy photos.</strong> I never felt like I had to get him something, I just wanted to do something cute for him. I also made him some cufflinks that I will have someone deliver the day of. It's just thoughtful touches because I want him to feel like it's his day too despite most of the focus being on moi ;)
    Posted by mamameech[/QUOTE]

    Similar to mama, I am giving FI "cold feet" socks the night before.  I also am doing a photobook of my boudoir pics.  The book I am giving him on our wedding night though (gotta make sure he shows up and signs the license before he gets the almost nudie pics haha).  I plan on having one of my BM place the gift on the bed of our wedding night suite during the reception.  It'll be a box that contains the book and a piece of lingerie I wore for the shoot that he has never seen before.  We agreed that the rings and paying for our wedding is enough of a gift but these are just fun things I wanted to do for him.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_september-2012-weddings_gift-to-fi?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:a464c18c-2e4d-469b-8eae-3865079cb9cfDiscussion:90fe682b-05bf-4087-a6b5-75fe6577943fPost:88c2def8-1d04-4390-85c1-6720d1000938">Re: Gift to FI</a>:
    [QUOTE]We agreed to not buy each other anything. I don't get the point... "Hey congrats you're getting married, Funny thing, I AM TOO! Here's a present!" That's weird IMO.
    Posted by CowgirlK39[/QUOTE]

    I totally agree!  FI and I decided not to exchange gifts either.  Of course he ended up finding something small to get me but he couldn't wait so he gave it to me already..haha.  He's a cop so he got me a wife's badge.  It's so cute!  Unless I can think of something meaningful and small for him I don't think I'm getting him anything.
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  • kmschulerkmschuler
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    I love the cold feet socks idea, but this might be a dumb question... where do I find them? Or is it just a brand?
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  • volleygurl0306volleygurl0306 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_september-2012-weddings_gift-to-fi?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:a464c18c-2e4d-469b-8eae-3865079cb9cfDiscussion:90fe682b-05bf-4087-a6b5-75fe6577943fPost:30361dd2-28bd-4aec-b322-3488f86de346">Re: Gift to FI</a>:
    [QUOTE]I love the cold feet socks idea, but this might be a dumb question... where do I find them? Or is it just a brand?
    Posted by kmschuler[/QUOTE]

    The labels like mama has you can make yourself or find on Etsy.  It's just a paper wrapped around the socks like the label you see in stores when you buy them.  I got socks that had it embroidered.  These are from England but they were the ones that looked like the best quality and were reasonably priced.  They did arrive quicker than I thought (and if you order soon we have plenty of time).  And, the quality is very good.  I was willing to eat the money if they ended up being itchy just to be funny but they are really soft socks!

    <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002WXQVVU/ref=sc_pgp__m_AQ7RWD2NH6N2H_1?ie=UTF8&m=AQ7RWD2NH6N2H&n=&s=&v=glance" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002WXQVVU/ref=sc_pgp__m_AQ7RWD2NH6N2H_1?ie=UTF8&m=AQ7RWD2NH6N2H&n=&s=&v=glance</a>
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  • mamameechmamameech
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    This is what I did:




    Just a cheap pair of socks and I designed a label to print off at home.
    Easy peasy!
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  • celticmysscelticmyss member
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    edited March 2012
    I'm buying him a  tie for the wedding only because I found one that I think he'd really like. I will probably give it to him a while before the wedding so he knows he doens't have to buy another one. 

    It's this tie but in different colors. 
    I am not expecting a gift. As a PP said, our rings are really our gifts to each other. We're paying for them individually, they're not coming out of the wedding account. 
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  • mamameechmamameech
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    oooh celtic that is a lovely tie!! there are so many funky designs on etsy that i love and i know FI would too but he never really wears ties (other than to weddings/funerals).

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  • jessa1228jessa1228 member
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    I doubt we'll exchange gifts with each other. I like the idea of the rings being the gifts.
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  • LawyerLover810LawyerLover810
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    We haven't really discussed it but I am going to get FI tickets to a Chicago Bears game because neither of us have ever gone. I wanted to get him something fun we could do together after we are married.
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