<p>I would like to purchase a small gift for a dear friend who will soon be the mother of the bride! She is struggling with all of the emotions of it all - very normal, but very traumatizing. Does anyone have any ideas? Books? Keepsakes?
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>I’m the mother of a bride!
You mean we get presents?
Take her to get a massage or a facial.</p>
<p>What about a nice picture frame? She can put a wedding photo of her and her D in it. </p>
<p>Perhaps a spa day for her and D?
I like Ema’s idea, too </p>
<p>I love your ideas! The picture frame would be simple perfect, since they already have facials, manis, and pedis booked. Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>Take her to dinner and let her vent. Wedding planning can be stressful. She probably has to “smile and nod” more than she’d like. </p>
<p>I was going to suggest a date for sometime a week or two AFTER the wedding - something to look forward to after the wedding when event over let down can occur. A leisurely dinner out somewhere. A spa day. A lunch and walk date. </p>
<p>Hm well, just found out D got married in January.
Anyone want to suggest a spa?</p>
<p>“I Married My Mother-In-Law: And Other Tales of In-laws We can’t Live With–and Can’t Live Without” by Ilena Silverman</p>
<p>I read it when my new MIL status was pending, and enjoyed it a lot. For me, it was a stress buster. It’s not all from one perspective. Each chapter is a short essay by a different author, some quite excellent. They represent different cultures and classes, as well as different people’s POV – the MIL, the son-in-law, daughter-in-law. </p>
<p>It’s not a wedding etiquette book! It’s not a how-to-be-a-good-MIL book, either. </p>
<p>It’s about the various kinds of relationships that unfold over time. It gave me hope. </p>
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<p>I’m sorry, EMK. I thought I remembered that you hoped you would be attending.<br>
I think you deserve a spa day, at the very least.</p>
<p>Thank you.
It was a blow to find out afterwards, especially when for two months, my H and I thought she was getting married in June.
I’m afraid I’ve done a bit of stress eating this week.</p>
<p>As far as gifts go for OP, I think something that reminds your friend of who she is seperate from being a mother.
Perhaps an interest that she hasn’t had time for?</p>