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Am I obliged to bring a gift?

  • 07-08-2013 2:55pm
    #1
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭


    My girlfriends parents got married today in the registration office and we are all going out for a large family meal later this evening.

    Should I buy them a gift of some sort? If so, what?


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  • #2
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    If they are your Girlfriends parents.. maybe a gift wouldn't go astray..

    Or take the old man out to the pub - That would probably be appreciated better :)


  • #3
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Oblidged? Last of the big spenders eh!

    Get sex toys, girlfriends mothers always love sex toys:D


  • #4
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Yeah you should bring something, ask your girlfriend for advice on what to get.


  • #5
    FreshKnickers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭FreshKnickers


    Yes.

    You're also obliged to give me a little something for answering you. I'm registered at me local. Cheers.


  • #6
    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    Just buy a nice bottle of Champagne and soak everyone with it during dinner.


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  • #7
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Offer to babysit your GF, so they can get some 'alone time' at the weekend.


  • #8
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Get them a voucher for a night in a hotel somewhere, you can get one night b&b plus a dinner for like €70 nowadays


  • #9
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    You should offer them the gift of proposing to their daughter.


  • #10
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    You should offer them the gift of proposing to their daughter.

    That will go down a treat..lol


  • #11
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    You're not obliged to buy your girlfriend's parents anything on one of the biggest days of their life, no.


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  • #12
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    anncoates wrote: »
    You're not obliged to buy your girlfriend's parents anything on one of the biggest days of their life, no.

    Pretty certain having kids is bigger.


  • #13
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Danger781 wrote: »
    My girlfriends parents got married today in the registration office and we are all going out for a large family meal later this evening.

    Should I buy them a gift of some sort? If so, what?

    That's a rough first date.


  • #14
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Pretty certain having kids is bigger.

    Are you cognizant of the phrase One Of The....?

    :pac:


  • #15
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    endacl wrote: »
    Offer to babysit your GF, so they can get some 'alone time' at the weekend.

    :D Brilliant !


  • #16
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Hey wait, is your girlfriend not buying them something? Don't couples normally go in on stuff like this?


  • #17
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    anncoates wrote: »
    Are you cognizant of the phrase One Of The....?

    :pac:

    Touché :D


  • #18
    imitation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭imitation


    Check the thread on wedding presents. Then wash your jocks, head down the bank and empty them savings accounts.


  • #19
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    show how much you really care
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  • #20
    Reine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Reine


    Break up with their daughter the day after the wedding. After your initial question you will be giving them the best gift of their lives in the long term :-))


  • #21
    Crea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Crea


    Bottle of Champers - none of the cheap stuff either.


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  • #22
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    This is the one you want.


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