What did you get your parents and fiance?

Theresa626 · December 2009

What did you get your parents for their wedding gift and your fiance for his wedding gift?

kristinanddan · December 2009

We got my parents a Kate Spade photo album from Lenox and a gift certificate to a restaurant. We got DH's parents a gift certificate to a bed and breakfast.

FI and I didn't exchange gifts.

fallbride1109 · December 2009

Parents: embroidered hankies (moms), silk pocket squares (dads). For DH's parents (who paid for the wedding), a professional photo album of the wedding pictures.

DH and I agreed not to exchange gifts but I surprised him the day of the wedding with his favorite bottle of scotch and 3 shot glasses for him and his groomsmen to toast along with a handwritten note.

duckie1905 · December 2009

We got all three sets of parents wedding albums.

I didn't give DH anything; I was a nice enough gift. He didn't give me anything, either, so he obviously thought the same about me.

SuMmErKuTiE · December 2009

We're giving our parents each a parent album which was included in our photography package. We're also going to send our dads to a Yankee game and our mom's to the spa.

For FI, I did boudoir pics and will give him the book on our wedding day. I can't wait!

pandasquishy · December 2009

We got our parents fancy bottles of wine. We're not exchanging gifts with each other.

SarahPLiz · December 2009

We have no idea what we are getting our parents yet, but we are getting each other an amazing party with our closest family and friends.. ...oh, and at the ceremony I am effectively giving myself to him and vice versa. I don't think any material gift could compare to that.

LindsayHallerToBe · December 2009

My fiance and I are exchanging Tag Heuer watches. As for our parents, we're going to get them something sentimental (likely a Waterford double picture frame where we can put a wedding photo on one side) and something else. I love the B&B idea though.

lindseroo · December 2009

FI and I aren't exchanging gifts. We are each other's gift! Plus, we're paying for most of the wedding ourselves, so gifts are just added expenses that are completely unnecessary, IMO.

For our parents we will probably do what FBIL and his wife did for their wedding, which was to make a book online of wedding photos. I am not sure of the website, otherwise I would share. It's pretty cool. I would worry about it being lame to do the same thing they did, but I really liked the books and (obviously) they will be different. Our parents will appreciate anything!

janedoe1113a · December 2009

I will be getting each set of parents albums after the wedding day. I might get them a little something to give at the rehearsal dinner though.

I'm getting boudoir pictures done and giving my FI an album of those for a wedding present.

skippylouwho · December 2009

I have 2 engaged children, I'll be a MOB and MOG. I would really prefer my children NOT buy me/us a gift. I really, really, really (is that enough reallys?) would rather they spend the money on themselves for something they want for the wedding, for their honeymoon or their new homes. I've even told them I do not want a corsage - they both have told that's non-negotiable.

I love my children and I know they love me. I just absolutely don't want them spending money on me. They have enough expenses right now and it is so not necessary.

That is just MHO and other parents may feel differently. Honestly, I just want to be there, see them get married, celebrate with them. I love both of the people they've chosen to marry and just being there is all I want.

jbll326 · December 2009

We're giving our parents an album of the wedding day (included in package) and lots of XOXOs. I would probably feel obligated to give them more if we weren't paying for the wedding ourselves.

We are giving each other the rest of our lives, an incredible wedding of our dreams, and a beautiful week in the Dominican Republic. I've never really understood the exchanging of gifts thing...isn't the wedding enough?!

Brie2010 · December 2009

We'll probably do photo books for the parents, but I'm also planning on getting my mom a spa gift certificate. His parents are really into geneaology, so I'm thinking of having our florist (who is also a graphic designer) make a new "family tree" and having it framed for them. (Something like this: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34915301&ref=sr_gallery_14&&ga_search_query=family+tree&ga_search_type=&ga_page=3&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title )

FI and I are probably just going to set a very small limit--$50 or under and go with that. I might send him a nice bottle of wine to share with his groomsmen, and he could send flowers or whatever to me. We're already getting wedding bands and a marriage out of the deal.

pooh8402 · December 2009

parents--haven't decided yet.

FI--an autographed picture of his favorite baseball player, framed

kmm2150 · December 2009

We gave each set of parents a nice picture frame and will be getting them a pic from the day to go in it (when we get around to ordering pics). We had a lot going on at the time of the wedding - moving across the country, starting one new job (me), looking for a new job (him), moving into a new place, blahblahblah, and I knew that my parents and his would be mad, not touched, by us spending lots of money on them. Us moving back close to them was the big present! I gave DH a pocket knife with our wedding date engraved, and he got me very pretty earrings...nice momentos that when you use/wear, you go awwwwww, but nothing too expensive.

hfarley28 · December 2009

I think thats a great FI gift. What made you decide to do it?

bellebride116 · December 2009

Parents: Dad I got engraved cufflinks, mom I got diamond earrings, I'll probably get them a parent album too, maybe.

FI: I got him a watch.

Pirata13 · December 2009

I don't know what we'll give the parents yet...I don't know that FI & I will exchange gifts. The only thing I thought about was us getting Pirates (baseball) team jerseys with our name on the back, J. HisLastName for him, L. HisLastName for me. I'm a big baseball fan, he's getting back into baseball now and the weekend after the wedding, we have a group of tickets blocked for a game. There are some people I am on a baseball blog with who meet once a month or so, and while not close enough to these folks to invite to the wedding, we want to hang with them and some other baseball loving friends. So I thought we could get jerseys and wear them to that game. But if FI doesn't like that idea, we'll probably forego a gift.

ButtonsPepper · December 2009

For FI's mom we got her Willow Tree Mother son figure, double picture frame one side left blank for pic of the wedding, right side a poem I wrote to her.

For my mom same thing only mother daughter figure... and i also got her earrings.

For my dad we got him a GC to omaha steaks, he's going to love it.

For FI's dad we tracked down the 1994 hallmark beatleas christmas ornament. Wasn't frickin cheap.....

For FI I got him the b-pic album, but choked and gave it tohim for his birtdhay because I couldn't wait... so really nothing.

pooh8402 · December 2009

Piratas, the jersey idea is awesome! FI and I plan to do that eventually with football jerseys from our college team (we can't agree on pro sports).

slbriz34 · December 2009

We didn't really give it any thought, but I guess if we do give our parents anything, it'll just be an album.

We won't be exchanging gifts, no reason to really, as we are both getting something already by being married to one another.

julezlee · January 2010

We got our parents these with their respective last names:
www.alphabetphotography.com

I got my DH a pair of Kermit the frog cufflinks to wear on the wedding day and a 25th anniversary edition lomography camera. We did one funny gift and one big, serious one. I love giving my H gifts. If I hadn't bought him a watch a couple months before I probably would have got them that for the wedding.

~mRm~ · January 2010

We gave each set of parents a custom keepsake photo frame and a g/c to their favorite restaurant. DH gave me a string of pearls and I purchased him a golf club he had wanted.

squirrly · January 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_did-parents-fiance?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:5995dc41-f43a-462b-ae46-d8b0d7d431fePost:782367ca-80b1-41c5-b5b2-d6bbdb2328dd">Re: What did you get your parents and fiance?</a>:
[QUOTE]We have no idea what we are getting our parents yet, but we are getting each other an amazing party with our closest family and friends.. ...oh, and at the ceremony I am effectively giving myself to him and vice versa. I don't think any material gift could compare to that.
Posted by SarahPLiz[/QUOTE]

I really want to get something awesome for FI (in addition to me) but I LOVE your response. Awesome, hillarious, true, etc.

diana333 · January 2010

My FI mother a frame with a mother's poem, thanking her for him! My mom i think day spa. And my dad still unsure. I got my FI a white gold watch to match his diamond wedding band. He will love it as he is really into watches recently. I really don't want anything as i am so happy to be marring my best friend(:

stahlop · January 2010

I got my parents a GPS. I know it's not really wedding related, but my dad suggested it. I didn't think my mom would go for it, but when I asked her, she said she didn't want jewelry and she wanted a GPS, so that's what they got.

DH got a new wool coat and he gave me a nice watch (he went to Jared's!).

waterfly · January 2010

FI and I are getting eachother nice pocket-knives...which sounds a bit weird, but it's a useful gift(which he's big on), and sort of a traditional thing as well. Old Irish weddings included the groom(or his parents) giving a knife of some sort to the bride, as a way of adopting her into their family. We wanted to do something similar, so we're each "adopting" into the other's family.

mhuesser2 · January 2010

Im getting my FI boudoir pictures which i am soo excited about. i told him not to get me anything so it will be a nice surprise because he will think i didnt get him anything. And i really dont want anything he has worked so hard to help pay for the wedding that i wanted to give him something special.

My FI's parents passed away but we still want to give them something so are getting them flowers that say MOG FOG and putting them on their grave the day of the wedding.
We are getting my mom a precious moment figurine (she is in love with them collects them all) of a mother and daughter on the wedding day that says my little girl is getting married today and also a personalized hanky.

We are getting my dad personalized cufflinks and something else really small but still dont know what.

t.kaufman · January 2010

At our rehearsal dinner, we are going to have a slideshow which will feature us as a couple... and then back through our childhoods... and then photos of his parents and my parents. Or it might start with the parents and work it's way through our childhood and then us as a couple. We haven't worked out the specifics, but it will be a sentimental gift and acknowledgement of everything our parents have given us. I think it will be way more meaningful for them than something we could buy them. Of course, free is always nice too! haha.

As for me and my fiance - not sure yet. We're still 10 months out.

bablingbrooke · January 2010

Parents: Framed family photos from the wedding.

DH: A letter I wrote to him the night we got engaged that I waited until our wedding night to give him.

cvl105 · January 2010

We got our parents Vera Wang silver frames. I gave my husband a Bose surround sound theater system he wanted. He gave me a beautiful necklace and earrings to wear the day of the wedding.

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