My friend was asked to sponsor a wedding and neither one of us has ever heard of such a thing. Does my friend help pay for the wedding to people he doesn't even know? They are his girlfriends friends and he has never met them. All he was told was that he was going to be "godfather" to the wedding and would have a part to play in the ceremony. Please help cuz he doesn't want to pay for someone elses wedding!!!! Thank you!
2006-06-20 12:30:10 · 5 answers · asked by just wondering 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
This practice is actually really common in the Hispanic culture. Family and friends called Mardias and Pardinos (my spanish sucks) will help pay for items that the couple needs. Example: My cousin will be married in July of this year. She and her groom-to-be have asked my father to pay for the DJ, my grandparents were asked to help pay for the cake. In return for the generosity the names of the sponsors are placed on the programs and they are given special treatment at the reception. It is an honor to be asked to help with the wedding expenses. However this is the first I have ever heard of having a person you have never met help pay for stuff.
2006-06-20 15:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Audi Leah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husbands aunt said she was sponsoring our wedding by buying the toasting napkins and dinner napkins. (The kind that have your names on them.) If your friends are Catholic then this is totally normal. It just means that the couple wants your friends to participate and you are expected to give a nice gift. I just sponsored a communion for my best friends son. My name went on the brochure and I gave him a gift, not a huge expensive ordeal. Good Luck!
2006-06-20 22:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of couples asking businesses to sponsor weddings (which I find to be distasteful), does your friend own a business? If he doesn't this is beyond tacky! Politely decline and hope this trend doesn't catch on.
2006-06-20 20:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO! tell these people if they like mooching off people--go live on the streets!
thats the most retarded thing i ever heard!
2006-06-20 20:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by daydreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politely decline. That is beyond tacky.
2006-06-20 19:48:58 · answer #5 · answered by bluez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋