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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As "tacky' as giving cash is, I have never seen anyone who was not delighted to get it as a gift. [/quote]

For the kajilionty-seventh time: it isn't the giving of cash that is offensive, it's writing on the damn invite that that is the only acceptable gift.[/quote]

Yep, this is what seems to get overlooked repeatedly.

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No, I think it overlooked here, we got it, don't worry 
And  to be fair - the "no boxed gifts" phrase only says what kind of gifts they DON'T want but it does not explicitly say that they expect cash or ANY gifts for that matter... What is implied is a different story - but they actually never ask for anything... Having a registry (and yes, we got that you "should not include anything about the registry when sending out wedding invitations", don't have to repeat this either)  is much more of actually "asking for gifts" than that no phrase is.

I'm not defending the "no" couple - but the problem is here is entirely cultural in nature and [b]they just don't realize how that phrase is perceived by many American invitees.[/b] If they knew I bet they would never do it.

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They also don't realize how that phrase is perceived by many Indian invitees.  The problem isn't one of Indian culture.  It's a problem of a some families having a family culture of telling people that they won't accept certain gifts.  Don't try to make this about the entire country of India, because it's not.[/quote]

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