A Surprise
Rob and I agreed months ahead of time that we would not get each other wedding gifts. Our wedding is gift enough since so much money, time, and energy is going towards it. Why add more stress to the day? In fact, I had to convince him that yes, people actually give each other wedding gifts but we don’t have to be like them. Well, I was finishing up my bridal portraits in the changing room when Rob’s best man paid me a surprise visit. I sat down on the chintz couch in the middle of the room and he handed me a box from Rob.
“What’s this?” I asked in disbelief.
“It’s your wedding present,” he said with a wide grin.
“But…but…we agreed not to get each other gifts,” I stammered. Rob, you sly fox. I felt like crap because I didn’t get him anything. Eventually I got over it and read the sweet note attached, further affirming my reasons for marrying him.
Inside the box was a pair of sparkly earrings that he had picked up from our jeweler about an hour before I opened it.
What a lovely surprise! Has anything like this happened to you?
This was an amusing case of where my brain full of holes actually worked in my favor.
I remembered somewhere that a pre-nuptual gift is not only a nice thing to do but practically a requirement for the groom—and in the process completely forgot about our agreement to forgo the gift thing entirely. Heh.