My husband and I love our cat dearly as everyone who attended our wedding knows ... so instead of favors we put cards on the table saying in lieu of flowers, we have put money aside in your name to have our cat cloned.
Most guests were in an uproar at the wedding, but I thought it would pass and they would get over it.
I think they may be upset because they have a pretty good idea that we are going to put the money from the wedding towards cloning our cat.
But it is our money, and we should be able to do what we want with it, right? I'm really hurt that most people won't even talk to us!
What is your opinon? I think it's quite debatable.
2007-03-28 09:55:26 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I have never ever ever ever heard of this! But it is hilarious!!! Maybe you should have just said that I was going to some cause for cats or something. Cloning is still a bit new and cloning a cat is really, well....weird. I wouldn't have been mad if I were a guest, I would have been laughing through all of dinner though!
2007-03-28 12:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think the bigger issue is having the cloning done, not that you didn't do the flowers. Cloning is a serious hot-button issue whom a lot of people take offense to. I don't think it's that people don't believe you about what you are doing with your money, I think it's most likely that people don't agree with your choice to have your cat cloned. Many people feel it's akin to playing god, instead of letting nature be what it will be. They are also probably upset that you did it "in their names" because then if they are against the issue, or even if they are pro cloning, you have essentially put their personal info (name) into a very public issue.
I think that it is a sensitive subject, one that is best left out of an affair like a wedding. I think that it was not your choice to do something in the name of your guests and that they have a right to be upset.
2007-03-28 18:41:46 · answer #2 · answered by ms. teacher ft 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first off...your questions is misleading...you didn't "donate" any money to anyone or anything.
i know why your guests may be upset....many of them might think cloning is wrong, and are upset that this is being done "in their name", as you suggest.
also...i don't quite understand...was the cloning money instead of favors of instead of flowers?...you said both in your question.
if you didn't want to spend money on these things so you could save up for cloning your cat, you should have kept it to yourself...i can guarantee no one would have asked you why you didnt have flowers/favors...in other words...yes, you can do what you want with your money, just dont tell everyone about it!
p.s. you do understanding that cloning your cat will just give you another cat who looks like the first, right? the "new" cat will most likely act and behave totally different.
i really hope this question is a joke.
2007-03-28 19:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by jennyvee 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You're kidding, right?
So instead of doing all of that, why didn't you just completely skip on favors and use that money to clone your cat?
I'm sure they have a pretty good idea of what you're doing, because you said it on the cards.
You're right. It is your money. So you could have saved all the drama by just skipping over the favors and taking the money and cloning it rather than making it into a big deal.
2007-03-28 17:18:14 · answer #4 · answered by sweetxgrace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don 't blame them! The #1 reason guests give money as a wedding gift is so that the couple can get something they NEED and so that you don't end up with 50 sets of towels and 10 sets of dishes....I think if they knew you were going to clone your cat with your money, they would have bought you a personable gift. I've been married 11 years and can look around my house and point out sentimental and memorable items that I got for my wedding and tell you who got them for us. When you get pregnant and have a baby are you also going to save the money to clone your child? I'm sorry, this question is way out there!
2007-03-28 17:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Common sense would tell you to either put the money towards your honeymoon, a down payment on a house, or toward any bills left from your wedding. Yet you could have a more productive use for monetary gifts than to have a stupid cat cloned. If you want to engage in the weird and absurd then you do that behind closed doors, but what you're asking for is pretty tacky and just plain tactless.
2007-03-28 17:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by nabdullah2001 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If someone has certain beliefs and are against cloning, then their money shouldn't be used to do such a morally questionable act.
Of course they are offended, I would be too. They gave you money for yoru home and not to do something like that,. If you wanted to do that, you should it have kept it for yourselves, and not advertise it in such a way that would offend your guests,
If you go to a party and you give then cash and they tell you that they use the money towards an abortion, would you feel insulted?
See, you have to be sensitive ...and you lack common sense and mmaners by doing this.
Good luck
2007-03-28 17:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by Blunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhh thats kinda of a cute idea but it getting you cat cloned nessisary? why don't you just get a new cat when that one dies? i mean there are tons of cats out there. but it is your money and do with it what ever you want. and it's a cute idea and everything. but don't you see it as wasteful. all the things you could have put money to. aspca, a house childrens charitys. that probably would have gone over better. didnt anyone tell you that wasa bad idea? ok sorry well people will say what they want, and if they don't talk to you oh well not much you can do about it now. sorry to see it went that badly. i personally would have thought about it a little bit more before i did something like that but it's you wedding.
2007-03-28 17:08:23 · answer #8 · answered by ericams85 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think what you want to do with your money, is your business... but the cards were a bit much.
No one wants to think about a cat dying and then being cloned becasue the owners can't get over it at a wedding.
2007-03-28 17:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by Mommy to David 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that's asinine-cloning a family pet. If I got that at a wedding, I'd think you were off your rocker, and I'd be annoyed my hard-earned money was being spent on something so stupid. I'd rather if you went out to dinner, or got paint for your house or whatever. Cloning a family pet is just rediculous.
2007-03-28 19:27:49 · answer #10 · answered by melouofs 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋