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Bizarre Groomsmen gifts

Does anyone else find the groomsmen gift ideas online and such a little ridiculous?  Why are all of the gifts meant for old rich country club men?  A pocket watch?  A money clip?  A flask?    Does anyone have any ideas of things the guys will actually use?  My FI has been looking for months and our wedding is in 17 days!  Thanks :) 

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  • We're getting the groomsmen tuxedo t-shirts for the rehearsal and then either engraved flasks or beer mugs. 
  • Go with what your GM will like. Find out his favorite things.

    For our BM he went to Clemson, and he loves cuff links so we got him a pair. And my DH got him a knife that they both like. They're boys.
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  • We are just doing stuff for each guy that they like.  Round of golf, concert tickets, ketchup and Beano, lol.

    You dont need to get them all the same thing.  Shop like its their birthday. 
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  • concert tickets is very generous!  I hope its not to a lady gaga concert :P lol  Thanks gifts.  Shop like its their birthday is a very smart way to put it!
  • thanks girls not gifts   haha u see whats on my mind
  • It doesnt have to be expensive.  If they are sports fans what about a team sweatshirt or t-shirt?

     You dont have to do a round of golf, you could just do golf balls and tee's.  Insead of concert tickets, maybe get them their favorite bands newest cd or dvd of their concert?  A bottle of their favorite booze?

    Crown Royal and Jack Daniels will send you personalized labels for their bottles on their website for free.  They can engrave the bottles for you too for a price.

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  • We got ours tickets to a college football game they all go to every year together, except one, who we got a fancy leather passport holder for.
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  • We are getting the groomsmen watches from Fossil,but they are also my FI brothers,and are travelling for the wedding. So we decided to spend a bit more.
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  • edited June 2010
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_bizarre-groomsmen-gifts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:47d0b675-8bb9-4bc1-8e7a-423e45c403a0Post:4f0121a7-5ce8-4e6b-84e6-ecc6d4f75ff8">Bizarre Groomsmen gifts</a>:
    [QUOTE]Does anyone else find the groomsmen gift ideas online and such a little ridiculous?  Why are all of the gifts meant for old rich country club men?  A pocket watch?  A money clip?  A flask?    Does anyone have any ideas of things the guys will actually use?  My FI has been looking for months and our wedding is in 17 days!  Thanks :) 
    Posted by Jax333[/QUOTE]

    Eh I guess it depends on who it is and your style.  I love flasks, pocket watches and money clips.  All of the guys in our wedding party would use these sorts of things.  We're actually giving our groomsmen leather flasks with their names engraved on the silver part.  There's a back compartment that holds cigars, cigarettes, money, credit cards, etc.

    ETA: We're also giving each groomsman a bottle of their fav alcohol and personalized golf tees.  Basically they all drink and golf lol.
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_bizarre-groomsmen-gifts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:47d0b675-8bb9-4bc1-8e7a-423e45c403a0Post:19ec68a3-913f-4b43-90bb-98671b2d16f4">Re: Bizarre Groomsmen gifts</a>:
    [QUOTE]It doesnt have to be expensive.  If they are sports fans what about a team sweatshirt or t-shirt?  You dont have to do a round of golf, you could just do golf balls and tee's.  Insead of concert tickets, maybe get them their favorite bands newest cd or dvd of their concert?  A bottle of their favorite booze? Crown Royal and Jack Daniels will send you personalized labels for their bottles on their website for free.  They can engrave the bottles for you too for a price.
    Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]


    Blue....where is that option on the Jack Daniel's website??
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_bizarre-groomsmen-gifts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:47d0b675-8bb9-4bc1-8e7a-423e45c403a0Post:f6bf26a1-f232-4787-b0a2-8ba973e16ea8">Re: Bizarre Groomsmen gifts</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bizarre Groomsmen gifts : Blue....where is that option on the Jack Daniel's website??
    Posted by aprovencher21[/QUOTE]

    Not sure.  FI is a nightclub manager and his liqor rep told him about it.  He is going to do it for us.

    Crown will also embroider the purple felt bags that they come in as well.  Ill ask FI to ask his rep and let you know!
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    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Bizarre Groomsmen gifts : Not sure.  FI is a nightclub manager and his liqor rep told him about it.  He is going to do it for us. Crown will also embroider the purple felt bags that they come in as well.  Ill ask FI to ask his rep and let you know!
    Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

    Thank you so much!  3 of our 5 groomsman love love love Jack and bottle of it are parts of their gifts.
  • I just asked FI, he said the rep is doing it for him, not the actual company.  He did say you can take the bottles to Things Remembered or a place like it and they can engrave them.

    But the Crown Royal stuff is def on the site.
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  • I think FI said he's getting each of his guys a box of cigars.  I have no clue what to get my girls....I have to come up with something fast.
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  • very good ideas thanks everyone!
  • lisarose-i think the girls are so much easier, just get jewelry 
  • I just ordered a bunch on overstock which in my searches found is cheaper than amazon 
  • Most of our guys smoke, so we're getting all of them zippos. Not engraved with anything but their own initials.
  • H gave his best man (didn't have GMs) a gift card to Lowe's. He and his wife are remodeling their house and go there all the time, so we knew it would help them out more than any flask or pocket watch would do. And he loved it, used it the next day actually.
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    FI didn't like the idea of most of those cheesy gifts too... he's already gotten a  couple flasks, mugs, and money clips with his initials from others weddings and had no desire to get his guys those things too. He found cool pub signs online that he could personalize for each guy.  He has 8 GM's so he got each guy a different one that goes along with their interests (hunting, poker, baseball, football, etc...).  They were $30 a piece, but worth it! We got 10% off our whole order too.

    He didn't want anything that had our wedding date on it either, no one wants something engraved with our wedding date...
  • Nice pocket knives. :)
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