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Is the grrom required to buy a present for bridesmaid?

  • 18-10-2013 11:25am
    #1
    IntoYourSister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    My wife to be is only having one bridesmaid for our wedding, her best and closest friend.

    I'm just wondering if it would be expected that i buy the bridesmaid a present?


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  • #2
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,165 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    Well there is usually a gift from the couple to thank the bridesmaid (s) but it depends I guess on what you are already paying for - dress, shoes, hair, make up etc


  • #3
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    I don't think its expected, its quite an old tradition.

    I sorted out all the bridesmaid stuff, my husband the best man. So I paid for dress, shoes, hair and makeup, beauty treatments and would have paid for accommodation if this was required. I bought her jewellery as a thank you gift. I just wouldn't leave her out of pocket, so pay for all expenses relating to being part of the bridal party.


  • #4
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    No usually you just pay for their dress and accommodation and if there is anything else particular you want them to do or wear.


  • #5
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,158 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Moonbeam wrote: »
    No usually you just pay for their dress and accommodation and if there is anything else particular you want them to do or wear.

    Anything else you "want them to do"

    Easy now!


  • #6
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    if you are asking them to go and and buy particular shoes or asking them to wear fake tan it is only right that you pay for it.
    I have heard of some crazyness expected from bridesmaids.


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  • #7
    Honey-ec
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    The couple would usually buy a gift for each of the bridesmaids and groomsmen, you don't have to get her a present specifically and separately from you.


  • #8
    Babooshka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Babooshka


    IntoYourSister wrote: »
    My wife to be is only having one bridesmaid for our wedding, her best and closest friend.

    I'm just wondering if it would be expected that i buy the bridesmaid a present?

    Ultimately it's up to you as a couple to decide, my husband bought his best man a thank you card and a voucher and I did likewise for my bridesmaid. Traditions are mostly gone by the wayside and it's up to you how to treat your bridal party these days, don't go by what others tell you.


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