My fiance and I have been together for 7 years. We own a house and have MORE THAN ENOUGH dishes, towels, sheets, glasses, pots, pans, etc... I was under the impression that it was an Italian tradition to bring monitary gifts to weddings, i.e....bride's money purse... What if we included a gift registry info card that merely said, "Please call the mother of the bride for gift registry information" and then have her tell people that we would prefer the money for paying off our wedding and honeymoon? We don't want to use a honeymoon website or a wedding website because a lot of our family members are not in the computer generation........
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WEDDING ETIQUETTE EXPERT
Jun 6, 2006, 1:30 PM
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Re: [Naynay] Gift Registry Etiquette...
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Dear Wants Cash,
This would be extremely impolite. A wedding is a party you plan for yourself and to expect others to pay for it is not appropriate.
We never include gift information in any correspondance other than the shower invitation.
Even though it may be an Italian tradition to give money at the wedding, no one should expect it. In fact, in many regions this is considered old fashion and not proper.
If you receive items you do not need because you have so much, you can always donate it to all of those who have suffered this last year.
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