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Originally Posted by Aleta
A wedding present was meant to help a young couple get started with the necessities in life. Alot depends on how old you are when you married and how many times you have been married. I've always heard that for a first wedding that a gift is more in order
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A gift could be useful if you know the people very well. If you don't know them, cash is better.
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Originally Posted by Aleta
As for what other cultures do in their country is fine. It has nothing to do with our culture here
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Whoa, you do realize that America is a melting pot, right? Other cultures have been coming here since the beginning of time.
Respectfully, what makes you think your culture is more valid than the ones that came before or after you?
Being culturally aware can have many advantages in business/financial and personal life as well. This is why many business schools teach non-Western perspectives.
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Originally Posted by Aleta
When I was younger I remember hearing it said that you have 1 baby shower and that would give you the necessary items you should have for your baby. It was frowned upon if a woman kept having baby showers. This is how much everything has changed.
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Not true if you have non-reusable items for the next child. Plus it depends on how well people like you.
I recommend being up front and ask for cash. Scrap the registry altogether. It may offend some people, but for reasonable people, I think it's fair to assume that they really care about your happiness.
If they really want you to be happy, they would want you to make the best use of the resources to buy the things you need, not the thing other people think you should need.
Anybody who think they know what you need more than you doesn't respect your individuality and individualized needs.