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[quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]My husband's family did not give us anything. Let alone enough cash. [/b]

I think the point of this thread was gifting conventions in India, which is the topic I have tried to address. Of course this will include generalizations and things that are not true in 100% of cases. [b]I have a hard time believing that gifts are not expected at weddings in the US[/b], especially since it is a gift obsessed culture in general.

Parsing posts word by word is not something I want to do and I'm really not sure what it achieves. [/quote]

Perhaps it was because they felt that "no boxed gifts" (meaning gifts should be in cash) was tacky and offensive. I would react the same way as they did. Let us not talk about "the gift obsessed culture" in the US when you are heralding how you think it is fine for a wedding to be a cash grab when it comes to gifts.

BTW, giving gifts at a wedding in the US is the norm. Asking for gifts as part of the invite and then actually specifying that it needs to be in cash is not; yes, it is  "social convention" in the US not to do this and we know how you place a lot of store on social conventions ..... when it suits your purpose.[/quote]

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