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PnkBride
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Bridal tea - just a vent!
Hi everyone, I went to a bridal tea today and again another bride would not let her gifts be opened at the tea. She was going to open them at home later. This drives me nuts!!! Am I the only one who likes to see what the bride got? That is part of going to a shower or tea!! Okay, vent over!! 
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"Don't marry a man unless you would be PROUD to have a son exactly like him." ~ Unknown
Re: Bridal tea - just a vent!
Honestly, I wish the whole gift opening thing would become considered passe and tacky. It gets really boring after a while, especially if there are a lot of gifts. Everyone likes to see their own gift opened but nobody wants to sit through everyone else's.
Meh, I could go either way.
Actually, I like to see all of the gifts. Plus at a tea, the hostesses open the gifts and display them in order for the guests to come and take a look. The bride is free to socialize. Very different from a shower, much more formal and very popular in our area. But, even at showers, I like to see all of the gifts and I think it is very rude not to open them at the event. JMHO
"Don't marry a man unless you would be PROUD to have a son exactly like him." ~ Unknown
Is it possible that it was an issue of not having enough time to open gifts at the bridal tea? If a shower runs long, this could happen.
Personally, I don't want to see gift opening, but I don't mind it if it happens. In my circles, people usually buy things from the registry. So, everything that she's opening is everything that we've already seen on her list at Bed Bath and Beyond.