Gifts For The In-Laws

mizsani · February 7, 2011, 2:39am

Re: Gifts for in-laws

But it is getting expensive.. $200 for a gift for every person… wowwww no way I will let my mom do tht..
my neighbor (who is desi) told my mom to give gold karay and 5 suits to my MIL.. hmmm I m not tht fond of her anyways.. soo its not gonna happen.

Time Pass

I think this whole gift expectation thing is ridiculous. It is unnecessary stress and financial strain that people do not really even realize or care about since it is just “expected”. :sigh:

The only people that should be receiving gifts should be the bride and groom …and they should be given with happiness.

But other than that I do not get it.

I have never heard of the tradition of giving gifts to your own family members Mizsani…

It all seems too much… already girl’s parents have to give gifts to the guy’s side … and some inlaws expect the gold and such as mentioned above. But minimally clothes are atleast expected… and even tho they are “gifts” i have always seen and heard people critiquing and complaining about the “gifts” they received. Girl’s parents also have to give some sort of Jahaiz to the girl… again at the very minimal… outfits made.

Its too much of a financial burden for the girl’s side in my opinion. I hate going through this process right now.

My parents live in the middle of nowhere… there are no shops nothing. One has to drive over an hour just to shop for normal western items… if one wants to shop for desi items… either risk it and order online, inconvenience your rishtaydaar in pakistan to help you out with this task, or drive 6 hrs to toronto or 8 hrs to NYC/edison.

It’s nuts.

Did i mention i hate this practice?

I completely agree.. its sooo ridiculous!

OMG!! sameeee heree… our out of town guests should bring us gifts since we will be soo generous to them and take care of them and take them sight seeing.. but nooow we have to give them expensive gifts too?? WHTTT?? its soo annoying. I want all this wedding money and want to put it for a down payment for my house or something instead of spending on ppl i barely know..

yupp..