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Mrs Schmidt
VIP September 2014

When do you start receiving gifts???

Mrs Schmidt, on August 9, 2013 at 4:31 PM Posted in Planning 1 18

We haven't gotten any gifts yet. a few cards from when we got engaged but I'm not sure when that starts happening. A year out? 6mnths? 3mnths? the week of???

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Latest activity by Katie, on May 21, 2014 at 2:14 PM
  • Megan K
    Expert July 2013
    Megan K ·
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    ITS NOT ABOUT THE GIFTS!! GAAHHHDDD!!!!

    Just joshin..they usually come the week before, of, and after.

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  • Shawndra
    Super July 2013
    Shawndra ·
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    Im still getting cards in the mail lol got one yesterday!

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  • Mrs. Selland
    Expert August 2013
    Mrs. Selland ·
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    We got our first gift in the mail a week ago. So far, 3 people have sent us gifts through the mail. We have 15 days until our wedding.

    We got a few gifts at our engagement party too.

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  • Amanda
    Master August 2013
    Amanda ·
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    We started getting wedding gifts in the mail about 6 weeks out.

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  • Private User
    Super October 2013
    Private User ·
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    We got out first gift a week before the bridal shower, after being engaged well over a year. Several cards before that though! I think people don't want to buy gifts until it's closer to the shower to see what gets added to it, etc.

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    Beginner March 2014
    Elizabeth ·
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    I think most gifts arrive a week out, or whenever there is a shower thrown in your honor.

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  • Tiffany M. ( Tiffany P.)
    Master August 2012
    Tiffany M. ( Tiffany P.) ·
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    I had my first shower about 2 months before the wedding, started getting gifts around then. Unfortunately where we registered doesn't deliver. Had to go pick up each gift at the store.

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    Master October 2013
    HalloweenBride ·
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    Around when your bridal shower invites go out or when your invites go out. AND a lot of people wait until the VERY last minute to buy.

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  • Allyson
    Master May 2014
    Allyson ·
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    I think you have a while to go before you get anything with a September 2014 date. We got a few gifts at our engagement party in October, but nothing since.

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  • Allyson
    Master May 2014
    Allyson ·
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    I think you have a while to go before you get anything with a September 2014 date. We got a few gifts at our engagement party in October, but nothing since.

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  • Glenda
    Master October 2013
    Glenda ·
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    As soon as people received our invitation, we received two gifts, one from someone who accepted our invite and one from someone who declined.

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  • Out the Window
    Master May 2014
    Out the Window ·
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    Your shower?

    I guess it depends on how generous your friends and family are. I'm not expecting anything until the shower but I've received plenty of cards, an Edible Arrangement and a picture frame.

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  • Hilery
    VIP November 2014
    Hilery ·
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    I would assume your shower. Maybe a week out before the shower but, I would have to guess that other than cards, you will recieve gifts at your shower.

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  • Abby
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    Abby ·
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    I think it just depends on the giver. Most people bring one to the shower, and then either mail a wedding gift shortly ahead of the date or bring it to the wedding.

    We've gotten 5 gifts - I think most were meant to engagement gifts. One was really extravagant ($800 worth of cookware) so I'm thinking maybe it was a combo engagement and wedding gift.

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  • caaron3
    Devoted October 2013
    caaron3 ·
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    For wedding gifts, we've gotten 3 in the mail so far, the first about a week after we sent the invitations.

    We've had one shower already and got I think around 17 gifts from that.

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  • Future_Lobos
    VIP September 2013
    Future_Lobos ·
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    We started getting them about a week after the invites went out.

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  • MrsO
    Master May 2012
    MrsO ·
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    My shower was 3 weeks before the wedding. In addition to shower gifts, I also got a few wedding gifts (card and cash) from people who knew they wouldn't be able to attend the wedding. We also got a couple cards and cash from some guests who couldn't attend after we sent out invites. The rest we received at the wedding, and then a few in the mail afterwards (again from people who couldn't attend).

    Moral of the story, we got all our gifts at our wedding except for people who couldn't come and then they sent when it was convenient for them, whether before or after.

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  • K
    Just Said Yes June 2014
    Katie ·
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    I got gifts at my shower and 1 in the mail. (She accidently sent it to me instead of her house, so she was planning to give it to us at the wedding. She called to ask if I got it a couple weeks later cause she was scared it got lost in the mail.) I've also had a few people say "Hey, I got you this. When do you want it?" We have 3 weeks to go, so I'm thinking most people will bring gifts the day of the wedding.

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