Hi all. I have gotten so much great advice from you all and once again I would love some opinions. I am an August 2016 MOB and follow all wedding threads. Our latest wedding discussion centers around the groomsmen gift. We can’t seem to come up with any ideas. My future son in law’s parents are basically MIA so he turns to me for help and we can’t seem to figure out a great idea.
Any thoughts?
Is there a budget in mind per groomsman?
Will they all be wearing the same tie? If so, the tie could be the gift?
Money clip?
My son chose individual gifts for his groomsmen that hinted at their common interests.
Think: personalized golf markers for golf buddies, bottle opener/corkscrew for tailgating guys, I think a photo frame for the lifelong school (K-12) buddy
Is it ungrateful heresy to say that if one were looking for a place to cut the budget, most groomsmen would not miss their engraved flask?
Yeti tumblers are really popular now and I ordered one off etsy with an etched monogram as a gift. It was well received.
I like the Yeti idea above. My son would put that to good use. You could even fill it with something else if you want.
Some thoughts:
Male bonding experience consisting of going to one of those make your own homebrew places. Then the groomsmen’s gifts can be the beer once bottled along with beer mugs and a bottle opener.
Fun, colorful socks are popular.
My son and his guy friends see themselves as mountain men so I could see him giving them something like a pocket knife (like the french brand Opinel or Leatherman), a camping axe, a jetboil cooking stove or some other outdoorsy item.
My son gave the groomsmen the ties that they wore to the wedding. My son in law gave his groomsmen some drinking-themed gift (maybe club glasses - I don’t exactly remember now). Neither fussed on it as much as the girls fussed over the gift for their bridesmaids.
Our SIL gave his groomsmen black Converse sneakers to change into for the reception. The girls got flip flops.
My daughter was looking for a Yeti for her boyfriend last Christmas, so I think that’s a good idea.
Sun glasses?
A golf outing for all of them? I don’t think it has to be a trinket to be a groomsman gift.
Today I went to a luncheon and there was a card at each place setting saying that a donation had been made in our names to the scholarship fund instead of giving us all a party favor. Clapping all around for that.
My SIL gave each of his groomsman a bottle of wine.
A gift my son got for a different occasion was a Coach key ring that had a bottle opener in it. It was really nice looking.
S1 gave sunglasses to his groomsmen. I haven’t checked with S2 to see if he still has them 8 months later. He’s notorious for losing sunglasses, but that wasn’t S1’s problem.
Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I knew I could count on this group! I will pass them on to my future son in law. [=