Not to toss around stereotypes here, but when you spend your entire day doing wedding favors and wedding accessories and helping brides get ready for their big day you begin to notice a few things. Like the fact that most of the grooms would rather be fishing, cycling, vegging in front of the T.V. or getting a root canal than shopping for their wedding!
As the man of the hour the job of picking out the groomsman gifts falls squarely on you. If you actually like to shop and pick out meaningful presents for your best friends that's not going to be a big deal. If you're the type of groom that believes the Internet exists for a reason (so you don't have to deal with the mall!) and you prefer to do all your shopping in five minutes or less, this could get ugly.
Since buying a keg and calling it a day probably isn't on the table (unless you want your mother in law to skin you alive) here's a look at some of the most popular groomsman gifts on the market.
1) Personalized. Anything. If it has their name on it, and maybe the date of the wedding, it immediately becomes a keepsake and a classy addition to their collection. Personalized Zippos are great for this.
2) Gift certificates. No, it's not tacky. Treating your groomsmen to a tux-free day on the town is always appreciated, so as long as it's not a gift certificate to Bloomingdale's you're probably all right.
3) Pocket watches. Hey, the classics never die!
And if you're still looking for ideas check out what the Art of Manliness has to say about it. We loved their take on "Thinking Outside the Flask"!
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