Groom Engagement Present?

[firstbase32]

My fiance gave me an engagement present because she thought since I spent all that money on her ring she could get me a little something to show off and also so that later on in life I''ll have it as a keep sake to remember the day we got engaged.

Also I was in need of a watch because I had never really owned a watched. I was completely against buying a nice watch for myself so I just simply bought the $6 wal-mart watches that looked decent but were complete crap.....so she went uot and bought me a very nice Chicago Cubs watch. I love it!

So i was wondering if you guys got your fiance an engagement present or know anyone who got their fiance a gift?

 

[jcrow]

yep. i got my FI a Burberry tie. He loved it and plans to wear it at our rehearsal dinner.

 

[larussel03]

I think it's a nice gesture, but I did not get FI anything as an engagement present. He already has a watch that I gave him for xmas one year and he has a bunch of ties and does not like jewelery, so that nixed anything like that. I mean really though, he did get me, and I am quite the gift.

hehe, just kidding

 

[aphisiglovessae]

Same here. I got my husband a watch our first Christmas together and he never wore jewelry (I''m surprised he wears his wedding ring everyday!). I tried to think of something to get him, but he refused to give me any ideas and always said that he didn''t need anything from me so I didn''t get him an engagement gift.

 

[AndyRosse]

I got my fiance a watch too

 

[Munchkin]

I got FI cufflinks from Tiffany''s. He wears dress shirts to work and likes the cufflink look. Plus I had gotten him nice watch and had it engraved for our first anniversary. (Wow, over 6 years ago!) He adamately REFUSES to have me buy him a new watch. Otherwise, that is what I would''ve gotten him.

Munchkin

 

[firebirdgold]

I haven''t actually given it to him yet. But I bought a beautiful painted plate in greece with a picture of Odysseus'' ship on it. I''m planning on telling him that I''ll be as loyal and patient as Penelope. I''m going to need the patience part!

 

[ephemery1]

My fiance's friends have gotten flat-screen TVs for their engagement presents... so he's had his heart set on that idea for a while now! And now that the ring's been on my finger for 2 months, he's getting a little anxious for his present... so I've been doing some online research.

I know a TV isn't a long-term investment, but it's something he wants and wouldn't ordinarily buy for himself. I assume I'll get him something a bit more "traditional" for a wedding-day present...I think the best gift is something that actually gets used... so maybe a nice watch? I'm sure I'll be back here looking for suggestions!

 

[sk8rjen]

Mine has a nice watch already, so he''s getting a playstation portable! Not the most sentimental thing in the world, but he wants it, and I plan to put some pics of us together in it to give it that "engagementy" feel

jen

 

[codex57]

I''d heard of it and we had planned on getting me a present. Never happened tho. I was supposed to get taillights for my car. I think she feels a little bad about not getting it cuz the infrequent times it''s popped up, she''s been supportive of letting me get it once we have some extra free cash.

 

[TravelingGal]

I''m getting him whatever golf clubs he wants, plus extras. It''s a nice gift that is just for him, and he just loves getting away and playing with the boys! Plus clubs last a long time.

 

[diamondlove]

Most of my friends have given wedding gifts rather than engagement gifts to their husband so I guess that''s similar. It''s usually a nice watch or some big electronic purchase of some sort (e.g. big flat panel if that''s what he really wants). I''d want to do something similar as well since I like to give gifts in general and he is spending a pretty penny on my engagement ring so I think it''s only nice if I did something in kind and even then it wouldn''t be anywhere close to how much he spent on me.


DL

 

[Kaylyn]

For my fiancee''s wedding present, I am going to give him a beautiful leather-bound journal. He doesn''t know that yet. See, he writes in one now and has for the past several years. I figured it would be symbolic to get him a new one, kind of in the "new life together, new book to write in" sense.