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Is this a cultural thing? Email wedding invite
Maybe I'm just not up on Indian wedding etiquette. This is the 2nd time this has happened to us.
We get a wedding invitation from someone we work with. It's an email invitation. The wedding is in 10 days. And the wedding is in India.
WTF? Is this normal or considered OK to do in Indian culture? Do we send a gift? A card? I don't even know the happy couple - they are co-workers of DH (he won't send a card, that's not his kind of 'thing' - so the onus is on me to do something if we are going to do something).
Re: Is this a cultural thing? Email wedding invite
I've never seen an email invite, the weirdest thing I've seen is my niece's wedding invitiation that had a website on it to RSVP (i.e. no return cards).
It wasn't an informal wedding, so I was a little confused. Then again, they had their registry information also printed ON the wedding invite, so I guess anything goes these days.
Re. the 10 day timing? Smells of gift-grabbing to me.
I agree with Labbie
The email thing would throw me.
However, culturally, it may not be gift-grabby. I have a friend who is Pakistani and she always was floored at getting invitations so far in advance for weddings here in the US. In her home country, they send invites just 2 weeks in advance usually. It's typically because people live so close together so there isn't much time needed for prep, travel. Additionally, the guests' travel and board is usually covered if it is needed, so no need to save (although I realize you need more than 10 days notice to just jump over to India!) She also said that where she is from in Pakistan many marriages are arranged (hers was going to be, she talked her dad out of it) so once the "deal" is made, they get married right away with little notice to prevent fleeing...sounds extreme, but true. I know your friend/coworker is Indian and not an arranged marriage (or so I am assuming) but I know certain parts of their cultures are similar so it could be just something that they are used to doing and continue to do.
That may make no sense at all and if it does, I truly apologize. I have yet to have coffee this morning.
I wonder if this is the same wedding. Yesterday, a friend of mine got B'CC in an email invite to a wedding in Mumbai in 10 days. So weird! If this is the same one, this guy lives in DC and it goes sound gift grabby