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Originally Posted by maleficent
Maybe I've been to entirely too many weddings over the years.. but ... you seriously would expect to get a gift of any value without feeding or boozing your guests? Cash bars, which are quite common in New England, are tacky enough, but no food? No food - no gift... (etiquette says, that the monetary value of the gift should be what the couple spends per head at the reception - cheap snacks costs about 75 cents per head? I'm not sure a 75 cent gift would be appreciated  |
I am mostly a lurker here and have enjoyed your good posts and sound advice, but this post makes me glad I do not live in New England.
A wedding is about the couple getting married, most likely a younger couple starting out in life. They or their family are supposed to come up with the extra thousands, on top of what it cost for the ceremony and reception hall, just to get decent or worthy gifts? WOW!
I did not say no food. What I meant was that you do not have to provide a three course meal. We put out meat, cheese, and buns for sandwiches along with fruit, macaroni and potatoe salad (all done by our families). This cut some cost. We also got 2 kegs of beer. By my calculation using the above qouted formula, we should have recieved maybe an iron, a blender, and
maybe some tupperware.