Comments on: The joy of bad weddings

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:48:48 +0000

I think that the bride needs her head examined.. Props on being honest as to why she invited people, but wether or not the person that didn’t attend didn’t call or not doesn’t matter as noone knows why they didn’t go or call so that point isn’t valid. There were people at my wedding that didn’t give gifts and I didn’t care all I wanted was our close family and friends there and that was what we had.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 22:38:40 +0000

I was recently married and a few months prior to my wedding a good friend actually said to me, “Just tell us how much your wedding is a plate so we know how much of a gift to give you.” Needless to say, I laughed that one off.
From what I’ve heard, that idea is rampant here in the Chicago area, but I’ve noticed that a large percentage of the population here is rude, vulgar and seriously lacking in taste–but perhaps that’s just the people I come into contact with.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:18:16 +0000

These are things you might think, but you don’t write a letter!
Word of the day calendar indeed

By: monika

monika — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:13:23 +0000

I love it when people try to make their language sophisticated and fail like these people.

“did not amount to the cost of one plate, nor was not the amount given to you at your wedding”

And they use ‘nor’ again in the next sentence. Word-a-day calendar? My favourite part is where they claim you shouldn’t go to a wedding if you can’t afford an expensive gift. At least they’re honest about why they invite people…

By: enygma

enygma — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:38:11 +0000

You are an optimist, never teh bride. I’m more willing to believe that they were skinflints. Really, I’ve never heard of such a thing.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:04:11 +0000

catrandom: My one hope is that the new couple was incensed about not receiving a call and only their ire prompted them to write such nasty things. Then later, they were quite sorry and apologized.

By: catrandom

catrandom — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:15:34 +0000

Love that accounts-payable theory of wedding etiquette! Unbelievable.

Though, imho, one must concede one valid point to the reprehensible writers of this letter: Accepting an invitation to a wedding, then not showing up and not calling is pretty crummy behavior too.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:48:23 +0000

You would not believe, however, JayKay, how widespread this gimme gimme gimme attitude really is.

By: JayKay

JayKay — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:03:20 +0000

*mouth hanging open*
Wow. So much for friendship. So much for class.
I can’t believe that letter! Good grief Charlie Brown!
I offer a pill of the “chill” variety to the author…

Maybe I have a different idea of what my big day will comprise, but out of all the things I look forward to, receiving (and expecting!) expensive gifts is not one of them. I’d be cool with my friends and family just showing up to celebrate with me…To me, they are worth SO much more than material gifts or covering the cost of their plates…How shallow!