Wedding Gift Sparks Epic Text Battle: Is Marriage Etiquette Dead?
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That is ridiculous of the brides, how rude.
I just got married last year - had a very nice/beautiful wedding (and did it cheap ~7k) and I did not expect anyone to cover the cost of my wedding. It was just that a wedding to show our love to each-other and to invite family and close friends to share that day with us. We wanted them to come to spend time with us and for no other reason. I fully expected to pay for everything (granted our parents did help us out which is awesome - but they did not have to, they chose to and it was not expected). Also I did not expect gifts at all from anyone, I expected them to show up and have a good time. I had friends who came and well at least in the eyes of these brides "did not give gifts" but I don't care because them coming to my wedding - the fact that they are there is the gift and I am more than happy with that (they are the most amazing friends to have and that is what is important to me)! Spending money on a plane ticket to come to my wedding, spending gas money to come, buying a dress to come, getting a hotel room - that is a gift in my eyes b/c those things can get expensive esp. if you come from far away and when the economy is so rough and people just are not doing that well. A wedding is not for gifts. If you want to be/expect to be reimbursed for your wedding/reception then you shouldn't have a wedding or spend a ton of money on it - that's not whats it about.
I just got married last year - had a very nice/beautiful wedding (and did it cheap ~7k) and I did not expect anyone to cover the cost of my wedding. It was just that a wedding to show our love to each-other and to invite family and close friends to share that day with us. We wanted them to come to spend time with us and for no other reason. I fully expected to pay for everything (granted our parents did help us out which is awesome - but they did not have to, they chose to and it was not expected). Also I did not expect gifts at all from anyone, I expected them to show up and have a good time. I had friends who came and well at least in the eyes of these brides "did not give gifts" but I don't care because them coming to my wedding - the fact that they are there is the gift and I am more than happy with that (they are the most amazing friends to have and that is what is important to me)! Spending money on a plane ticket to come to my wedding, spending gas money to come, buying a dress to come, getting a hotel room - that is a gift in my eyes b/c those things can get expensive esp. if you come from far away and when the economy is so rough and people just are not doing that well. A wedding is not for gifts. If you want to be/expect to be reimbursed for your wedding/reception then you shouldn't have a wedding or spend a ton of money on it - that's not whats it about.
That's what happens when it's 2 brides or 2 grooms ..... Just saying. Maybe they should've had a union instead
Wife and I had a wedding the only cost about $2,500-$3000.
We invited those that we wanted to share the day with. We paid for dinner because we wanted to provide it. In no way shape or form should you even consider how much you paid for dinner in regards to the gift.
Good lord people are so self entitled these days. It's all about them. Makes me sick.
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We invited those that we wanted to share the day with. We paid for dinner because we wanted to provide it. In no way shape or form should you even consider how much you paid for dinner in regards to the gift.
Good lord people are so self entitled these days. It's all about them. Makes me sick.
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Wow.... I am fairly certain there were a bunch of people that attended our wedding sans gifts, but I don't really know because I couldn't care less if they did or not. We chose to invite just about everyone we knew because we wanted them to be there and have a good time, not because we expected to cash in....
You reminded me of this.
One of our guests stole some of our presents. Never did figure out who it was.
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If your bride to be is demanding a $30,000 wedding, RUN BRO
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We got married almost 25 years ago. We invited people we wanted to share our special day, nothing more. We paid for it ourselves and spent what we could afford, not what we expected to recoup.
Nor the wedding we attended last year was like this one. It was family,a nephew. My wife forgot the card, but sending a gift after is acceptable etiquette. The wedding was on Saturday. Monday we get a call from her brother informing us that they think some cards were stolen from the wedding, could ours have been one of them. Don't think they could have been more obvious, or rude.
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Nor the wedding we attended last year was like this one. It was family,a nephew. My wife forgot the card, but sending a gift after is acceptable etiquette. The wedding was on Saturday. Monday we get a call from her brother informing us that they think some cards were stolen from the wedding, could ours have been one of them. Don't think they could have been more obvious, or rude.
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