I got married last June, and while I was researching ettiquette, I came across a piece that said "If you want money, don't tell people yourselves. Tell your parents' and they can discreetly pass it on to the rest of the family." It basically said if you ask for it, you're being rude, but if your parents or whatever say "Oh, they already have most things...money would probably help them more" then it isn't as big of a deal. Me personally? I tend to give money anyhow for wedding gifts. People register for stuff that's either too expensive for me, or they don't have a huge registry and everything is already bought. So money is just more convenient, then they don't have to worry about returning some useless gift I just randomly selected.
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