Re: Whats up with the one-way gift giving?!?
when my mamu was in the process of getting married, him and my naani explicitly told his fiancee not to give any gifts especially since her mum had passed away and they don’t really have any other family around them. he just didn’t want them to have this additional burden and to be honest no one in my family would mind that they haven’t given anything. but before the wedding they still came around and gave everyone a gift bag. all of the females recieved clothes and gold jewellery and they gave shirts and watches to the guys in my family. i think they did it because they just felt they had to. i can see my parents doing exactly the same thing. even if the grooms side says not to give anything my parents would still do it. they would feel bad for not giving anything at all. i suppose it just comes down to the mentality of not looking cheap and what would other ppl say