The point is not gifts but the fact that sometimes you are to made to feel not loved or wanted.
While it would be nice to feel wanted by your future in-laws, the important thing to remember is if you’re future wife wants you. That’s the ikkar — everything else is superfluous. If she wants you and you want her, the rest doesn’t matter.
Arent there halochos regarding gifts to choson and kallah
No, there are not*. Some communities may have some customs surrounding this, but none of them are binding in the sense that the couple cannot get married without them.
The Wolf
* The ring for kiddushin is an exception to this, obviously.