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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m planning my wedding for next year. I don’t expect any gifts. If I invited you, your presence is the gift already. Anything else is gravy[/quote]

That is the WORST thing in world. Horrible. Everyone know no gifts is a Thirst Trap.

My brother did this his big 50 birthday party. Had it a big fancy country club on a Saturday Evening. Full open bar, full sit down dinner, DJ and Dance Floor. Invited my whole family

He put on invitations NO GIFTs in big letters. I said to wife guess he wants no presents. My wife goes sounds like a trick. So wife makes me get a $200 dollar gift card, we put it in a nice gift bag and wife goes it it is a trap we can just write a note and give it to him.

So we get there. There is a Table up front and people are putting gifts and stuff on it. Then my brother in a Faux surprise in his thank you for coming speech on the DJ Microphone brings up I said no gifts, but for all the people who brought gifts thank you so much such a surprise and greatly appreciated.

If not for my wife I would have been bulldozed.

People are now getting married later in life. When I was married my wife and I paid our own wedding. I think after all said and done we had $3,000 in the bank day before wedding. Was a long time ago but all in cost me around $130 a person if you count my limo, flowers, photography on top of reception. I only made $55,000 a year at the time.

I have a few rich relatives. My Uncle makes around $500,000 a year and my older brother was making $200,000 a year and my wife has a rich Uncle and I had a few cousins well off. I was struggling.

I know a wedding is not a money maker. But with taxes and tip the meal alone was $100 a person. My $500,000 year uncle ate steak, has appetizers, salad, full cocktail hour with heavy food and buffet, then cakes and after dinner drinks. if he went out to his favorite restaurant with his wife that would easily cost him $500 and he does that all the time. Why would he show up at his poor nephews wedding and not at least cover his plate?

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Lol. Nice try, troll. [/quote]

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