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Husband to be - wedding

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buttersxotch · 09/05/2019 15:30

Hi All,

Just wondering if you bought you husband to be/groom a gift to give on the wedding day?

If so, what did you give?

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Aquamarine1029 · 09/05/2019 15:31

I was his gift. Grin

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 09/05/2019 15:36

What @Aquamarine said Grin

UCOinanOCG · 09/05/2019 15:38

I gave him nothing but myself. 34 years on i am the gift that keeps on giving!

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livin · 09/05/2019 15:38

As PP have said, I was (and still am) the gift.

GiveMeStrength2day · 09/05/2019 15:40

I'm getting married next week. I've ordered STBDH a Haynes marriage manual - a personalised book based on the Haynes car manuals. I would have liked to have bought him something like a watch but funds are low

mommybear1 · 09/05/2019 15:40

Yes I did just a keepsake really - the old tale of a sixpence in your shoe? I got him sixpence cufflinks to wear/keep.

OneBiscuitAtATime · 09/05/2019 15:41

We did gifts. He got a watch, I got a bracelet. We talked about it in advance though, we wouldn’t have done it at the cost of something else.

DennisSkinnersMolotov · 09/05/2019 15:41

I seem to be in the minority in that I bought / made gifts for DH. I made a little scrap book that the best man gave him the night before, just things that I'd kept or remembered since we'd met and a few words on what I hoped for in the future. I also bought him some personalised silver cufflinks and some designer shoes to wear on the day.

AnneLovesGilbert · 09/05/2019 15:42

We gave each other cards and I got him a beautiful engraved pocket watch he wore on the day and still treasures and he gave me a bracelet I wear often.

TheCraicDealer · 09/05/2019 15:42

I meant to write a card for him but was too busy in the actual lead up and forgot all about it Grin I don't think he missed it tbh. The trend for gifts is modern a modern thing and just more consumerism imho- it's v likely you're already spending thousands on the day, and do you or he need a present to make it happier or more memorable? Fellas always get something a bit boring like cufflinks or a watch anyway.

AnneLovesGilbert · 09/05/2019 15:42

Ooh snap OneBiscuitAtATime Smile

DennisSkinnersMolotov · 09/05/2019 15:51

@TheCraicDealer I must be lucky, DH doesn't really do boring gifts. I got a huge painting. It's in our living room and I still admire it every day.

We didn't need gifts, but they were special and thoughtful. FWIW, we don't tend to buy gifts as such for birthdays and Christmas (we tend to do a night away instead of more 'stuff').

DennisSkinnersMolotov · 09/05/2019 15:52

Ah @craic I think I misread your post and it's the man getting stuck with the boring gift.

QueenAnneBoleyn · 09/05/2019 15:53

He got a watch, I got bracelet, earrings and necklace.

samlh · 09/05/2019 16:05

I'm getting married in December and I already have my HTB's gift.

It's an engraved toffee hammer with our wedding date on it and a mock up of a pretend taxi service business card with wedding stuff on there.

Long story short, about 20 mins before he proposed, he asked his brother in law for advice. His brother in law said

"when it comes to the big day, and if you need to leg it you must have a toffee hammer to smash the windows in the church for you to commando roll out and jump into a taxi on standby" Of course he was joking (I hope).

It's a little inside joke of a gift, but he will definitely appreciate it.

inchoccyheaven · 09/05/2019 16:05

My dw bought me ( well us ) a bottle of Asti with personalised wooden box and a build a bear ghost ( soulmate) with voice message.
I got her a personalised embroidered handkerchief and soundwaves and the lyrics to the 2 songs we were doing as our first dance in a frame.

inchoccyheaven · 09/05/2019 16:06

Samhl they are great gifts !

Loopytiles · 09/05/2019 16:07

We exchanged cards.

CocoLoco87 · 09/05/2019 16:10

He didn't have a watch so I bought him one and had it sent to his house on the morning of the wedding. He hardly wears it 🙄. He bought me a necklace but forgot to pack it so gave it to me after the honeymoon. At least I think it was a necklace... I can't remember! Obviously our gifts made a big impact on each other Grin

MountPheasant · 09/05/2019 16:20

I got my DH some raybans personalised with his initials and the wedding date on the case.

Went down a storm!

I was very pleased with them as he’s not a cuff links/watch type.

LazyLizzy · 09/05/2019 16:23

Power tools. He was chuffed Smile

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buttersxotch · 09/05/2019 16:25

We are only having a small, intimate wedding. 18 people in total, including us.

I was really hoping to get something sentimental or a keepsake but I'm stumped! Just got him a watch for Christmas or that would've been it o think.

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Bringbackthestripes · 09/05/2019 16:59

Nope. Just a ‘to my husband on our wedding day’ card. He bought me a ridiculously expensive silk underwear set that shrank after the first wash.

MrsSpenserGregson · 09/05/2019 17:01

Er..... wedding rings.....

Poppins2016 · 09/05/2019 17:07

I bought cufflinks. They weren't expensive but had sentimental meaning.

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