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Parent's Gifts

ajharvey80ajharvey80 member
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Is it traditional to present the parents of the bride and groom with gifts at your wedding?  My sister said she didn't have gifts for them at her wedding and only presented gifts to the wedding party.  I have a very "traditional" MOG and I want to make sure I don't do anything to offend anyone but we're also on a very tight budget.  What's the right thing to do?
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Re: Parent's Gifts

  • Summer2011BrideSummer2011Bride member
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    edited June 2012
    We didn't give anybody gifts AT the wedding. We did hand out parent and WP gifts at the rehearsal dinner, which I feel is a better time to do it. If you're not having a RD, you can give them gifts ahead of time individually.

    ETA: parent gifts aren't required, but most people do a little something and it's a nice gesture, esp. if they are contributing in some way to the wedding. If nothing else, I think a heartfelt letter and nice card is nice.


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  • goobersinlovegoobersinlove member
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    I would give a really nice, heartfelt, thank-you-for-the-great-childhood, mushy letter (plus a gift if you are doing so) to parents before the wedding. A lot of people give BP and parents gifts at the RD, but I'm thinking of giving this stuff in the sappy sentimental hours before the wedding when we're hanging out and getting ready.
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  • LoopysevenLoopyseven member
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    We didn't do gifts for parents before the wedding, but we had photo albums made with wedding pictures for them after the fact.
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  • ajharvey80ajharvey80 member
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    Sorry, I did mean presenting them at the RD.  I think the idea of doing the nice, heartfelt thank-you note is great and then presenting them with a photo after we have our pictures.  I am giving our flower girl a frame that I will later add a picture of the three of us to.  Maybe I'll do the same thing for my parents, my groom's mother and then his father and stepmom.  Is it rude or tacky to present them with a blank frame or should we just wait until we have the picture to fill it to give it to them?
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  • amyelise25amyelise25 member
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    Perhaps you can do a nice engraved frame with your names on it and maybe the date. This is what I was thinking about doing for our parents.
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  • mrsR12mrsR12 member
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    I have present for FMIL and my parents, not sure what to get his dad yet.  I am though not sure if/what he'd get my parents.  I dont know if guys are into the gifts much.
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