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"the couple already has everything" is a dumb reason
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for not giving a physical instead of cash gift. I'm sort of a romantic about things. My mom still pulls *** out from their wedding at Thanksgiving, Christmas, whenever and can tell you who it's from.
So, while some cash presents were well appreciated at my own wedding, the idea that I'll be able to do the same thing in my life with wedding gifts is sweet.
Anyhow, this is in response to the registry/shower post below,
just an FYI bitches, you're always going to get a well chosen gift from me.
Re: "the couple already has everything" is a dumb reason
I didn't read the thread but I totally agree. Same goes for Christmas and birthday gifts, my mom refused to give money so I do the same.
**I should have had my coffee before I posted. At weddings we always give cash, every other time it is presents.
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i come from a cash-giving people. i see dolla dolla bills as a sign of love.
lol.
this is such a nice thought...
...until you have 3 ugly mikasa photo frames and 6 chip/dip bowls.
cash, please.
Of the last 3 weddings I have been to, 2 have been destination weddings. At the first wedding my husband wanted to give a non-cash gift but I overruled him. I think it would be inconsiderate to the bride and groom to expect them to shlep gifts back on a plane.
I hate destination weddings by the way.
Well, no. But I wouldn't have known what to do with a physical gift on my wedding day, I have never seen this done, so I would have had to basically plop it on the table in front of me all evening. :-P
So if any of you b*tches invite me to your wedding (you know, second or third), I'll give you an enveloppe loaded with cash, lol
When the couple has everything I tend to give something totally inappropriate.
I like giving Schatzi dogs. You put tealights in their butts and they light up.
Updated September 2012.
As someone who has been living on her own for 10 years who is about to marry someone who has been living on his own for 15 years, and who, between the two of them, have 2 storage units and a garage full of household goods, I'd much rather have cash. I still have sh!t from when I married xh that has never ever been opened, and we would've celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary this year. We really, truly, honestly don't need anything. So we've asked that people donate to our honeymoon fund instead. I'm sure people will judge, but that's fine.
We considered registering for baby stuff for the wedding instead, but decided that would be even more tacky than asking for money.
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I hope it goes without saying that I have never, and will never buy anyone a mikasa photo frame or chip/dip bowls.
What about a trio of eclectic clocks? That was a fun gift. The 3 foot tall hourglass broke on the way home from the wedding and got sand everywhere
There's also the $50 savings bond....made out only to my husband and redeemable in 30 years.
My family is from eastern Europe, so yes, it's always cash. I don't find anything insulting about giving cash at a wedding.
If you don't feel comfortable giving cash, then stick to the registry! I'd say at least 70% of people gave us cash. Out of the people who gave us gifts, I think only 10% stuck to the registry so we ended up with random glasses, gross candles, hundreds of ice buckets and even bottles of Bailey's (huh?)
And we were actually a couple who needed new things. All of the random things we didn't register for are packed up in a box. Based on the boxes they were in, I think these were re-gifted since they had stickers from stores that no longer exist (like Marshall Field's)
LHC I DIED laughing, thank you