Gifts to each other on your wedding day?

[MadCatLady27]

What's the general view on this?

Is it traditional for the bride and groom to buy each other a gift for the day? Or a card?

If you do buy a gift when do you give it to one another (I'm staying at my parents the night before)

OH thinks not but I thought you did... Haven't got anything yet and wedding is very imminent!

We exchanged gifts (early 1990s)

Can't remember when he gave me mine (earrings and bracelet to wear on the day, so obvs beforehand). Mine to him was something that had to be made, wasn't ready in time, and so was picked up just after the honeymoon.

It's a private thing - exchange or not as you want to, and whenever suits.

We did! But we hadn’t discussed it with each other so it was a nice surprise for both of us. It’s not necessary though….you do you.

It’s not a tradition - I feel like it’s American or just another materialistic addition to weddings. We didn’t do it - there’s enough money and stuff already!

We did it 37 years ago, it’s not “American” and it’s not “materialistic”!

it’s just a gift between two people in love.

I got a gorgeous engagement ring from him so I bought him a guitar he wanted. He often tells people I got him that guitar for a wedding gift. I think he was really touched so it makes me happy.

I don't think so. My grandparents gave each other a gift, they got married in 1939, just before the war was declared! My granny had made my grandfather a quilt, she'd appliquéd their names, and entwined them in the branches of an oak tree and an elder tree. My grandfather gave her a band new sewing kit (he couldn't have known how difficult it would be to get sewing supplies during and after the war, or how much that kit would be used, not least for making my father's clothing when he was born in 1941!) it was simply a declaration of their love. They had just over fifty years of happy marriage.

We didn’t , though I thought having me as his wife I was the best gift he could ever receive! 😂😂

Isn't the gift to each other the rings?

It's personal choice. I gave my hubby a letter and personalised cufflinks. He lost both of his parents in college so i got their photos put in cufflinks so they could be with him all day. I did it because I know the wedding day would be very hard for him.

My brother gave the gifts to his sister a week before and we asked her to give it on the wedding day. The camera man actually got him opening everything and reading jt on camera so was perfect. What I didn't know was that he also got a gift hamper ready for me too and his friend gave it to me on the morning of our wedding.

I got him personalised initial cufflinks, can’t remember what he got me.. I think it was a bracelet I had picked

Yes we did, nothing expensive but a nice token gesture. I don’t think it’s expected but it’s up to you, it’s only a nice touch if you both would actually appreciate it.

We did gifts, nothing major, just nice perfume/ aftershave. The best thing was the card my DH gave me. We jokingly call him the tin man as he rarely shows any emotion, but what he wrote in the card was lovely 🥰

Marrying me was gift enough.

😂

PMSL