Ah, weddings. There truly should be a saying that comes alongside the word, like” You can never satisfy everyone” or” Shit, I’m broke !”
For anyone who has ever stepped up to the task of organising a wed, you’ll know how darn expensive then there. Just say the word ” nuptial” and the dollar signs appear like magic little greedy gremlins, picking your pockets clean-living and forcing you take out a personal loan.
Don’t get me wrong, I adoration a bridal as much as the next lovestruck girl. I love the flowers, the getups, the venues and the pastel qualities. I enjoy watching the groom smile as his bride paths down the alley and the mother wiping ruptures from the regions of her seeings. I adoration the clapping, the laughable, the dancing and of course, the drinking.
Heck, marries are just one great, big-hearted gathering” ” but would you pay to attend one?
Well that’s the fiery question that was asked on our Ask SAHM forum not long ago, and it’s certainly interesting to see the responses-slash-opinions that some people have for this topic.
It all began when an anonymous adherent affixed this blurb 😛 TAGEND
” I have a friend who is getting married. This friend is infamous in our circle for her tight-arsedness. This time, she has sent out her nuptial biddings and has used to say that the RSVP to accept the invitation will be the acknowledgment of $65 into her bank account to pay for it. To was apparent, she doesn’t have any children, has a great job, owns her home, and travelings internationally a lot. I think it’s funny. What do you think ?”
Well, if she was after a fiery response, she got it!
One woman affixed 😛 TAGEND
” I would have a animal on the spit and some coleslaw and bread reels, plus a cask and a few cases of moet in my backyard before I questioned guests to pay .”
Another said 😛 TAGEND
” I think it’s contemptible to ask your guests for money to attend your marry. Is this what our society has become? We are so selfish and avaricious that we demand fund from parties to attend our bridal .”
There were words like ,” Tight arse“, “Cheap” and “Rude” all being flip around like it was the running of the bulls; red, blood-shot noses and all!
But there were a few who protected this bride’s somewhat covetou invitation request” ” and they made some valid points.
” I don’t see what the problem is…lots of people have wishing holes at nuptials, all the bride is doing is actually asking for the price of the meal, that’s all that’s different !” one girl wrote.
And guess what? I would have to agree.
It is common place these days to ask for money on a bridal summon through the gracious and poetic period of a” wishing well“, which in secret wedding expression conveys,” Give me fund to pay for this darn expensive shinn-dig !”
Some beings ask for contributions to their” wishing well” to pay for furnishing their new residence, their honeymoon or preparing for their future. They explain on the invitation that they don’t need talents; they have everything they need, so contributions of coin would be a huge help.
Is this not the same as asking for money to pay for a dinner? Only more courtesy?
Perhaps, it was the way she worded the request on the invitation that seemed so offensive. Perhaps, it was that the $65 deposit into the bank account would appear as the guest’s RSVP.
Yes, it know it sounds a little rude.
However, I have received an invitation asking for clients is payable for their snacks before … merely it was worded so well, you should not feel piqued at all.
It simply said,” In place of offerings and so that we can have the marriage of our dreams, we are asking you please place $ 50 in the return envelope along with your RSVP to pay for your banquet. Thank you .”
I foresaw, well that’s clever. Trims down the initial money outlay of the bridal, plus it wants I don’t have to drag a offering around with me to the ceremony! Brilliant!
I too found out last-minute that receipt expenditure $80 a head.
This topic is really a matter of belief but mine is: if your best friend are understanding and generous beings, they won’t mind give. If they are cheap themselves, they will!
Weddings are expensive, perhaps not for those who were married 10 years ago, but these days, they can cost up to $ 30,000 and that’s doing it on a plan. Pig on the spit is nice( not !) but everyone charities a good marry, with buds and reasonably table arrangements and a ravishing bride in a lily-white dress.
Be nice to people when they get married; it’s their day, make them make love their space. Heck, let’s just be nicer in general.
Would “youre asking” clients to pay, or would you get huffy if you were asked to pay?
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