Re: Whats up with the one-way gift giving?!?
There were a few weddings in our desi circle after mine, and alot of those aunties called my mom to talk about how they received nothing from the larkay walas. They were beyond shocked that my inlaws gave presents to my family members because they haven't heard of that happening very often. So I guess it was different with us but still, Im not happy about the whole gold giving.
By the way, I have seen one case where it was the exact opposite: larkay walas took tons and tons of presents for girl's family, and got nothing in return, just chocolates. Ooh, were they shocked and upset.. I heard one of them say, we are the larkay walay, we deserve more respect and they need to do alot more for us.