Because there is an expectation of a present when you attend a wedding.
Like it or not.
Had family only for the wedding
140 for the wedding party (basically wedding some months later), 180 invited but im obvs not as popular as i think.
Why are people living beyond their means for weddings?
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Christ - you must have some means if you footed most of the bill for 140 people attending.
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So you would justifiably hold a grudge against a person depending on how much they paid you to go to the event you invited them to?
Ok. You are coming across as at a minimum quite petty, at worst a miserable hungry cunt.
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We saved.
We footed the bill, it’s the done thing these days.
I would be disappointed and angry that they didn’t have sufficient respect to give a decent present - yes.
Despite being drawn into a debate here to defend my position, it doesn’t actually bother me very much.
Btw the issue here is the fucking silliness of being upset at how much someone pays you to go to your wedding.
Most people as a matter of course will gift something, as that is a cultural norm. No problem there. Getting your knickers in a twist that amount someone gives is not to your liking is fucking mental.
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Fair play.
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Apparently Tayto sandwiches are a novelty at weddings nowadays. I was at two quite recently and they were served up on both occasions.
I’d feel fairly mugged off if I a stuffed a ton in an envelope and was served up that.
If myself & Mrs Keeper are invited to a wedding we’d stick €250 in a card. If it’s a friend/relation of mine I’d cough up maybe €200 of that and her the balance, and vice versa.
Don’t understand the hassle of attending weddings for some people. If it’s such a drain just don’t go.
Otherwise go off and enjoy the day with family and friends. If they are good friends they won’t really care what present you give, they’ll be happy enough with whatever you give.
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id be fairly comfortable suggesting that both of those marriages will end in divorce
I didn’t expect anything. Each to their own.
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5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where, on application to it in that behalf by either of the spouses concerned, the court is satisfied that—
(a) at the date of the institution of the proceedings, the spouses have lived apart from one another for a period of, or periods amounting to, at least four years during the previous five years,
(b) there is no reasonable prospect of a reconciliation between the spouses, and
(c) such provision as the court considers proper having regard to the circumstances exists or will be made for the spouses and any dependent members of the family,
or
(d) Tayto sandwiches were served at the reception
the court may, in exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by Article 41.3.2° of the Constitution, grant a decree of divorce in respect of the marriage concerned.
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For some people 500 is a drop in the ocean, for others 200 might be an unjustifiable expense, there shouldn’t be a going rate. If there is it should be dependent on your means, like the parable of the guy who gave his last sovereign
I haven’t a clue, never did, of what anybody put into the cards at my wedding.
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thankfully i dodged that bullet.
There was a wedding i heard tell of that 300 were invited, one main course option, chicken curry.
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i had a vegan tee totaller at my wedding, the chef asked what i wanted to serve him, i told him a bowl of leaves. everyone else got beef or salmon, 6 bottles of wine per table and a 3 hour free bar
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Looks like they robbed the Ryanair trolley
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