If you are invited as a guest to a wedding are you obligated to split the amount of the gift?
2006-10-09 11:55:11 · 8 answers · asked by ANN R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Merely b/c you are an invited guest does not obligate you to bring a gift. If you attend the wedding, then yes, you should bring a gift or go in on a gift with someone. If you are not going, you do not need to give a gift, but a nice card would be very thoughtful.
2006-10-09 12:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by J.Z. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know what you mean to "split" the amount of the gift. Do you mean if you are going as a date with a guy and he was the one who was invited to the wedding? In that case, you really don't need to if you don't know the couple, but you could offer to give some money towards it.
If you, yourself are invited to a wedding, of course you take a gift.
2006-10-10 01:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about everyone else who's answered so far, but I was definitely raised to bring a gift to a wedding - I would never, ever dream of not bringing a gift (or a gift card or money, depending on the cultural custom) to a person's wedding. I was brought up that your gift should equal (or as close as possible) to how much your hosts are paying for you to be there...so if your meal is costing them $100, your gift should be around $100 too. Especially if the bride and groom are paying for it themselves, because they're starting out and probably need lots of support and so forth.
2006-10-09 15:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by Holly 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well,attending a wedding doesnt your obligated to bring a wedding gift.If you feel like giving a wedding gift then its fine.
2006-10-09 14:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by hopeless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the price of the gift you give doesnt mattermost wedding gift are useless stuff that gets stuck in the closet because the bride and groom doesnt want to offend somone by asking where it came from trust me i just got married and i was just hapy people came to the wedding the gifts are just a bonus
2006-10-09 12:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, please tell me that your friend, who has invited you as "their guest", to someones wedding (were assumming that you may or may not even know)....Actually had the gall to ask you to split the cost of the wedding gift with them?!?!?!?!
Tell them NO Way!...., how tacky, rude and insulting to even suggest to you. Tell him or her to find another date, dumb enough to pay for his or her gift to the bride and groom!
KJ
2006-10-13 07:43:15 · answer #6 · answered by kjsbridal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ppl invite close friends and family to their weddings.. to show them ur happy for them and that u appriciate the invitation u should buy them smthn for the new house
or if ur close with the bride u should get her smthn personal like lingerie and stuff she can use in her honeymoon ;)
2006-10-09 12:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by green_n6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's obligatory but it's a nice gesture if you are attending the wedding.
2006-10-09 12:05:21 · answer #8 · answered by caliorchid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋