Gift suggestions

[backawayfatty1]

My parents & In laws kindly gifted us money for the wedding. We would like to get them a thank you gift. Mums are sorted, suggestions for Dad please? We are Scottish, he likes to golf & eating out but that's about it!

aren’t you just spending the money they gave you as a gift?!

Id write a nice letter to thank them and the difference it will make to you

No, that paid for the venue. We paid the remainder.

They are not the sort of people who would appreciate a letter 🤣

lovely 🤨

Restaurant vouchers

i can’t get my head around for contributing towards my child’s wedding but then expecting a proper gift back as thanks

It's a choice. We are choosing to gift our parents something as a thank you. Where I'm from, it's also the norm. I can't understand people who are so judgemental because people do things differently. I'd love some gift suggestions 🤣

And you are talking £50 gift in comparison to £1000's contribution & they have been super supportive with the planning & our lives. I'd love to show my appreciation.

Thanks @TayceOnToast I think we will go with your suggestion 😃

Will the gifts be given on the wedding day? I got my dad a tie with a little photo of us on the back (in the diamond if that makes sense..) and a pocket watch with the date of the wedding on. They were fairly inexpensive but quite sentimental.

If the wedding has already been then restaurant vouchers sounds like a nice idea

The wedding hasn't been yet but will probably be giving gifts just before. I'm not really wanting to give them gifts in front of everyone. I got them perfume/aftershave to match myself & groom so will have a scent of the day. I've also got both mums some flowers (artificial) to match my wedding bouquet. I just wanted a little something to give my dad. I'm quite sentimental in my own way. Not a letter writing person! I was thinking a flask with tartan to match the kilts but wasn't sure how much he would use it. I did consider a dinner after the wedding at a local steak house as a mini celebration with our kids & parents.

Yeah I understand not wanting to give them in front of everyone, we gave my dad his the day before because he was getting ready at home then mums had a bracelet each on the morning of because we all got ready together. The flask sounds like a nice idea.. even if he doesn’t use it a lot after the wedding it will still be nice to have!

Flask would be great and love the tartan idea. I think something to keep would be nicer than vouchers especially as the mums have something to keep. I understand where you are coming from. It doesn't need to be expensive but thoughtful, just to say thank you.

I get you, @backawayfatty1. I did the same. I got dm a fab bottle of red and df a book. I forget what I sorted out for new dmil. We gave the gifts quietly after our honeymoon so it was a moment just between us and the tissue box.

Don’t let the naysayers put you off.

Thank you!

It's just a little something to show my appreciation (& not just for their money 🤣)

I'm going with the hip flask - I'm sure he will use it at some point & at the very least on the big day 😆

A hip flask will just sit in a drawer. Get him a decent bottle of scotch. My dad wasn’t much of a drinker but getting a good bottle of whiskey for Christmas was his favorite treat.