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wyomugs
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 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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| That's not an invitation, it's an INVOICE!!!!That is the most rediculous thing I've ever heard! An appropriate gift? Your total silence... do not RSVP... do not attend... do not send any card. You have just lost your "good" friends... who weren't really your "good" friends if they came up with INVOICING their wedding! For heaven's sake, who paid for the wedding cake... the flowers... the videographer... the minister... the DRESS... etc etc etc!!!Please pardon my overuse of the exclamation mark... but the tone of my voice went up an octave when I read your question, and the exclamation marks just came out without thinking!!! |
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Tammy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I think you will do everybody a favor - most especially yourselves - by not going. An invitation like that sounds cold and only half meant. RSVP your regret when you get the time. |
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needmeagoodname
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| a book on etiquette would be a good start. |
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Julie Q
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Are they taking Mastercard or PayPal? I can't believe couples are resorting to charging admission in order to have a gala wedding. I certainly wouldn't attend a reception where I had to pay $150 to get in the door.Attend the wedding ceremony, if you want. Send a gift you can afford, if you want. Skip the reception, if only to send a message that charging admission to a wedding reception is the height of tacky. |
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starrrrgazer
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| That is the ultimate of rudeness. They are not asking you to be their guest. They are not hosting their wedding. You are within your rights, per etiquette, if you choose to not attend.Should you choose to attend, you do not have to provide them with a gift. A card is all that is called for. If you feel you MUST give them a gift, a $20 bill in the card is all that you should do. |
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Daisy J
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| The finger... that's basically what they gave you by sending you their wedding bill. |
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d_smiley1
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| ok, my friend is getting married in 3 weeks. I've known for a while that the cost of each "plate" is $40 dollars. She has never asked me for that amount, but its not an unreasonable amount for a gift to cost. If the couple has been together, and living together for awhile, how many toasters do they need? Money is much appreciated because they do have to pay for the wedding.If you'd prefer not money, give them something else. the bride was probably not intentionally being rude, shes probably over stressed, think "bridezilla". don't hold it against the couple. |
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merrybodner
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| You're not a guest if you have to pay. I'd simply decline and send them a card. |
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Treece
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow. That is bizarre. I say no gift since you're "buying" them the pleasure of your company to witness their blessed event. |
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