Is it common to buy each other a gift for the wedding day? My fiancé has hinted at wanting a nice watch, but the wedding itself is a huge expensive. What is typical?

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We’re not doing wedding gifts, but I did get my fiancé a nice engagement watch! Seemed only fair 🙂

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Gotcha, thanks!

It’s traditional, but many people forgo it now. We’re not giving gifts.

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We aren't doing gifts on the wedding day. Maybe chat with your partner just in case he/she thinks that's the expectation.

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I'm going to write my fiancé a letter. I'm considering gifting him a boudoir album as well for something intimate and personal.

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