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[quote=Anonymous]All of this is about CLASS and CULTURE.

For upper class/upper middle class weddings of two young adults in the United States:

Parents of the bride pay for the wedding and all related expenses (except those covered by the Groom's parents) including the bridesmaids' accommodations (or put them up at friends' various homes).

Groom's parents pay for the rehearsal dinner, the  groomsmen's accommodations, and the bride's bouquet.

Invitations are sent that include ONLY the invitation to the wedding and a blank reply card (or no reply card if very traditional).

Any other information such as reserved rooms, maps, registries, etc... should either be mailed separately or conveyed verbally when asked. There is never, NEVER, any request  for a gift or cash or a donation of any kind, ever.

Guests reply promptly to the invitation on the enclosed blank card or their own stationary.

Guests wear the appropriate attire based on time and location of the wedding (e.g., after 6 pm is typically black tie, after 8 pm is white tie.)

Guests eat what is offered, they dont get to "check a box" for chicken or fish.

The bar(s) at the wedding are open, fully stocked and bartenders don't accept tips (no cash bars ever).

Gifts are either mailed or dropped off at the home of the parents or couple.  Guests technically have one year from the date of the marriage to send a gift.

Gifts are NEVER taken to the wedding.

No money/cash is exchanged except that to pay the caterer or band.
 
No one is expected to give a gift or cash commensurate with the wedding costs.  (That is just a tacky, low class,  NJ-TP wedding anomaly).[/quote]

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