The groom's best man and his fiance are getting married a few months prior to us I'm really frustrated. They've known about our destination wedding plans for over two years and they've had plenty of chances to put some money away. Best man agreed to be an attendant before they were ever engaged. Since then he's announced his own wedding and the couple have expressed that they don't think they will be able to afford travel so close to such an expensive date of their own. I understand costs are stressful and I don't want to put a damper on their own event, but there is still a year to go until our wedding, and several months until theirs. We have to travel back to our home town to be attendants for both of them. Would it be horrible of us to purchase plane tickets for them as a wedding gift? Or should we merely wrap up these hurt feelings and foot the bill and send them a nice cuisinart instead?
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edited by TWQadmin on Jan 20, 2008, 12:07 PM)
Giving them tickets for a wedding gift isn't improper and could be considered thoughtful. But, maybe there are other reasons they feel they cannot attend your wedding. And, maybe it would make them uncomfortable accepting such an expensive gift. It may be best to offer the tickets as a wedding present and allow them to decide. If they don't bite, then the cuisinart is a great alternative.
Tacky destination offer?
