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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s pretty common now. And how is it any more gauche than a registry?[/quote]

IMO it just seems over the top - didn’t realize this is standard.  I think I would be less turned off if there were a registry - I would truly rather get the couple new kitchen supplies or whatever than just give them a check.[/quote]

Why though?  It's the same $100 or whatever it is your spending.  Shouldn't the gift be about what the receiver wants?  It's a gift, after all.  My mother is like you  - if there's a registry and she doesn't like what's on it, she gets something she likes better.  It's so bizarre to me. [/quote]

No.  This is one step from simply charging entry to the wedding.  [/quote]

You are [b]supposed to[/b] give a gift for a wedding, even if you don’t go. That is the custom in this country and has been for years and years. People who are offended by this don’t enlightened to me, they sound cheap. [/quote]

Why, and according to whom?

I know lots of people feel this way. It's a hot topic of conversation here, among other places: "Attending this wedding would be horribly inconvenient/weird because we hardly know the bride and groom -- do we still have to give a present?"[/quote]

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