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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the take-away here is that guests should more or less "pay" to attend elaborate events?

The world is shit, pure shit[/quote]

Absolutely true if you are an Italian New Jersey family and paying for a wedding.  Mama writes down how much cash each family gives so they can reciprocate when the next wedding rolls around.  I had the sad task of telling a New Jersey friend who was counting on a money bag to pay for wedding costs that things like that don't happen in D.C.  Don't you remember the wedding scene in GoodFellas?  She was carrying a money bag.  Or something cash is pinned to her dress or veil.[/quote]

Right, every Italian family in New Jersey lives just like the movie GoodFellas.  Similarly, every Jewish family in New Jersey lives just like the movie Goodbye Columbus.  [/quote]

I am right.   Educate yourself about italian weddings.  Read about the "money bag" in this link, then if you want to know more Google "Italian Wedding Money".  http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/locations/west_europe_traditions/italian_traditions.html.  My Italian American friend just assumed people here in D.C. would bring enough cash with them to cover the costs of their dinner and drinks.  I had to tell her that wasn't going to happen her.  She returned to New Jersey and scaled her wedding way back when she realized not everyone was going to pay enough to recoup their dinner costs.[/quote]

You do realize, of course, that talking about Italian-Americans as if they're monlithic is provincial at best.  [/quote]

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