So Here’s the scope…
This is the story of how a jar of marshmallow fluff ruined a friendship, clouded a joyful wedding day, and sparked debate across the Internet.
Kathy Mason and her boyfriend attended the wedding of two Canadian women, and things went afoul from there. Mason’s boyfriend wrote the following: “As a gift, my Girlfriend and I gave them a wicker box with a hinged lid, filled with food items, most of them PC Black Label, including: tri-color pasta, salsas, Balsamic vinegar and Olive oil, Gourmet croutons, Panko Breading, Pesto, some baking ingredients, Biscuits from Godiva and a few ‘Fun’ items like Marshmallow Fluff, Sour Patch Kids and Butterscotch sauce…On the card we wrote ‘Life is delicious….Enjoy.’”
The following day, he received, via text, what might be the least genuine thank-you note in history.The brides stand by their position. In her response, one of the brides claims the basket cost $30— a paltry amount, in her opinion, for two people, considering the $97-per-plate fee they spent on each guest for the reception. “Weddings are to make money for your future. Not to pay for peoples meals…”
(ref: Wedding Gift Sparks Epic Text Battle – Yahoo! News)
This is the story of how a jar of marshmallow fluff ruined a friendship, clouded a joyful wedding day, and sparked debate across the Internet.So you read the problem. So here are our thoughts and a few solutions.
Photo by Barry Gray/Hamilton Spectator
#1 Don’t invite your co-workers.
As we have stated in a previous blog, unless you or your spouse works alongside your best friends then the only person who you need to invite from your job is your boss. Besides your boss or your close friends we don’t recommend that you invite your co-workers or other acquaintances, only because if you are going to spend money for each table linen and chair and place holder for each guest, invite those people who are closer to you who would be more appreciative.
#2 Your wedding is not an investment or a money making venture.
- Let’s look at this reasonably. If your wedding costs $20,000.00 and you have 200 guests every one of those guests would have to give you $100.00 in order for you to break even! That means that everyone from Grand-aunt Mable to your niece “Sissy” needs to pony up so you can recoup your losses (neither of which tend to carry large sums of money on their person).
- C’mon that’s not practical. There is a reason why brides and grooms set a budget for their wedding. And It’s to establish the underlying question “how much can we afford to lose”? The fact that the bride could text their friend the next morning complaining about the cost of the gift, means that she or they did not understand the purpose of inviting people to the wedding. Or the fact that wedding gifts are exactly that GIFTS and therefore there is no requirement to give them.
#3 Who the hell is gluten intolerant??
You’re telling me she didn’t have any wedding cake?! Do you mean to tell me that there are people like that? This is an educational moment people, don’t trust vegans, any milk made from a bean or (new to the list) gluten intolerant people.
Here’s a tip people free of charge.
If you want people to give you money at your wedding, do the research it’s called a “Green Wedding”. This is a polite way of saying “please don’t give me a picture frame I’d prefer if you gave me copious amounts of money instead, ps: Im not insensitive and greedy ”.
The only way that you can practically come out of your wedding in the green,
(meaning received more money than you spent)
can be summed up in three ways.
- 1 • Your friends are white collar cut
If you have been either to a dinner party or on a veranda or at a dinner party on a veranda in the last six months this applies to you.
- 2 • If someone else pays for the wedding
Don’t worry no one will look down on your if you don’t crack your billfold open for this grandiose bashment after all it occurs relatively frequently. (And for those of us without verandas – chill no one’s gonna say nothing people do it all the time).
- 3 • Or you have your reception at Applebee’s
Just write in the invitation to bring an additional $15 along with your gift to the couple and that house sirloin on the 2 for 20 menu is highly recommended. Ps. Come early this is not a private venue and seating is limited.
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