Cash gifts at weddings.
Swanandduck2
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A friend of mine is going to a wedding and hasn't a clue what to get the bride and groom as they've had their own house for a few years so have all the essentials. I suggested cash and she looked a bit horrified and said 'oh no, I'd never give a cash present'.
While I think explicitely asking for cash on wedding invitations is not on, I don't see anything wrong with guests voluntarily giving a gift cheque as a present, particularly nowadays when very few newly wed couples are twenty year olds leaving home for the first time and in need of all the household basics.
Anyone else have a problem with giving a cash gift?
While I think explicitely asking for cash on wedding invitations is not on, I don't see anything wrong with guests voluntarily giving a gift cheque as a present, particularly nowadays when very few newly wed couples are twenty year olds leaving home for the first time and in need of all the household basics.
Anyone else have a problem with giving a cash gift?
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I'm running the gift list for my sister's wedding on Saturday, and instead of a registered list of gifts, I'm managing a group gift of a full set of camping gear. It does seem that a lot of people would rather pay for a specific 'thing' rather than just throw some money their way and let them do what they like.
I would say amount depends on how well you know couple?
£20 for friends and distant relatives, £50 for close family members?
If you are good friends with the bride/groom, you may buy them a present...but thats mainly close friends.
I wouldnt give M&S vouchers to a Muslim couple. Not with M&S's reputation and dealings.
I know it is. But I don't realy like it. I know a lot of people would give a cash gift anyway, but some people might not be able to afford to spend much and find it very embarassing. They would prefer to buy something in a sale or recycle a gift they've been given that hand over a cheque that they feel might look 'mean' in comparison to other guests' cheques.
It doesn't bother me giving cash, especially if they are pooling it together something big like my aunt did and paid for the kitchen. I think cash is more informal and there's no set rules. I recall my uncle getting married years back and having a wedding list but it was an expensive wedding list, it puts pressure on people to spend more than they would.
Gah, sorry, but I hate this! If anyone comes near me with a pin on my wedding day then they're getting a fork in the leg.
Sorry, overreaction I know, but my mum bleats on about this idea even though we're not remotely Greek Cypriot.
What?Even if there's a hefty wad attached to it?;)
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Think about it from your own point of view. Would you rather someone gave you cash to help with the cost of the wedding / honeymoon, or would you rather receive some random tat that people guestimate you want?
People these days have everything they want from a material perspective. What with the cost of weddings as it is, i'd say you couldn't go far wrong with a cash gift. Just gife what you can, it's the thought that counts after all...
...think of it as payment for your meal!
Or they could put it towards the divorce fund.
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that's why Greek and Italian wives are so big. you can pin more money on to them.
it 's a joke!
I have heard of wedding invites including bank details and lines like 'cash not trash'. I would be tempted to give someone like that an aynsley china vase.
Gifts were to help people set up house, hardly relevant today.
I do feel a bit
Why on earth not? There's a new M&S food hall just been built in one of the malls here in Jeddah (pork products excluded of course) - its very popular.