Is it customary on your wedding day to have gifts for your mother and mother in law ? What about my fiance for his father and mine?
2007-01-24 05:42:57 · 14 answers · asked by Cold In Canada 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
i don't really know whether it's customary coz i'm not into traditions really... but i had wanted to do it when i got married. i was thinking of giving the mothers a solitary pearl pendant and the fathers... well, i kinda forgot.
anyway, in the end, what my husband and i gave them is a frame of wedding pics: ours (we had gotten civilly wed 6 months prior), the husband's parents and my parents. we also had "in tribute to our parents... with hopes to replicate their successes" written on top and me and my husband's signatures on the bottom.
they loved it! =) it was a symbol that the two families have been joined.
2007-01-24 21:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Vanessa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say customary but it is am element. I plan on getting my soon to be mother in law a gift and my fiance is getting my parents something. It is a form of letting them know you are moving on but they are still important.
2007-01-27 13:22:34 · answer #2 · answered by lilebsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't, but then I would think it would depend on how much help they've been on putting the wedding together. I think I'd probably do a gift from both you and your groom, to each set of parents (assuming they're married) as kind of a "thank you" for making your wedding day so wonderful. I think that would be a lovely, and very thoughtful, gesture. Congrats and best of luck toyou!
2007-01-24 05:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by basketcase88 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not do what you feel is right not what you think you should do ? If you feel the mothers and fathers deserve a gift, why not a nice bouquet of flowers for the mothers and a crystal glass for the fathers. Don't make it too tacky. Remember less is so often more.
2007-01-24 09:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard of some giving gifts to their mother and mother in law but its nothing that has to be done. Its really up to the bride and the groom if they would like to get them something little. Usually they just get them flowers for the day of the wedding but thats all. If you want to get them something go and get something little for each one that way you wont have to worry about it later on.
2007-01-24 06:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am giving them a frame with one of our engagement photos blown up to an 8X10. I am also giving corsages the day of the wedding. My fiance and I are paying for our entire wedding, so I don't feel we should have to do much else for our parents.
2007-01-24 07:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by orangeflameninja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't give them gifts beyond a corsage at the wedding but we did bring them back a little something from the honeymoon. They also got nice Christmas presents that year.
2007-01-24 06:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by Meems 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is nice to give them all something at the rehersal dinner. For the day of the wedding, a corsage is enough.
2007-01-24 05:49:28 · answer #8 · answered by strtat2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had a red rose for each mother and grandmother at our wedding. I was told that was traditional.
2007-01-24 05:50:23 · answer #9 · answered by Kit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's becoming a new tradition, but I think it's just cause all the retail bridal places guilt you into buying more stuff. We didn't give those gifts.
2007-01-24 05:58:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋