Re: No boxed gifts please
^i think its because they think giving the extra Rs.1/ $1 will make the amount odd and will bring good luck/ ward off the evil eye.
but yeh we had something similar at my wedding, my FIL literally gave tens of thousands of rupees to his daughter's BIL when he was getting married and the same to the guys mother who is my FIL's daughter's MIL and then gave a lot of money to the guy's first baby was born. whenever he goes there he gives money to their servants, etc. on our wedding, my husband paid for everyone to fly from lhr to khi and back, we had them stay at our hotel (5 star hotel, free of charge for 2 nights everything included), then they stayed at a hotel in isb for the valima (paid by my husband) and all they gave was Rs.500. i dont know if that was kanjoosi or hatred but something is definitely wrong with them.