Wedding Gift Sparks Epic Text Battle: Is Marriage Etiquette Dead?

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jhc7685 said:
First of all... horrible gifts imo lol

I'm Asian and we usually gift money. This is to cover for our dinner and/or help pay for their wedding. Some may say it's unthoughtful but believe me it's the most logical gifts to give considering cost of weddings these days :p
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if you throw a birthday party for your kids or have a big celebration for your 50 year anniversary would you expect people to give you gifts in the form of cash too?
 
aclockworkorange said:
The couple that got married consisted of two women. More clear if you check out the links, but it is a bit confusing. :)


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I read thru it kind of fast

but I thought I saw them say a couple attended two brides' wedding blah blah blah

so I just immediately thought they attended two separate weddings.

either way, ungrateful *beeps
 
SumoNinja said:
if you throw a birthday party for your kids or have a big celebration for your 50 year anniversary would you expect people to give you gifts in the form of cash too?
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Typically for kid's new year/birthday) etc, lots of people(esp people who don't have kids) give red envelopes.
 
SumoNinja said:
if you throw a birthday party for your kids or have a big celebration for your 50 year anniversary would you expect people to give you gifts in the form of cash too?
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Nope, it depends on the situation. With birthdays, you'll be expecting toys. But for something majors like Grandma's 70th birthday we'll expect her kids and grand kids to give gifts while guests would bring wine or money as presents. If I were to get married, I would rather get money than 5 different blender lol

I'm a practical person but I won't complain about anyone gifting this or that or nothing at all :)
 
Wow, I know whenever I get gifts, I like cash, but everything is good.

It's a damn gift/present, not a required fee.


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Etiquette of just about any kind seems to be dead now a days.

The basket is a good idea if it's say a good friend. It's personal, it's thoughtful. The fact that they didn't know the dietary preferences means they weren't that close, so it wasn't the best kind of gift.

The brides' reaction, however, was horrid.

Also, if they spent that much on food ($97 a plate?!?!) they did it wrong by this cheap old guys opinion. $27K or so is now the US average for a wedding (yes I know this was in Canada, no idea what the average is there, probably not quite as inflated, but I bet it's higher than it should be). In this economy especially, have a nice simple ceremony and save that kind of cash for a car replacement, down payment on a house, hell savings in case one of you lose a job.
 
I read about this in the paper.
the gift was a bit weak...
BUT....the brides mentioning that is the height of bad etiquette.
Do you invite people to a wedding just for the gifts they may give? If so then the word for that is 'mercenary' and the ceremony in this case has little or nothing to do with anything except self enrichment on the part of those 2 nasty females
 
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