2006-11-04 10:12:20 · 12 answers · asked by Tren N 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Guests should never be Required to bring anything.
You are invited presumably because your Host likes you.
etiquette says you should send or bring a gift if invited to the Wedding or the bridal shower.
If this is the first public event after the wedding. It would be nice if you brought a gift but its not required.
2006-11-04 10:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by coachelarose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have not given a wedding present yet, yes, you are expected to take one. If you have allready given one, no, one is all they get.
People sometimes have a reception long after the wedding, I guess there are good reasons to do so, like a death in the family, or couldn't get the reception hall they wanted, and waited for it, but if you were not invited to witness the wedding, and share in the joy of that, then , in my opinion, the reception is nothing more than a gimmy party, a bid for gifts. If you did go to the wedding, never mind. I wonder, will the bride dress as a bride, or just a party dress?
2006-11-04 23:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just went to a reception for a couple who had been married in another state 2 weeks before. We gave them a card with money in it. This was the only gift we gave them as we were not invited to the wedding.
If you have already given them one gift for the wedding, then you do not give another one at this reception.
2006-11-05 07:38:27 · answer #3 · answered by Cat Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have already sent them a gift, then you do not need to bring another one to the reception.
I am sure that the couple will be too happy and in love to care whether you brought a gift, and you were invited which means they already like you. However, I think that if you have not given a gift yet, it would be nice if you did. Just something small. Even a card with a nice something written about the two of them that they can put in their scrapbook to help honor the occasion.
2006-11-04 18:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by halarious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would buy a gift if I went to the reception. Try to imagine being the only one there that never brought one.
2006-11-04 19:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by my2cents 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the words of the wise...supposedly given to us by odin himself...it says...no man is so rich he will not accept gift for gift....do u plan on eating and drinking at the reception? then you need to reciprocate the couples hospitality with a gift...unless you sent a gift at the time of the wedding
2006-11-04 21:37:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the etiquette, you have a year to send a gift. If you are broke (or don't actually like the people) then I would give them a card, but if you can afford it, get something from their registry.
2006-11-04 18:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by redheadedcyclone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you are attending the reception.
2006-11-04 22:11:06 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gift is just that, a gift, it is optional, my self I would be inclined to say no to the gift
2006-11-04 20:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by patti duke 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but don't go overboard. A token gift will do.
2006-11-04 18:17:05 · answer #10 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋