I would love to give my future daughter-n-law a more personal gift for her shower (along with her others I'm giving her). She is not interested in jewelery or the like - is there any suggestions as to something more personal and endearing I might give to her?
2006-09-17 11:29:34 · 12 answers · asked by svmainus 7 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Wow will you adopt my husband? That's so nice; I have the stereotypical MIL. I like the idea about the recipes that your son likes. Something I wish I had is pictures of my husband from when he was growing up. We have no pictures of his childhood and only one picture of his late father. A picture album or some framed photos of his childhood would be great.
2006-09-17 12:31:51 · answer #1 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A luxurious robe, a gift card for spa or hair services?
See if you can pull a friend aside (one of the bridesmaids) and ask her about something the bride might like that would be unexpected. Try to get something she's wanting, or would love but won't buy herself - like a new iPod, a certain kind of watch, a classic designer purse she'd never spring for...get the idea?
Above all, stay away from lingere - the girlfriends will do enough!
2006-09-17 11:36:47 · answer #2 · answered by physicsmom04 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I so wish I still had my mama- in-law to talk to. She left us four years ago in May. She was my best friend, other than the son she had, who became the man she then gave to me.
I'll tell you what I wish I had from her...other than her friendship right now, and that's a few of her recipes that he grew up loving, and something in her handwriting that was written especially for me. Something that maybe had a silly little story of something he did as a baby, or something she would want to say to her grandchildren about him.
She gave me a pendant, much like a cameo, of a mother and child just after the birth of our first child. Soon after that, she died. I wear that pendant all the time, because I feel so close to her when I do. I will give it to our daughter one day.
Congratulations on your new daughter. I hope you will always be close to one another. Anything you give her will be cherished, I'm sure.
2006-09-17 11:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by mom 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What a very nice idea, and so sweet of you as her mother-in-law! My future mother-in-law passed away just a few months after my fiance and I started dating. I got to meet her once (she was very ill). And I can tell you that the one very special thing that I would love to have received from her would be a book, maybe something about "mother-in-laws" and "daughter-in-laws" and their relationship. You can find those at any bookstore or at www.barnesandnoble.com. And if she wrote something very personal and touching inside - that would be so special to me. Much more important than any material gift. My mother did that once. She bought me a small book which told me how she felt about me as her daughter and she wrote some very special things inside. I have it on my bureau, and have had it there for 14 years. It's so special to me.
2006-09-17 13:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by PT&L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you sound like you have a very special daughter in law ,the best gift you can give her is a special card and put your feelings in writing so she can have that card as a keepsake all her life and make sure she knows that she has ur unconditional love always
2006-09-17 11:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing I wish my x-mother in law had given me..... the truth about all the secrets he was keeping. If all is well, your love and friendship is the best gift of all.
2006-09-17 11:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by Diane MSD 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her an antique hand mirror. Tell her that even though reflections may change, the love between her and your son will always be there.
2006-09-17 11:34:13 · answer #7 · answered by geishainkyoto 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My MIL gave me a cookbook of all my husband's favorite recipes. I use it all the time.... all my family loves the recipes. She included a set of cards to add for my own recipes.
2006-09-17 11:33:29 · answer #8 · answered by Just Me 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A cookbook of her husbands favorite recipes.
2006-09-17 11:38:05 · answer #9 · answered by pmdan00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious - an old bible
Non- religous - a book you cherish.
Or, if you had your son's baby shoe's bronzed, pass them to her.
2006-09-18 08:47:42 · answer #10 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋