Yeah, it's wedding season here. Last weekend featured a really awful one. I shouldn't say that but it's true. He's a SP4 infantryman, got married in his US Army uniform. I've never seen him without a beer in his hand. His father got utterly trashed at the wedding, upsetting the bride.
We gave cash. I don't give that marriage three years. And we've been going to a lot of weddings of that sort lately.
If I don't care much for the couple, I don't give a big present. It's that simple. Up here, everyone and his second cousin gets invited to the wedding, in hopes of a big present.
If I care for the couple, I ask them how much cast iron they have, then get them cast iron to fill in their collection. That sort of thing they'll use all their lives.
The utterly artificial "etiquettes" surrounding the Wedding Industry really burns my biscuits. "How much should you spend..." A lot of capitalistic pigwash made up by the merchants involved. As you say, it's what you can afford.
Yeah, it's wedding season here. Last weekend featured a really awful one. I shouldn't say that but it's true. He's a SP4 infantryman, got married in his US Army uniform. I've never seen him without a beer in his hand. His father got utterly trashed at the wedding, upsetting the bride.
ReplyDeleteWe gave cash. I don't give that marriage three years. And we've been going to a lot of weddings of that sort lately.
If I don't care much for the couple, I don't give a big present. It's that simple. Up here, everyone and his second cousin gets invited to the wedding, in hopes of a big present.
If I care for the couple, I ask them how much cast iron they have, then get them cast iron to fill in their collection. That sort of thing they'll use all their lives.
The utterly artificial "etiquettes" surrounding the Wedding Industry really burns my biscuits. "How much should you spend..." A lot of capitalistic pigwash made up by the merchants involved. As you say, it's what you can afford.
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