When people get married, they often times pay a lot of money to plan a nice, fancy, and memorable wedding. As someone who is currently planning a wedding, let me say, it is not cheap.
Weddings tend to be expensive and run your bank account dry. But, many couples sometimes hope to get back what they pay towards the wedding in gifts from family and relatives.
Some people like to give cash, while others give sentimental gifts like monogram champagne flutes or other personalized items.
There is not one right gift, but people definitely have a lot of opinions on what's expected.
For those of you who might not know, that means you are expected to pay for the amount of money spent on your dinner.
As many people have many different things going on in their lives, not everyone is able to afford very large sums of money or big checks as wedding gifts.
There are those who believe that giving any gift is special, no matter how big or small.
Some people believe that small gifts look bad when given at a wedding. Especially, when a couple spends a lot of money to make the night memorable and special for the guests that are in attendance for the magical day.
The bride wrote into a wedding group called, "Brisbane Weddings - Buy/Swap/Sell/Chat," asking if anyone had ever received wedding gifts in the past that were a "slap in the face."
She also asked how people dealt with that kind of situation.
The bride said that she and her partner had an "exclusive" wedding, an all-inclusive one, too.
They wanted to make sure that the focus was on the guests.
The bride said that they were "hurt" by it and felt it was a "slap in the face."
I'm sure this is a feeling that a lot of people might have felt, whether it was a wedding or not.
"I kind of understand her point about the towels. If my best friends swung by Kmart on the way to my wedding and grabbed two $5 towels I’d be kind of peeved too."
"It’s not really about the money spent, it’s more the lack of thought and consideration behind the gift," one person said.
"Even if money is an issue, if you’re my best friend, you can think of a more thoughtful gift than two towels from kmart."
"I would also be extremely hurt by this gift," one person added.
"To be fair, there is not enough context in the post. We don‘t know the financial situation of this best friend and the husband and we don‘t know if all inclusive actually means, "all-inclusive“ or if they might had to travel to the wedding etc.," one person added.
"People who expect guests to "refund" them the cost of their wedding are so gross to me. It's not an event you throw to 'break even'."
"If you can't afford it and are banking on people paying you back with gifts, it's on you. Have a cheaper wedding," one person added.
What do you think about this whole situation? Do you think that the bride had a point?
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