Question for the married ladies

kmiller Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:03 AM

Question for the married ladies

Did DHs parents give him a gift on the wedding day?

I ask because FHs parents are getting him a gift which is much more expensive than the little thing I am getting him..and now I feel stupid.

julesrbf Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:12 AM

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No, she did not. (DH's dad passed when he was young.) And my parents didn't, either. AND we didn't get gifts for each other, EITHER.

LadyDuda81509 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:14 AM

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No DH's parents didnt give him anything...
we are lucky we even got a gift!

dont feel stupid im sure whatever you are getting him he will love!! no matter what the cost

chicky724 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:33 AM

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DH’s parent’s didn’t get him an actual present… but they paid for the RH, so that was the best gift he could have gotten.

But I didn’t get him anything either; I was going to but he told me to save my money bc there was nothing he wanted.

AFutureBride Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:48 AM

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They did not give him a gift. My Mom gave DH a gift (jewellery) and his parents gave me a gift, also jewellery.

FutureMrsM Posted: Nov 12, 2009 11:55 AM

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DH's mom gave us her gift ahead of time in case we needed it, she gave a large sum of money and didn't know if we were struggling to pay for the wedding so she wanted us to have it just in case we needed it. DH's dad didn't give us anything, not suprising... I waited until after we got home from the honeymoon to give his gift, which was his dream car so even if it cost more or less than what his mom gave him it was something he REALLY wanted!

CandB4604 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:01 PM

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Posted by julesrbf

No, she did not. (DH's dad passed when he was young.) And my parents didn't, either. AND we didn't get gifts for each other, EITHER.

DH's mom gave us a check, my parents didn't give us anything (besides the wedding) and we didnt' get gifts for each other... and DH's dad passed away when we young too...

MoochsWifey Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:06 PM

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DH's mom passed away when he was 14. FFIL threw us an engagement party and paid for the RD but didn't not give us an actualy wedding gift. He didn't give DH a seperate gift. My parents paid for the entire wedding so I did not at all expect anything and even had they tried I would not have accepted, they did wayyyy too much as it was.

MrsCM Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:13 PM

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Nope, none of our parents did this.

gina409 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:15 PM

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fh's mom didnt..but she did have a whole lotof stuff sent to or honymoon room when we got there

FinallyMrsB18 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:26 PM

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No they didn't give him anything.

michelle1024 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 12:32 PM

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I don't think it matters how much your gift costs, i wouldn't feel stupid!

he will love it, im sure

dh's parents didn't give him a seperate gift

Just Cindy Posted: Nov 12, 2009 02:08 PM

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FMIL gave us our wedding present but not a gift specifically to him. We actually gave her a gift.

jeanettelovesjason Posted: Nov 12, 2009 03:18 PM

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DH's father and Step mom gave us both there gift a week before the wedding. His Mom also gave us her gift about a week before to help us out if we needed it. We didnt get each other anything...we gave each other the wedding

springsandra Posted: Nov 12, 2009 04:17 PM

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DH's parents got us a vacuum cleaner for a wedding gift, which they gave him about 2 months before the wedding.

I wish they'd paid for the RD instead, since I ended up paying for it, but it is what it is.

meara Posted: Nov 12, 2009 04:59 PM

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DH's dad and step mom gave us build a bear bride and groom - that's right. . you read it ;) but that was our wedding present. .

little34 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 06:48 PM

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no not a gift just for him....they did send me flowers the day before though

VickiR510 Posted: Nov 12, 2009 06:53 PM

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No neither parents gave seperate gifts. Both sets just gave a wedding gift.

MLAngelo Posted: Nov 13, 2009 06:19 AM

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No, they got us both stools (about a year before but apparently our wedding present) and paid for the rehearsal dinner. I think it would have bothered me if either of our parents gave just one of us a gift. Its supposed to be about US.

MrsInglima Posted: Nov 13, 2009 06:33 AM

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One of DH's parents couldn't be bothered to come to the wedding, and neither gave him a present, let alone a present or card to congratulate us at all.

I wouldn't feel stupid. It's his parents and they have more money than you do. Yours will be special just because it's from you. It doesn't matter how much you spend.