Parents' Gifts

[Jacoby2Seelen]

What gifts are you giving your parents for a thank you. . .if they are paying for the big day (and even if they aren't, and you just are getting them something for a gift anyway)?

What would you get your parents if money wasn't an issue?

Well, haven't thought of what I was getting them yet. . .I still have a month and a half. . .so hopefully I will win the lottery by then. . .so that money isn't an issue when it comes to parents' gifts!!! :)

Soooo. . .when I do win the lottery, and money isnt' an issue. . .I'm going to send them to Hawaii!!!! All expense trip paid to Hawaii for two weeks. And some spending money. . .and then some money when they get home. . .Mom owns her own shop, so she can't get vacation pay. . .Dad doesn't get vacation pay yet. . .so. . .will have to provide that too. hehe GEEZ . . .wouldn't I be the favorite then!!!

My parents (well mom mostly) have done SOOOOOOOOO much. . . SO I don't even think that will be sufficient of a Thank You to them!!!!!!!

Well, if I give them a grandbaby in a few years. . .I think that will pay off! :)

[Jacoby2Seelen]

Oh yeah. . .maybe one of those hankies would be cool. . .

"To dry your tears, for all the years you have dried mine" or something like that.

[Chi06Wed]

I have no clue what to get our parents. My mom deserves the best gift I can think of, whatever it might be!
As for winning the lotto- if I won enough I would buy my mom a house, or at least a hefty down payment on one!

[TwelveGrains]

My parents have very little to do with our wedding (not by my choice), and they aren't paying for it, so getting them a gift is not real high on my priority list--at least not giving them a gift for my wedding. My FH is making them a lighthouse to put on their porch for Christmas (he's great with wood-working!) because my mom collects lighthouse figures, so we might do something like that again, but maybe something less time consuming.

If money were no object, I'd probably help them out with the payments on their new house. I know my dad stresses about money sometimes, so if I could help them with that, I definately would.

[mistylark]

anybody have some good ideas?
i have no clue! lucas says "Can't we just say you got a new son/daughter?" I want to get our moms something (both only children with single moms) but it can't be expensive. i wish it could be though - God knows they deserve it!

[Jacoby2Seelen]

anybody have some good ideas?
i have no clue! lucas says "Can't we just say you got a new son/daughter?" I want to get our moms something (both only children with single moms) but it can't be expensive. i wish it could be though - God knows they deserve it!


I KNOW IT. I wish we had MORE money to spend on them. I was jobless at the time. :(

I got my mom and MIL each a hankie and we got them the engraved frames from personalizationmal.com

http://www.personalizationmall.com/cat_image/7027-XL.jpg

Then for Christmas, they each got the picture to put in it. (Which, NO, they did not cost 19 cents. . .I actually ordered them from the photographer, so they cost a little more than that! haha).

[SoonToBeWed]

HHmmm, well I guess this is something else that slipped my mind that I need to think about even though we are paying for the wedding ourselves, I still think we should get something for FMIL. I am not sure about my Foster Father, I guess I should get him something since I have asked him to come to the wedding even though he is not walking me down the aisle.

[McGeeToBe]

I've giving my mom an embroidered "Mom" hankie (we are both such big crybabies!) and my dad an engraved "Father of the Bride" beer mug. Giving gifts to the parents for your wedding isn't a big tradition around here but I wanted to get them a little something.

[Chi06Wed]

I KNOW IT. I wish we had MORE money to spend on them. I was jobless at the time. :(

I got my mom and MIL each a hankie and we got them the engraved frames from personalizationmal.com

http://www.personalizationmall.com/cat_image/7027-XL.jpg

Then for Christmas, they each got the picture to put in it. (Which, NO, they did not cost 19 cents. . .I actually ordered them from the photographer, so they cost a little more than that! haha).
we will probably order something from there for at least the moms. i love that site!!

[pureevil]

I don't know what I should get my Mom, we're paying for everything ourselves but I'd like to get her something as a keepsake, maybe an fancy photo album or a cute "Mothers" book. My Daddy passed away 8 years ago & my Mom re-married a few years back, do you guys think I should I get her hubby a little gift too?

We don't have to worry about getting my Fiance's parents anything, no one knows who "he" is & his Mother is crazy...not crazy/insane like I am, but really, truly tie-that-nut-job-up crazy! We want her to come but we know that she will ruin the night of whom ever she latches on to. She's legally blind & doesn't have the best personal hygiene & when visit she likes to get real close-shudder!

I hope you all don't think I'm a horrible heartless b*tch but this is something that I've had to deal with for years! She only had custody of my Fiance until he was 6 or 8, then Children's Aid took him & his Aunt & Uncle stepped in & brought him up. His Uncle passed away the year after my Daddy & his Aunt is quite elderly & has Alzheimers now. We wanted her to stand up for him at our wedding but since we've first talked about it she's had a stroke & is now in a nursing home. Her health has declined so much that she won't be able to come but the nursing home is very close to our house so we're thinking of dropping by to see her before the wedding so she can see us all dressed up!

[LauraAA]

Any new ideas for parent gifts?

I bought hankies with the words “Thank You” embroidered on them. I am going to type up poems that I found online to go w/ them. These will be gifts for our mothers/grandmothers. I will probably also get them each a personalized frame or an album and maybe even a gift certificate to go to dinner or something.

Any other ideas?

[serawhim]

I'm also looking for ideas! I like the frame Trish got for the mothers. Any other good ideas? Also, my parents divorced several years ago...my mother is still single, and my father is remarried. I'm not super close with my dad, and don't know his wife very well, although she has been really nice the few times I met her. Do you think it would be alright to get them a joint gift (rather than a separate one for my step-mom)?

[LauraAA]

I'm also looking for ideas! I like the frame Trish got for the mothers. Any other good ideas? Also, my parents divorced several years ago...my mother is still single, and my father is remarried. I'm not super close with my dad, and don't know his wife very well, although she has been really nice the few times I met her. Do you think it would be alright to get them a joint gift (rather than a separate one for my step-mom)?

I think a joint gift would be good.