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Gifts for Parents

andosfianceandosfiance member
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HELP!!!  The FI and I have no clue what to get our parents as wedding gifts!  They are essentially throwing the wedding for us and have made huge financial contributions to planning the wedding (because they want to - not because we asked them to).  In return, we would like to get them something very nice, but have no clue what to get.  Our budget is between $400 and $500 total (split between both sets of parents).  One thought was to purchase each set a weekend get away, but I think it would be hard to plan as I don't know their full schedules and availability.  Keep in mind, my parents live in Pittsburgh and his live in Akron, which is further complicating our ideas.  One idea for my parents was a gift card to a nice restaurant downtown along with tickets to a show.  Does anyone have any input to help us out???  What have you done or are you doing?
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Re: Gifts for Parents

  • audubonbride2013audubonbride2013 member
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    I was in a similar situation, and honestly my parents paid for our wedding because they didn't want us spending money.  They would really rather us save our money for a house or new furniture.  Since I knew my parents felt this way, I opted to write them a really heartfelt note and give them apicture frame with a picture of our whole family in it.  They really appreciated that, and after the wedding my H and I made our parents small albums with our wedding pictures.
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  • maziloramazilora member
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    edited April 2014
    The one I really want to do but can't find a place to do near his parents is a certificate to make your own wine. There's a place near my parents that does it where you pick out a varietal, add wood and other flavorings, age it at the place, and then do the bottling and corking yourself at the place. It was a huge hit as an anniversary gift for mine. There's a place in PGH that does this for beer, idk about wine. But if you go the restaurant route go for Sonoma Grill!  So good, and right in the Theatre District!
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  • berrynuttyfarmberrynuttyfarm member
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    I am struggling with this too. I am my parents' only daughter, and they are shelling quite a bit for my wedding. I didn't ask them to, but they WANT to...and it's actually way more than I was hoping they would spend. But they said they are still under budget and that "we are good". So...I have no clue what to get them that will be meaningful.
    My FILs won't be contributing at all, except for maybe toward the rehearsal dinner. My FI and I will get them something too, but it's my FI's 3rd (and LAST wedding) and because they aren't contributing much, I feel like they should get a nice gift but not like what we get my parents.
    Restaurant gift certificates and wine with personalized labels are thoughts that I had, along with the usual suggestions of photo books/pictures/frames. Would love to know what others got.
    I've never heard of a place where you make your own wine, but that sounds interesting!
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  • berrynuttyfarmberrynuttyfarm member
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    I like the heartfelt note idea too. Definitely doing that!
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  • jneen101jneen101 member
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    I am having a hard time with this too.  I think what they would love most is a nice album of wedding pictures but obviously that won't come until a little while after the wedding, and I thought the traditional time to present gifts was at the rehearsal dinner.  I don't think they are EXPECTING gifts or anything so it's not like they will feel slighted but should we present in some way that we will be giving them nice albums or should we just wait and give them to them weeks/months later when they are ready?
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  • berrynuttyfarmberrynuttyfarm member
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    I definitely want to have something to give them at the rehearsal dinner. An engraved or personalized frame could be one of the things, and then I could just tell them that they will get a nice wedding picture from us to put in it.
    My FI and I are going to be thinking about this for a while I imagine. We want to honor them in the best way we can.
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