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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I had no idea about the NY “premium” on wedding gifts. I send a card with $100 to a nephew I hadn’t heard from in ten years, despite my sending cards and small gifts during that time. (I was traveling and didn’t attend the wedding.) I was informed by another family member that that amount was insulting. 🙄 Of course, that gift wasn’t acknowledged, either. [/quote]

It's a NYC/Long Island area thing. I grew up nearby in CT and had never heard of this till I spent some time living in Long Island. In grad school, myself and some classmates were quite perturbed when we attended a wedding and the bride voiced displeasure about so and so's gift not covering the cost of the plate. None of us had heard of this rule prior.

I will also say, Long Island/NY suburb areas also have some crazy wedding displays. I went to one where the bride and groom were lifted into the middle of the dance floor by an elevator type thing complete with dry ice smoke. Also, the dessert display is absolutely INSANE - like they peel back an entire wall with sparklers, etc. to tables of desserts.

But also, the Italian food at those weddings was off the chain. Appetizer hour could not be beat. 8 different types of pasta and someone hand rolling fresh mozzarella in water.

Went to several weddings like this.

Making myself hungry....[/quote]

DP to add, have been to weddings in upstate NY and it's completely different, and there's no "cover your plate" expectation.[/quote]

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