what to buy my bride as a wedding present?

hellokitty08

well sometimes brides on here get signed photos / cards from the grooms favourite sports team. Maybe you could do something along similar lines. If you have time, try contacting her favourite singer/author/actor etc

ianbar0

hmm theres a good idea i will have a look into that too!

pinkladyof66

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Are you supposed to give your wife a wedding present? :huh:

YES i thought that too I didnt buy my husband nor did he buy me anything since when did that come in fashion.

kittykat100

How about a modern Charm Bracelet. You could get a Pandora bracelet with one charm on it. You could then add to it each year on your anniversary

Kittyx

Four_leaf_clover_2

How about a necklace with a locket. You could have it engraved on the back. On one side of the locket you could have a photo of the two of you on your wedding day. The other side of the locket could be kept for adding a photo of any children you have later on.

jackieblack

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Are you supposed to give your wife a wedding present? :huh:

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

YES i thought that too I didnt buy my husband nor did he buy me anything since when did that come in fashion.

My thoughts exactly!
No wonder youngsters today complain about the cost of weddings .... so many unneccesary expenses for (mostly) meaningless stuff that has just become 'fashionable'!:eek:

ellay864

Mine adopted me a red panda...we married at the zoo and they're my favourite animals. He actually got me the kids pack as it meant I got a cuddly red panda toy which he gave me during the speeches. And each year on our anniversary he can re-adopt it for me...which I like and he's happy as he won't need to think of anything!!

belfastgirl23

The big thing is that it needs to be something personal to her that she will know you chose with her in mind. Thus the red panda and Battersea Power station above both gifts that the vast majority of people would look at and think 'eh?' but have magic and meaning to the recipients.

So the trick in this is listening to her. Getting her to talk about her childhood, what mattered to her, places she loves, people she loves. The important thing isn't what you spend it's that you thought about her. It could be that for her this is a spa day or a helicopter ride or whatever.

The other thing is to check in with her mum or sister or best friend what she would like. She will most likely be touched by the fact that you went to the effort and pleased that you're building a relationship with them in your own right.

And if all else fails, go shopping on honeymoon and pick something together to commemorate your wedding day, 2 nice memories in one.

onlyroz

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Are you supposed to give your wife a wedding present? :huh:

I'm bemused too. Surely this isn't the norm?

ymcas

Mine bought me a sextant. We're both sailors and he knows my dream is to take kids away for a year or 2 sailing. For a while he wasn't sure about kids and he's still not 100% about going away but on our wedding day he gave me the sextant - a really beautiful one perfect for my small hands and said it was for when we sailed away with our kids. It was the best present he could have got for me. I hired him an old MGB for the day as we weren't getting married until 3pm and I new he'd be nervous. It is also the car he always wanted but never got.