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Do you have to buy both bridal shower gifts and wedding gifts, or are they the same thing?

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Author Message wave5tide Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:05 pm    Post subject: Do you have to buy both bridal shower gifts and wedding gifts, or are they the same thing? Back to top mlt Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:11 pm    Post subject: bridal shower is more for just the bride,(i.e: lingerie, something to wear on her wedding day, jewelry, Mr and Mrs towels, bathrobes things like that) wedding gift is something for both or for home, usually get off their registry(i.e: silverware, bed sheets, towels, dishes)but get something for both if your invited to the bridal shower!! Back to top kacies21 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:12 pm    Post subject: I think for the bridal shower you should buy something girly and small for the bride to get ready for her day(lingerie, spa products, etc) then get the couple something traditional for their wedding... Back to top sden2616 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:14 pm    Post subject: Yes, usually for the bridal shower I will buy something off the registry and for the wedding I just give cash. Back to top kristins911 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:15 pm    Post subject: a bridal shower gift is dependent on the type of shower. If its a "personal" shower, then it would be the gifts described by the first answerer. If it's just a "regular" bridal shower, it would be items off your registry. Both are given if you are invited to the actual shower. not everyone invited to the wedding is invited to the shower. A wedding gift is usually either cash or a gift off the registry. IMO cash is the easiest because you dont have to lug a big present to the wedding. You can also send the wedding gift customarily up to 1 year after the wedding date. I wouldnt wait more than a couple months. Hope this helps! Back to top Bride, bridesmaid and MOH Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:15 pm    Post subject: They are separate gifts. The wedding gift is for the couple's new life together, and the shower gift is for the bride. These days the shower gift is usually a more frivolous sort of thing, but used to be more about rounding out the bride's trousseau. Back to top Garnet Glitter Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:17 pm    Post subject: They are both separate items.....the bridal shower gift is more geared toward household items and personal stuff for the bride.. Back to top ajm32 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:18 pm    Post subject: I totally agree with both of those answers. You should get something for the bridal shower and the wedding. But get just the bride something for the bridal shower. And actually get the couple something for the wedding gift. Maybe something like for their home. Back to top YouWish25 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:21 pm    Post subject: You have to buy both. They are not the same. One, the bridal shower is an event given in honor, by someone else, for the bride. The purpose of that celebration is to "shower" the bride with gifts she needs to set up her new household.The wedding is the actually celebration of the vows and the unit of the couple. Two different events, two different gifts. Back to top cindra Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:46 pm    Post subject: Come on, you know the answer to this.;...these are two separate occassions, so you must get two separate things. For the Bridal Shower, you should purchase something off the registry. For the wedding, you shoudl put a check or cash into the envelope. Back to top justjerra_2000 Yahoo User Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:02 pm    Post subject: I think it's poor ettiquette to be invited just to a shower, or engagement party and not the actual wedding as well. That's just asking for gifts...they should be invited to the event that joins you as a couple too. Traditionally, if you get an announcement or invitation, you send or take a gift whether you are able to attend or not. I'm not a fan of cash as a wedding gift. The couple went to the trouble of the registry selecting what they needed or wanted for their home together. No married couple wants to sleep on sheets that their spouse slept in with someone else...lol Gift cards to their registry stores are becoming more popular and that, the actual gift and cash is acceptable. Back to top B2B 6-27-09 Yahoo User Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:23 am    Post subject: two seperate but you can do a theme. For my friends wedding on her regisrty were a bunch of baking items. I got a glass cake display holder for the shower (the pretty gift to be opened withe veryone there) and the cake pans she asked for as a wedding gift Back to top

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