Are you/ did you give your groom a gift??

VadersValkyrie · June 2013

I am also doing boudoir photos; a friend of mine is taking them relatively inexpensively and it will be quite the surprise for FH.

hockey20 · June 2013

I'm contemplating a Dr. Who Monopoly game.... because we're geeks like that

aurianna · June 2013

I got him the dress watch he'd been eyeing up at our jeweler's. He got me diamond earrings. (He's very into watches and I'm very into shiny things, so it worked well).

Now traditionally we just do really small gifts throughout the year and save up for bigger anniversary presents.

vk2204 · June 2013

I got boudoir photos done for my H, and I also kept a daily journal of 'our journey together'. I wrote it in (almost) everyday for the year leading up to our wedding day. He got teary eyed when I gave it to him, he said it was the best present he has ever gotten.

krizzo17 · June 2013

We paid for the wedding ourselves, so we didn't get each other gifts. I had though of surprising him with a watch, since most of the wedding came out of his savings account, but I couldn't find one I liked. On our honeymoon, they had one of those Columbian Emeralds duty free jewellery stores at our resort, so I took him there one night and had him pick out a watch he liked (which was totally different than the ones I would have picked for him, so I'm glad I waited)

wittykitty14 · June 2013

FI wanted to get each other gifts, but since our finances changed that's the first thing we cut. I was planning on doing boudoir photos with an album as a surprise for him. If I were to do something less expensive, I was going to get him a bat'leth replica from Star Trek. I'll probably do that for xmas instead.

Ultimately, the biggest gift we can give is the gift of marriage. We also shelled out a fair amount for our wedding bands, so we're considering those our gifts

msdds51 · June 2013

Boudoir photos or a box of cigars for him and his men on the wedding!

ranzzo · June 2013

We decided to exchange gifts but put a price limit. I gave my husband a pocket watch with engraved lyrics from the song I was supposed to walk down the aisle to (we didn't have a DJ for the ceremony and forgot the music but we did have the DJ play it during our reception later in the night). The lyrics are: All that I can give you is forever yours to keep.

He gave me a figurine from the Willow Tree collection of a woman holding a heart. We started collecting those on our dating anniversary.

Edited for spelling.

SJM7538 · June 2013

When I asked my FI if he wanted to exchange gifts for the wedding he looked at me and said. "The rock on your finger and all the OT I've been working the past year to pay for the wedding are your gift."

I couldn't do anything but laugh and completely agree. We agreed no gifts. Its a nice thought if its in the budget but totally not necessary.

manjermj · June 2013

We paid 100% for our wedding and honeymoon, so no gifts were necessary - and we don't regret that decision.

Maggie0829 · June 2013

Our gift to each other was a HM. The last thing either one of us wanted to worry about or stress over was finding the "perfect" pre-ceremony present. I honestly think that this is just one more thing the wedding industry pushes so you spend even more money on your big day.

TKzilla · June 2013

We decided to exchange gifts for the wedding. I subtly suggested a necklace from Tiffany's that wouldn't break the bank (basically I was like "Hey, I like this, can you afford to buy it for me?"). I was going to surprise him with a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue but I suck at surprises and was like "You're going to love your present. I can't wait to give it to you. Oh fuck it IT'S BLUE LABEL!"

This post was slightly AW-ish and I apologize.

Pepper6 · June 2013

My H and I don't exchange gifts for anything other than Christmas, and even then we have a hell of a time with it as we are both difficult to shop for. So it would have been too stressful to try to buy each other wedding gifts.

Kate61487 · June 2013

We decided the honeymoon would be our main gift so we didn't want to spend much, but did do little gifts. H's was a surprise 50 ft long slip-n-slide at our rehearsal dinner. Mine was a beautiful silver frame with our first dance lyrics engraved on it.

kaos16 · June 2013

I also had a grooms cake done for DH. He is an avid golfer, so it was a little golf scene on top and the flavor was boston cream because he had mentioned how he thought boston cream should be an everyday cake flavor like vanilla or chocolate.

On our wedding day I had someone bring him a bottle of really nice aged scotch, but knowing that would eventually be gone I also got him a really classic decanter to go with it. Oh, I also gave him a bottle of much cheaper alcohol so that his crazy groomsmen wouldn't be doing shots of the good stuff all day!

bluebuckeye84 · June 2013

We are doing small gifts the day of the wedding. My FMIL and I are surprising him with a firefighter grooms cake at the rehearsal dinner and I am secretly going to get his ring engraved with a sweet saying and the date. I am assuming (hoping) he gets me a wedding themed Pandora charm for my bracelet. I am still deciding when to show him the engraving though. I don't think you have to give gifts, I just love surprises!

thejucheidea · June 2013

I'm getting him a nice statue of Athena to put next to my statue of Guanyin on our home shrine.

LMWK84 · June 2013

Our rehearsal dinner happens to also be my fiance's birthday so I'm getting him a gift ... it also works out b/c he officially has no reason to ever forget our anniversary date lol. I'm planning on getting him some swim trunks, a guidebook to Costa Rica, and some mini-travel stuff for our honeymoon

I also love the idea of a surprise groom's cake that other brides mentioned!

michellemayawheeler · June 2013

If you do not want to get ring and want to wait until the first anniversary or christmas, then I would.

Tradionally, the bride may get a gift from the groom.

If you give a groom day out, you get him a love letter, movie ticket, and restraunt ticket.

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