Bride wedding present - how much?

joeymaccy

Women of Ireland, please help..!

Is there a 'standard' amount of cash that dudes are expected to spend on a wedding present for their bride?

Apologies if this seems like a perfunctory approach to buying a wedding present; but I genuinely have no idea should I be buying a bunch of flowers from Spar for a tenner of a piece of jewelry for a thousand!

Ball park figures and general direction, would be appreciated!
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Joe

Chocoholic84

We didn't get each other anything...

But I'd say a bunch of nice flowers would suffice!

pwurple

We didn't get eachother presents when we got married. Is this a thing now?

Fagashlil

We didn't do big presents, I got him cufflinks to wear on the day, not wedding-y ones so he can wear them again. Also his aftershave for the day, "cold feet" socks etc. I'm still waiting on mine:rolleyes: but I'm getting the Tiffany horseshoe charm for my charm bracelet, I get one for every "big" life event!

I wouldn't go too crazy, it's not expected, flowers are always nice, unless you're going on HM straight away as they'll kind of be wasted then, IMO. Maybe a token piece of jewellery that can be worn daily can be another nice reminder.

joeymaccy

seems to be a thing now - not too sure though

lazygal

We got each other a scent that was new so it'd remind us of our wedding day and a nice card. A card is a nice keepsake, a gift is not essential.

Bear in mind however that some brides spent aaaaaaaageeeeeesssss making up thoughtful gift baskets for their grooms to enjoy on the morning of the wedding and are extremely put out to receive nothing, not even a card, in return. Scope out what she's doing and let that be your guide, and DO NOT BE FOOLED when she says she's not doing anything unless you are 100% certain.

flikflak

What is all this presents for every tom dick and harry involved in the wedding malarky? There is no standard. If you want to get your WTB a gift then go for it but dont stress about it.

We wont be giving anyone anything on our day but thats a decision we made jointly.

Sunny Dayz

Jaysus I got my fella nothing... wasn't marrying me enough of a present for him!

TBH you spend so much on your wedding, and having to buy presents for best man, bridesmaids etc - I don't see the need to buy each other presents also. Treat her to something nice on the honeymoon maybe?

My other half sent me flowers the morning of the wedding with a little card. Beautiful boquet they were...but I didn't get to appreciate them as I was busy all morning getting ready and left them in my parents house while on honeymoon.
The little card had a beautiful note inside and to this day is still on the shelf above the bed.