Spinoff of 2170 Posts!!

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Spinoff of 2170 Posts!!
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 12:01pm

Ok, with all the wedding talk and what to give for gifts, I am NOW, after going to weddings for almost 20 years-lol! invited to an outdoor wedding in someone's home.
Here is the scenario:
Bride and Groom (she 22, he 36)
Living together for over 3 years
Groom-12 year old son
Bride and Groom-have a 3 year old and she is due with their 2nd in August
Wedding:
At her mother's house-catered food from restaurant

I know in other posts I said I would probably give the same as a sit down reception but we were orally invited to this wedding so I assume they are doing this just to get married before the 2nd child arrives. I have NO clue now what to do about a gift-lol!!

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iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:31pm
You are speaking to the person who looks for free things all the time to do. I don't think you need to spend money on everything.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:32pm

Didn't think so, not surprised.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-10-2007
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:33pm
What???
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:33pm
No. Because what it is relative to is sample size. If one is going to call 2 "a lot", that means the sample is very small- such as a single street.(Murders per street vs. murders per city.) Hazeleyes didn't limit her sample at all. She just said "a lot of people". She has gone on to explain that she knows very, very many people which means that her sample size is large. Only 2 out of the large number of people she knows don't leave town. Which is not a lot. Just as 2 murders in a large city would not be a lot.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:33pm

Yes I know, I am capable of reading a post and my comments reflect the edit.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-08-2001
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:34pm

<<What question? >>


You saw the post, since you pointed out that I'd edited it.

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Registered: 01-10-2007
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:34pm
Sometimes dh and I sometimes give separate gifts, in all sorts of scenarios (Christmas, bdays, weddings). Sometimes there is a meaning behind a specific gift that only has meaning if coming from one of us, so we'll give separate gifts.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:35pm
Disagree; a guest and his date might decide things a couple of different ways. He could even have told her she didn't need to bring a gift, and she could have responded that she felt like bringing one anyway. Either way, she wouldn't necessarily have known, or needed to know, what he was bringing, let alone remembered it 20 years after the fact.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:36pm
If you were a couple of long standing, you might, but if you're just a dating couple, you might not.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Fri, 07-06-2007 - 4:36pm
I thought she basically went as a date to this wedding? I would think she didn't know the person that well to go out and get a separate gift.

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