What are your thoughts?
#41
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 851
I habitually give postage stamps for wedding gifts. They match everything and never have to be dusted. I don't think you should burn your bridges with next door neighbors but I find cash gifts crass. SURELY they will need postage for the thank you notes they will have to write for all that cash. Perhaps I am terribly catty but I can live with myself easily.
#43
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
This would be my solution to this tacky invite! Then take yourself and partner out to dinner on that evening and enjoy yourselves!
#44
This spring I received a graduation invitation for a cousin's daughter who lives in TX. I live in PA & have only seen this child once about 7 yrs. ago. I have never even had a conversation wth this peron, so I sent a graduation card with no $ included.
#45
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 368
I frequently give cash for wedding gifts, but have never been asked for $$ in lieu of a toaster or whatever. I've noticed that gift tables at receptions are getting much smaller as the cash gift is very popular here. I quite frankly am offended by the number of invites we get for people we barely know esp graduation announcements. Here the rule seems to be $50 for acquaintance and $100 for good friend or family as wedding gifts.
#46
I would not go, nor would I give them money. That is just very tacky to ask for money. If they don't have a reception they could use that money for a house. Not many people have a house bought for them. I don't think that is a good idea.
#49
Hmmmmmmm.....I thought the purpose of wedding gifts was to help the couple "set up housekeeping". How have we strayed so far. It seems to me that by stating they want money to help them buy a house they have raised the bar on the amount of the monetary "gift" they expect from you. I probably would not send anything.
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