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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going to the wedding of my husband’a cousin in a few months.  Declined invitation to bridal shower, the invitation for which included an ask for monetary gifts.  On their wedding website, guests are asked to make a monetary contribution in lieu of gifts.  I am very turned off by this - they are both in their thirties, work full-time, and seem to be doing just fine financially.  The ask makes me not want to give them anything at all.  I find this beyond gauche.  Am I being unreasonable in being turned off?[/quote]

I Think it is their way of saying, "we have a full house of stuff and don't need anymore. Please send cash instead."[/quote]

They should say nothing about gifts. People can interpret the not registering and also not saying anything about gifts either as: a) don’t need to get us anything! B) hopefully you’ll just give us cash since there’s no registry or c) we trust you to think of your own gift ideas: a vase from a local potter, a wine of the month subscription, etc we know our friends/family want to give us something and surely they know us well enough to think of what to give  [/quote]

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