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any suggestions for anniversary gift for in-laws?
My mother and father in-law will be married for 46 years in a few days and I don't know what to get them. They are both retired and don't really "need" anything. I don't want to get them gift cards or fruit baskets. I wan't it to be a gift that is thoughtful and something that would mean a lot to them.
Thanks!
Re: any suggestions for anniversary gift for in-laws?
They likely don't need 'stuff'. This is where you can consider an 'experience' gift. A hot air balloon ride, or an airplane ride over the city, or a horsedrawn carriage ride through the park, that kind of thing. Or an art or cooking class they can take together; or apart, lol.
If they are just this bland boring couple who will hate any of this, get them a gift card to their favorite restaurant and be done with it. And oh yes; it's ok to make your dh get them their anniversary gift; it's his parents.
Forty six isn't typically a milestone year unless its a pretty sure bet they won't make it to 50.
I'd take the money you'd spend and put it away so go can do something brag-worthy for 50. Now is the time to start the conversation with sibs about throwing a big party or sending them on a trip.
I sent my parents of a cruise for 50 years because they have close friends and family near where he grew up, where she grew up, and in each of the places where they divide their time now. A party wasn't practical. It was about $3500 and I have no sibs, so putting money away over a period of time lessened the sting.
This.
74 books read in 2011
I'd let my H deal with this.
Dinner or movie gift card
If they take a lot of cruises, pay for an excursion
Some supermarkets or caterers have cooking classes for two (only if FIL would enjoy that!).
Do they have any hobbies that they do together?
I wouldn't get my in-laws anything for thier anniversary. Not my family= not my problem. But then again I don't like most of my inlaws. (I do like my FIL)
And for a 50 (or other big milestone, like 75) I would remind DH about it and see if he wanted to send a card or something)
But that would also entail having one of his siblings remind us of their parent's anniversay- that's not a date I know.