Gift ideas for the in-laws

[nnabid]

Re: Gift ideas for the in-laws

@redvelvet

Nnabid, it’s possible that gift-giving (including gold) is more common among Punjabis than other ethnic groups and maybe there are variations in tradition…but it’s not uncommon.

My family’s from Islamabad and Pindi. I’ve been to Pk for different family members’ weddings over the years and NEVER witnessed this. Also, got married to someone from Punjab and we never did the gift giving either. In my view it’s excessive - an additional extra to the already mounting costs a wedding incurs.

@Gemini_the_Great

We paid for husbands valima suit and they paid for my valima lehnga ( we bought it on our own) he got a watch from my mother and I got gold jewelry from my sisters in law.

Exactly the same in my case. We made hubby’s sherwani for the baraat day; they made my walima outfit for the next day. That was it. I never got any wedding gift from SIL hubby told me after marriage though that their wedding gift to him was to pay for his walima suit, which I thought was a nice idea