Comments on: Forgotten Wedding Gift Solved

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:02:03 +0000

Cash Machines at weddings are just plain WHITE TRASH AND RUDE. What ever happened to people giving gifts from the REGISTRY? The couple spent the time to choose items from their registry…guests should have the respect to give them a gift from the registry.

The one year rule is not something Peggy nor Emily Post thought of believe me. I got married 7 months ago and can not believe the thoughtlessness of some of our guests…..guests who have millions and have yet to send a gift….especially when they are well aware of the cost per person…and it was far more than 50-100 dollars…more like 1200 dollars per person….still makes me ill, especially when we thought of everything and every little detail to make the entire night special for them…

By: June

June — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:53:11 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts on wedding gifts – it really is hard to find something unique, but still standard enough to not come across as weird! I went through a phase of buying couples vaccuum cleaners for their weddings. I guess as you get older more people already had their own and I had to think of something else!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:53:49 +0000

Yeah, I’m with the other ladies here – this is just rude. You know, some of my guests didn’t give gifts and I was okay with that – I was just happy to be at their wedding. If someone did forget the gift at home or whatever, they could always mail it later.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:06:57 +0000

Well, I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling that this was really a bad idea to have at a reception.

I am curious as to what our male readers think…

By: DebtDieter

DebtDieter — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:59:33 +0000

What a hideous idea, especially for countries where it’s NOT traditional to give cash ‘gifts’.

So incredibly tacky.

By: Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet

Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:01:56 +0000

Sounds super tacky to me! The things people think of.

By: Sallie's Niece

Sallie's Niece — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:50:15 +0000

I think it sounds kinda rude to have a machine like that at a wedding. I’m a Maid of Honor in my sister’s wedding coming up soon and I can’t even imagine how she would react if I suggested that. My feeling is – the guests have known about this wedding for about a year (most weddings you have at least a couple of months notice) and they presumably have looked at the registry and about half of them were invited to a shower.

Therefore if they “forget” a gift and don’t have their checkbook on them well that’s just pretty silly.

And it doesn’t exactly matter as the rule is that you have one year from the date of a wedding to give a gift. My feeling is if you truly forgot, send one the next day – the couple will get it before they arrive back from the honeymoon!