Gifting the Groom

Gifting the Groom

June 4th, 2010 @ 4:54 pm by Mrs. Jellyfish
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Like many couples before us, Mr. Jelly and I decided to get each other gifts for our wedding day. Unlike many couples before us, we decided to give each other our gifts wayyyy in advance. It all happened a couple weeks before our civil ceremony, when Mr. Jelly and I had the following conversation:

Mr. Jelly: Do you want your wedding gift before the civil ceremony, or before the big wedding in September?

Me: Ooh, presents?! Yay! Gimme, gimme, gimme! Um, I don’t know. What are you thinking?

Mr. Jelly: Well I just don’t know if you wanna use it for the civil ceremony or the big wedding.

Me: Is it jewelry?

Mr. Jelly: Yes.

Me: Is it a necklace? Because I’m not planning on wearing one to the big wedding… so in that case, you should give it to me so I can wear it for the civil ceremony.

Yep, that’s how it went down. So romantic. Then I kept nagging Mr. Jelly until he revealed that it was a pearl pendant and I started bombarding him with hints about what I liked and didn’t like. He ended up getting me this beautiful pendant from Blue Nile:

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Here I am wearing it at our civil ceremony:

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Image courtesy of Ax2D Photography

When it came to his gift, that was a little bit harder for me. I had gotten him Oakland A’s cufflinks for the civil ceremony, but after receiving the beautiful pearl pendant I really wanted to spoil him and get him something he would never buy for himself but that he would secretly want. Fast forward to a couple months later, when the iPad came out. We were watching one of our favorite shows, Modern Family, and this scene came on:

That’s when I got the idea. The iPad was just the sort of thing Mr. Jelly would want but never buy for himself… Bingo! I gave it to him a couple weeks ago, as a combination birthday/early-wedding gift.

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Do you think he liked it?

Did you get wedding gift inspiration from random places, like a favorite TV show? Are you exchanging wedding gifts?

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16 Responses to “Gifting the Groom”

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tofuchic (message) 69 posts, Worker bee

The necklace is so pretty! and you look AMAZING, Jellyfish!

6/4/10 @ 5:07 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,288 posts, Bee Keeper

yeah, i think he maybe liked his gift. lol.

6/4/10 @ 5:32 pm (reply)

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KWebs (message) 102 posts, Blushing bee

I loved everything about this post– your inability to let him keep a secret, the Modern Family reference (just saw that episode last night on DVR) and his face! Also, that picture of you with the pendant, you look so happy it brought tears to my eyes.

6/4/10 @ 5:38 pm (reply)

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ILikePink (message) 1,408 posts, Bumble bee

What a cute picture of him! Hahaha. I thought iPad was stupid at first, and then I played with one in the store, and immediately decided I needed one!

6/4/10 @ 5:38 pm (reply)

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bklynldy (message) 186 posts, Blushing bee

your necklace is beautiful! and it looks like you suprised him with that Ipad

6/4/10 @ 5:45 pm (reply)

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Arachna (message) 1,267 posts, Bumble bee

lol! The Ipad is what I got from FI as an early wedding gift and I luuuuvre it.

6/4/10 @ 5:49 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

Great job both of you!

6/4/10 @ 7:10 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Looks like he loved it! Great gift!

6/4/10 @ 7:26 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Great gift! I’m actually thinking about getting my FI an ipad for our wedding too, if I can afford it

6/4/10 @ 7:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Beautiful necklace! Love Modern Family.

6/4/10 @ 8:41 pm (reply)

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Mrs. French Bulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

That necklace is beautiful! and and iPad - you are an awesome wife/fiance!
P.S. love Love LOVE Modern Family

6/4/10 @ 9:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

Ahhh what a cute post!! I have a big goofy grin on my face now! That was wonderful of you to do for him and your necklace is stunning!

6/4/10 @ 9:26 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

awww that is wonderful! that is a cute post and i LOVE the fact that his name plate says jellyfish! perfect! lol

6/4/10 @ 11:00 pm (reply)

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kayakgirl73 (message) 2,157 posts, Buzzing bee

I got pearls from him. Surprise and a very nice gift but I had to change my wedding jewelery the night before the wedding and I forgot earrings, since he didn’t gift the matching earrings. Luckily my aunt had her jewelery case and found something that would work. I got him a bicycle. He didn’t get it until six months after the wedding.

6/7/10 @ 11:04 am (reply)

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