No Box Gifts is pretty common in the States. In fact, most gora weddings I have been to, its understood you give the bride and groom cash on the wedding day. What is wrong with desies doing it?
The idea is to help the new couple start their life together. They have a nice wedding, invite you to come and be with them on their special day, eat their food, drink, celebrate, mingle and you find it chichorapan to give a cash gift? I would think its wierder that you dont want to support them on a life-long journey they just began...its not about you...its about them.
Hmmmm...
I apologize, I didn't know that goras were doing it too, I've been to dozens of gora weddings, sophisticated ones of professionals and such, NEVER heard of it, I thought it was a desi thing. Regardless, even if goras do it, then perhaps I shouldn't say desi chichorapan, but just chichorapan. I think it's cheap to ask you to give a cash gift. I understand that it's about helping out the new couple, blah blah blah, but to actually ASK for cash as a gift, I think that that is really tacky.