Cost of weddings

[Sehrysh]

Re: Cost of weddings

@noor321

I agree with most of your points. However, “the no boxed gift” isn’t bad idea and but I do agree with you about the fact some couples think that the guests should pay them for attending and the food. That is plain dumb on the couples part, I remember reading that article I think. It should simply be taken as a gift no matter what the amount is.

I find the idea of no boxes a good one because in our desi weddings gift registries don’t work at all and if they were to happen most of them would end up getting the same thing or getting a different brand of the one you wanted and total ignore what you have written. How many times has it happened in desi weddings when you invite Mr and Mrs only and they end up bringing the family and kids as well. LOL! It just won’t work. Or if they don’t have the registry and their isn’t a no box restriction, can you imagine the amount of useless stuff the couple get and and all the same crystal dishes lol.

My opinion on boxed gifts is my own and no amount of rationalizing the utility of cash will ever change my mind. If one is so concerned with not getting duplicate gifts than they should ask to not get ANY gifts at all as opposed to specifying that their guests give them a cash gift.

Again, my personal philosophy is that a guest is invited to help celebrate your wedding, not to help the wedding couple furnish their home, pay for their car/downpayment or honeymoon.

But given the number of threads opened on this topic over the years, I’ve accepted that others think differently and so it is to each his/her own shrugs