<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(berniedalton @ Apr 24 2006, 09:01 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
hi to all, im off to the philippines in september and getting married in october, after an 18mth courtship, i will be meeting my in-laws for the first time, my question is should i bring gifts with me? my future asawa is the eldest of seven, I need help as I want to ensure that my bride and the family are happy, help-what do i do?
bernie dalton
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Do bring gifts but don't go over the top. Bringing small gifts over from the UK will go down well with most.
Perfumes, cosmetics, choclate, t shirts all go down well in my family.
For example biscuits from Harrods in a posh tin, a bit naff say in the uk. But will have pride of place on the table.
Talking to your Asawa should give you lots of ideas.
I also cheat by taking the Wife and some of her tita's and their kids to the Duty free superstore near Manila airport. Where you can buy huge packs of Choclate and any thing else you can think off. Went down a storm with the kids and saved me carting so many gifts over.
Also with the choclate we kept getting free gifts like a water dispenser or a couple of rusacks for college for the kids. In the UK you would not give house room to the gifts but in phill they were greatly recieved by various realtives.
