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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m going to a wedding later this summer and on the wedding website was asked that in lieu of a gift, the couple would like guests to contribute funds for their honeymoon/so they can make improvements to their house.  Keep in mind the couple is in their thirties and both work full-time.  I find this incredibly, incredibly tacky and tasteless.[/quote]

Well, we did this. I guess I find the whole wedding and general gifting culture gross and I would have rather done something with the actual home I live in rather than get some vases that would never be used. I buy many of my things secondhand which I’m sure is considered gauche by you but ultimately I care more about my contribution to making my wedding hoopla as sustainable as I could.[/quote]

I’m PP you’re responding to, and I understand the utility and universality of cash, but still find the actual asking a bit tacky.  Did you have a page on your wedding website that explicit asked for money, or was it implied (eg no registry?).  I think it’s the asking that bothers me.  Most people give cash/a check anyway.[/quote]

We said “no boxed gifts.” [b]We did end up with about 25% of our guests that gave nothing which was a bit annoying [/b]at the time (since we were plenty generous for their weddings) but understood we didn’t have a registry. I did google a former friend and saw she had a Venmo listed which I thought was pretty bold. [/quote]

…lol…

Well you said you don’t need any stuff so you didn’t get any. [/quote]

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