What do you buy for a 72 year old first time bride?
04-11-2013, 04:49 AM
#24
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Everyone will give towels and they will have plenty of their own. Gift certificates always seem to please, but I kinda like the idea of a pretty nighty and robe. A bride can't possibly have too many of those.
04-11-2013, 05:53 AM
#27
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Does she have a good sense of 'laugh-at-myself' humor?
Do you know her well enough to make it a funny gift?
Has she been to many showers herself over the years?
Does she know that many showers bring gifts of lingerie, personal items, references to sexy things and having babies? She *may* be past some of those in her life now, but would she enjoy being reminded that a new bride - of any age - deserves those sweet reminders? I'm talking tasteful but definitely feminine.....not a long flannel gown, but maybe more than one guest could go in with you on a short cashmere robe, for instance, in a pretty, girly color. Or a collection of products in her favorite scent.
Otherwise, monogrammed items with her new initials.
Or a sterling frame for her wedding picture/s.
Or engraved address book to accommodate the addresses of both of their circles of family/friends.
Jan in VA
Do you know her well enough to make it a funny gift?
Has she been to many showers herself over the years?
Does she know that many showers bring gifts of lingerie, personal items, references to sexy things and having babies? She *may* be past some of those in her life now, but would she enjoy being reminded that a new bride - of any age - deserves those sweet reminders? I'm talking tasteful but definitely feminine.....not a long flannel gown, but maybe more than one guest could go in with you on a short cashmere robe, for instance, in a pretty, girly color. Or a collection of products in her favorite scent.
Otherwise, monogrammed items with her new initials.
Or a sterling frame for her wedding picture/s.
Or engraved address book to accommodate the addresses of both of their circles of family/friends.
Jan in VA
04-11-2013, 09:09 AM
#30
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: East Arkansas
Posts: 2,534
I think a gift certificate to WalMart or some store like it would be nice. Towels, pix frames are something everyone thinks about. Give me a gift certificate to WM any time and I'm a happy camper. Instead of girly things, I usually end up getting drills, saws, floor sweepers, etc. Nix on the raunchy gifts.
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