Gift exchange on your wedding day?

I like your thinking! A win-win!

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Yeah! That way it's fun for us and a nice gift they can look at down the road when we aren't in our prime years anymore haha

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Haha, I know, right! Though, going with the picture idea you still are I am leaning towards that idea too.

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This is how I found out too Kris, someone asked me what I was getting for the wedding day gift.. up until then, I had no idea.. I thought I was the gift! lol

I never thought about wedding gifts to each other...hmmm, gonna add that to the list

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Yes! I love this idea Sydney! This is my number one option right now!

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Haha a very good point Victoria! I might have to see where I am at that point as well!

I really want to do a classy boudoir photo session, and have a little black book of the photos to give him as a gift. Obviously it would be for his eyes only! Maybe give it to his Best Man to give to him the morning of the wedding with a little note that says open in private!

I dont think so? Prob depends how broke we are... lol

No I don’t think we will be doing any kind of gift exchange. Spent enough money on the wedding and the honeymoon, don’ t need anything else.

Yes, I would prefer to do something like that! Maybe I should think about doing our rehearsal dinner the week before as you did. We were going to do it the night before the wedding.

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We were at home by ourselves after the dinner when we exchanged gifts, I didn't want to do it in front of everyone...we had enough attention on us already so we made ourselves a private moment.

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I love this idea! Would definitely like to see his face during the gift exchange, however, I would have to find a private moment with him which is probably unlikely.

We exchanged gifts after our rehearsal dinner (the Thursday before our wedding). I wanted to see his reaction to the gift I got him.

This is a really cute idea! Thank you Candace

We are going to exchange gifts the morning of the wedding. If you are familiar with the sort of "game" I guess you could call it associated with the Smirnoff Ice coolers, I am giving one to my fiance prior to the ceremony.

If you are not familiar it goes as follows: if you find a smirnoff ice cooler (or given it in a way that surprises you) then you are supposed to get down on one knee, put one hand behind your head, and chug it!

My fiance and I as well as most of our friends all love playing this prank/game on each other at get togethers so this will be my gift to him to help him calm his "pre ceremony jitters" lol. It's going to be great!

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Hi Vinod, that's a great idea. Thank you!

Given the fact there is a lot giving out to the wedding party, why not wait save on the gift for the first anniversary. That would make it special.

We haven’t discussed if we’re doing gifts or not. Doubtful since he’s a difficult person to shop for lol

Thank you Courtney! I think I'm going to do a combination of your idea and another bride!

Maya, so sorry to hear that, I'm happy to know that you have a kind man by your side. I think he'll really appreciate your letter. Thank you for your input.

We're not doing gifts really. HOWEVER, I wanted to write him a meaningful note/letter cause as much as I'll be saying vows to him, there's some stuff that's really for him to hear only.

For me I am planning on getting my FH a gift, but it’s because our wedding is to celebrate our daughter who I misscarried back last year July. My FH was amazing through the whole thing and he would do anything for me. I am planning on writing him a letter for him to read as he’s getting ready. I am still unsure about the gift, but I’m sure I will find something.

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I wish you the best of luck! Stubborn men are difficult lol

No gifts. We’re spending a lot on our wedding and there’s lots of little purchases going with that.

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Good to know! I'll keep working on trying to convince him! I'm sure as we start spending more and more money he may eventually come around!

I didn't know I needed this thread until I read it - Thank you

I was worried about trying to find something meaningful without breaking the bank. The option of not doing any gifts and putting that money aside for the honeymoon is perfect!!

View quoted message My husband is the same but I told him that we have more than enough things and we were spending more than enough money already. Slowly he was convinced that we could get something on our honeymoon that we could keep forever and would mean more.

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Yes, a limit will definitely have to be put in place! We don't need to be spending any more money than planned but I would like to give him something to open as we are not spending the night with each other.

We are not doing this: the wedding is gift enough! I would suggest setting a spending limit though. Some friends that have done it have gone all out, bought really expensive watches or jewelry.

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That's a great idea! I was thinking to save that for our 1 year anniversary but I could just use that as the wedding day gift! Thanks Jamie

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm worried because I know he'll get me something small regardless of what was previously discussed. He's stubborn!