As a wedding guest, what distinctions would you make for a wedding couple you "love" versus a wedding of a couple you simply like? anything? Gifts, willingness to travel, money expenditure? Is there no holds barred for one you love, where there are things you would not do for a more casual friend?
2007-08-09 05:23:02 · 8 answers · asked by danashelchan 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I ask this question, because about weddings, people gush and goo about how "you are invited to share the special day of someone you luuuuuv" so I wondered, "what if you actually don't 'love' them, you just 'like' them?
2007-08-09 07:15:15 · update #1
For an acquantaince.
Local only. Will give a nice gift. Will not travel and will wear a dress that I already have.
For a friend
Will buy a NEW dress, have my hair and make up done, will offer my help, will buy an expensiver gift from the registry or give them a good monetary gift. Will travel anywhere in the world to attend.
2007-08-09 05:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I probably wouldn't travel too far if it was a lot of money for someone I am not really close to. I would get a modest priced gift off the registry.
I would go local for a casual friend, and again, a modest priced gift from the registry.
2007-08-09 12:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by Crystal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would travel for a wedding of someone very close to me - but I probably wouldn't for a casual acquaintance; the gift would probably be the same for "love" and "like".
2007-08-09 13:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. If my sister or cousin (I only have 3 cousins) were getting married in the desert or Alaska, I'd be there. I don't care what it takes. I wouldn't even consider flying somewhere expensive (unless it was a vacation week and we would spend the week there on our vacation) for anyone I just "like."
My gifts--the amount I spend on someone I love is about double as well. Someone I love the budget is about double someone I like, which is about double what I spend on someone we have to figure out how we know them.
It's definitely a lot bigger deal b/c I want to make sure their wedding is perfect and I get them something they will remember forever.
2007-08-09 12:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by phantom_of_valkyrie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are definite distinctions, when traveling and hotel and all that stuff is involved consider this, how much to you want be there to be a witness to this marriage? If you really want to be there then you will travel and/or give generously, if not then send a gift in the mail.
2007-08-09 13:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by bestadviceever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd do alot more for a couple I was very close to, as opposed to a casual friend or distant relative in therms of giving a better gift, traveling, etc...
2007-08-09 12:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by melouofs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I probably wouldn't travel as far or spend as much on gifts for a couple I wasnt close to. I'm also much more willing to help out and more willing to overlook mistakes for couples I am close to.
2007-08-09 12:30:14 · answer #7 · answered by corinne1029 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For my family, or my husband's family - we would do anything and everything.
More casual friends, depends on our circumstances at the time.
2007-08-10 09:40:02 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋