08-14-2008, 01:29 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, ON
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Wedding Present Help
Ok, I need some advice.
By Sept 7th, I will have been to 5 weddings in 6 weeks. These are ranging from good friends to acquantences that I haven't seen for quite a while.
1 was on the BC coast (good old buddy, don't talk much anymore)
1 was in Kelowna (gave gift)
1 is in Halifax (next weekend)
1 is in London, ON (2 hr car ride + hotel)
1 was just outside of Toronto. (I came late, and just had a few drinks)
Now, I am broke just TRAVELLING to these events - let alone the gifts I have to get for the couples.
Any advice? What is recommended spend amount?
If it wasn't for the open bar and seeing old friends I would be MISERABLE right now.
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08-14-2008, 01:32 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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If it's too much of a burden, don't go. Just send a gift.
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08-14-2008, 01:54 PM
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Random Title Change!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary
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The registry is your friend. Most brides will send out a website of where their registry is along with the invitation. It will tell you the list of things they want. Most times it's appliances and useful stuff they can use and want. Look for that first. And if there's nothing else, get them all martini kits from Home outfitters.
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08-14-2008, 02:02 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Toronto, ON
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
If it's too much of a burden, don't go. Just send a gift.
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So the gift is more important than my presence?
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08-14-2008, 02:20 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames89
So the gift is more important than my presence?
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Having never actually met you in real life I would have to say... yes.
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08-14-2008, 03:43 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames89
So the gift is more important than my presence?
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I would say no.
Our wedding, for us anyway, was more about our friends getting together and having a good time.
I certainly would hope someone didn't show simply because they felt obiligated to bring a gift as well.
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08-14-2008, 03:54 PM
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Norm!
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You can never go wrong with a crate of sex toys and chinese manufactured after market viagra.
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08-14-2008, 04:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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The gift idea is outdated in my books. The idea of gifts in the past was for new couples who didn't live together before marriage to get some home furnishings for a new home. The brides parents (in most cases) paid for the wedding allowing the new couple to save money for their first home. Now most couples live together and are well established well before their wedding. Most weddings now seem like the gifts are to recoup the cost of the wedding.
For my wedding, my wife and I were dead-set against gifts and mentioned this specifically in our invitations. Most people complied and even commented how they liked the idea based on our reasoning with some guests even following suit for their weddings. Some though insisted on small gifts and money to keep with the tradition. The money we donated to charity. The fact that we had a great turnout of close family and friends was the best gift of all.
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