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Such a stupid question, but I have to ask...

peaches85peaches85
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When you get something engraved for someone with just one inital, do you use their first inital or last initial?
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Re: Such a stupid question, but I have to ask...

  • jchristeljchristel member
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    edited December 2011
    Hmmm, I wonder why you are asking that.  I would like a J.

    J/K  I think it depends on the person and what it is.  If it's a wine glass I would go with first name initial!
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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  I actually already figured out my order for those!!  I'm doing first initial for them.  :-)

    I was asking this time because of the locket cufflinks I plan on getting FI as part of his wedding gift. 
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  • jchristeljchristel member
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    edited December 2011
    THAT I don't know.  Is there an option to have both?  (I'm so helpful)
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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    Nope, just one or the other.  I feel like if I did get both FI would wind up wearing his initials backward anyway so it would be pointless, haha.
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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    These are the cufflinks: http://gifts.redenvelope.com/cufflinks/monogrammable-locket-cuff-links-30000829?viewpos=8&trackingpgroup=rcuff&REF=REDSRCHgoogkwd_locket+cufflinks_e&PRID=SRCHribbonlad
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  • jchristeljchristel member
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    edited December 2011
    These give you the option of up to three letters each.

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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    Ohh!!  Thank you!
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  • andreapnycandreapnyc member
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    edited December 2011
    peaches - i like last name for cufflinks.
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  • TuffysMommieTuffysMommie
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    edited December 2011
    This is a really tough call, and probably personal preference. I'm not sure what is "right" or if there is a "right" answer.

    For wine glasses for a specific person - as mentioned, I'd do first initial. For wine glasses for a couple, I would do the man's last name.

    I recently purchased cufflinks for SO from TIffany's, and they had the option of three letter monogram, so it was an easy choice. (but they were not a locket.)  I like the mention above of the three letter monogram for a locket cufflink - that way you don't have to decide.
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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks ladies.  I wound up going with the single initial cufflinks (I found a 15% off coupon for the site so they were cheaper than the other ones and they had all positive reviews).

    I also wound up using his first initial instead of his last because I talked to FI and gave him a hypothetical situation about getting engraved cufflinks for his groomsmen and I asked which initial he would use and he said first.  I even tried to persuade him about the reasoning behind using the last initial and went so far as to give him a situation about a groom getting married and the sentimentality behind the bride and groom sharing a last name and he goes, "If that's an American thing, then go ahead, but I'd rather have my first initial than my last."  Alllllllllllriigghhtyyyyy then!  First initial it is!
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  • jchristeljchristel member
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    edited December 2011
    Glad you got your answer!  I guess it makes sense to go to the source.  Plus your wedding is still so far away he'll forget you asked him :)
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  • peaches85peaches85
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    edited December 2011
    Haha!  My fiance is totally clueless regardless, so even if we had that same discussion the day before the wedding he would be completely caught off guard.  I could have balloons and decorations all over the apartment the afternoon of his birthday and tell him I was playing around with ideas for my sister's party in a month and he'd never even consider the fact that I was actually planning a surprise party for him that night.  He's so cute, but can be so oblivious sometimes, haha.
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