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Father of the groom gift

  • 11-06-2015 7:36pm
    #1
    Liam McPoyle
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    Evening chaps.

    Im getting married in a couple of weeks and my Dad has been a huge help financially with the wedding so myself and herself think its only right we get him something special to mark the occasion.

    He rarely drinks so getting him a nice bottle of grog isnt an option, he isnt a golfer or fisher so that rules them out so Im coming up a bit short on ideas.

    I was thinking of getting a nice monogrammed wallet, something like this but Im open to ideas.

    He is a hard man to buy for!


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  • #2
    lizzyman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭lizzyman


    Business Cat wrote: »
    Evening chaps.

    Im getting married in a couple of weeks and my Dad has been a huge help financially with the wedding so myself and herself think its only right we get him something special to mark the occasion.

    He rarely drinks so getting him a nice bottle of grog isnt an option, he isnt a golfer or fisher so that rules them out so Im coming up a bit short on ideas.

    I was thinking of getting a nice monogrammed wallet, something like this but Im open to ideas.

    He is a hard man to buy for!

    Assuming he doesn't have a beard, this


  • #3
    Liam McPoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    lizzyman wrote: »
    Assuming he doesn't have a beard, this

    Cool set but he is the no fuss shave kinda man, gillette razor and a bottle of Aldis finest shave gel!


  • #4
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,549 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    What about taking him somewhere nice for a weekend? I'm of the opinion that the most valuable thing you can give someone is your time.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #5
    Wise Old Elf
    Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    When I got married, my best man, my father in law, and I were the only men in the wedding party (my father has passed away 3 years earlier); we each wore a pocket watch as part of the suit, one which I had bought and had engraved with the date as a gift for each of us. When I got to "return the favour" for my best man when he got married, we wore the same pocket watches :) He got me a hip flask set, which is probably not suitable in your case Business Cat.

    They're nice trinkets, but maybe ancapailldorcha has hit the nail on the head, some time away with your father, some activity that you both might enjoy, or something you might have heard him say he'd love to do sometime?


  • #6
    joollyparo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭joollyparo


    Take him to a spa for pampering and also the wallet.


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  • #7
    boobar
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    When I got married I bought my best man and brother in law (who was giving my wife away as her dad was dead) a nice watch...

    Went down a treat


  • #8
    Colser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭Colser


    After the wedding hype has died down(honeymoon ect) I would take him out for a really nice meal and tell him just how much you appreciate all he did for you both during the wedding planning.
    Im not one for trinkets that may be kept in a drawer gathering dust(not knocking anyone else) but I do like a good meal out with family and I think its always a good way to repay someone that has been so good to you.
    Enjoy your wedding:)


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