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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope these pointless and EXPENSIVE traditions die with the Boomers. As a millennial, I don’t need a thank you, especially for a wedding gift. The open bar was my thank you. [/quote]

Cool. Then I hope the tradition of giving expensive wedding gifts ends as well. [/quote]

This! I will add that another tradition that needs to die is the expectation that I will send a couple an expensive gift although I am not able to attend the wedding. Or that I need to spend a certain amount to cover the cost of my plate if I do attend your wedding.

Such fussy old traditions I’m sure the under-30 set won’t mi$$ the$e “boomer” tradition$

- genX[/quote]

Boomers were never tacky and asking for meal payments or cash for trips. 
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They sure were tacky enough to register for useless china knickknacks and silver candlesticks, and ARE tacky enough to try to foist them off on younger people at every turn. No, Linda, we don’t want your hideous gravy boat. Stop with the guilt trip. [/quote]

Not everone enjoys using silver and fine china. A lot of these opinions reflect one's background. [/quote]

I enjoy using the fine china that I picked out, that reflects my taste. My “background” is that offering something once is polite, pushing it and guilt tripping is rude. But Boomer women just can’t get over that no one wants their old junk. God forbid you donate it to charity or pay the small fee for one of the services that will sell it on eBay. No no, they save it and try to foist it on a daughter or niece every five minutes. [/quote]

PP here. That's not the way Boomers in my family act at all, and my sisters and I cherish and use the beautiful, sentimental pieces that have been given to us. [/quote]

OK? That’s great. Some Boomers in my family are gracious, and others are pushy and won’t take no for an answer. Even some of my mom’s friends have tried to guilt trip me into taking their crap. [/quote]

My sister loves the old family stuff. Somewhere along the line, I realized I much prefer the feeling of spaciousness that comes from having less. I keep passing things to her, and I’m no longer taking anything from anyone. I’m glad she’s happy, and it’s a relief that she wants them. It all feels like a burden to me.

We’ve still got china and silver candlesticks and fancy flatware, and we’ve used them two or three times in a couple decades of marriage, but not much and not in the last 15 years. I often find myself asking why we even have these. It just all seems so silly. Made for a different time, and probably for a type of person I never actually was.

Anyway, different strokes. [/quote]

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