Groom has asked me for an idea of what to buy his bride as a wedding gift.

theycallmejen · June 2013

Do people really do this?! Like their ring, love, life isn't enough??

What are some material things that grooms give to brides on wedding night?

audubonbride2013 · June 2013

We're just exchanging rings as far as I know. Although I'll also be adding him to my phone plan, so I guess you could say his new iPhone will be his wedding gift. I have seen grooms give their bride a wedding gift though. For my friend's wedding, her H gave her a necklace with a diamond pendant at their rehearsal dinner, and she wore it for the wedding day.

jessyk1065 · June 2013

We aren't going to do it since we consider the rings our gifts. But popular gifts include jewelry, watches, or just something fun that she likes. Reader? How about a really great/nice edition of her favorite book. Likes music/movies? Again, maybe a special or extended edition of an album/movie that she particularly enjoys. I know what always means the most to me is when FI gets me a card and writes his own message in it. I will keep those forever!

hoffse · June 2013

Anticlimactic is a good word for it.

Tell your groom friend that he is going to end up with 10,000 boxes of stuff from people. Or else thousands in cash. Or both.

Our circle is very much the physical gift giving type. It took 4 trips in my SUV to get wedding gifts back from my parents' house. It took 3 trips in the SUV to get the boxes and trash out of our apartment. In order to make space, we got rid of all our hand-me-downs that family and friends have given us over the years. That was another 7 or 8 large boxes plus several trash bags of old bedding, towels, etc. that we donated.

Point is, getting yet one more thing probably isn't going to be all that special - it's the law of diminishing returns. I would encourage him to put some thought into her ring (since that's what she's going to wear hopefully every day for the rest of her life) and then save the "extra" gift for their first anniversary. By then the novelty of getting all those gifts will have worn off.

lovesclimbing · June 2013

My husband and I were planning to. And then money got extremely tight with him losing his job right before the wedding and the wedding and honeymoon costing more than we planned. So we said we'd get wedding gifts for each other later. We still don't have a ton of extra money and it's even tighter now that I got in a car accident where I was at fault a few days ago. Six months later, it's never happened and it won't and honestly, I don't think either of us are disappointed.

mlarchweds · June 2013

There are very small things they can do. Like writing her a card, or something to that effect. They're going to get so many gifts and it's her wedding day. The LAST thing she's going to remember is a gift, but reading that card while I'm getting ready or what not is something that would stick with me.

itzMS · June 2013

mlarchweds said:

There are very small things they can do. Like writing her a card, or something to that effect. They're going to get so many gifts and it's her wedding day. The LAST thing she's going to remember is a gift, but reading that card while I'm getting ready or what not is something that would stick with me.

I disagree with this. I wear the necklace DH got me for our wedding every day. I hope our future daughter(s) can wear the necklace on their wedding day, too. I can tell you for a fact that DH still brags about the Sig Sauer I got him for his wedding day gift. It's all about perspective.

MobKaz · June 2013

My daughter's husband comes from a family that gives physical gifts for everything! We lean toward the more sentimental and/or experiential expression, such as a family outing and/or cards.

Daughter's husband combined the two on the day of their wedding. He bought a picture frame that resembled their wedding theme of black damask, thus fulfilling his "need" to purchase something tangible. He found an old photo of my daughter and one of her BM's to put into the frame. This BM was responsible for introducing them. He included a card with a sentimental message correlating that picture to their wedding day.

winelover123 · June 2013

We're doing wedding gifts to each other. My band is free and FI likes the less expensive rings. I'm probably getting him whiskey and a cigar and he'll more than likely get me a piece of jewelry. I think jewelry is a fairly common gift. What are her interests and hobbies? I (obviously) love wine, so I'd be perfectly happy with a lovely bottle of wine and a pair of nice wine glasses (I collect different, pretty wine glasses instead of getting a set of matching ones).

easilyunamused · June 2013

I think a small gift and a nice card will be sweet on the day of the wedding. I'm getting FI a tie bar with his initials. To each their own.

I think jewelry would be nice, but if she's like most brides, she may already have something picked out for the wedding day. He knows her best (hopefully!) and he can find something nice.

stampadhesive · June 2013

I picked out my own gift! I knew I would want some pearls for the ceremony so when we were picking out bands, I picked out a pearl set (earrings and necklace) and told him that is what I would like for my wedding gift. So he got it. I got him a reallly nice watch because he lost his over a year ago and still whines about not having a watch. It has a blue face to match his blue eyes. Gifts aren't necessary but if you can afford it, it is nice to give the other something to wear on the wedding day.

Groom has asked me for an idea of what to buy his bride as a wedding gift.

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