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Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch
Ah, come on, now. We really do have to allow that there can be cultural differences. What one group of people finds rude another group finds normal. Sometimes we have to be able to be in Rome and do as the Romans do.
These things can come up with small matters like napkins and large matters like weddings.
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(Regarding to asking for specifics in wedding gifts) That would back-up not asking for what you want directly to your wedding guests in such ways as asking for cash in a blunt message on the wedding invitations assuming the guests are made up of mixed cultures. Not all guests will respond/think the same so why force it on everyone?
If it is the norms of a certain culture to give cash, let them do so. If it is not, let those guest do what they want to do as gifts.
I still stay not to put it in your wedding invitations and the like and leave it only to word of mouth if requests were made personally. This method would leave less room for unintentional insults. The same for registries, use it as a word of mouth instead of advertising in the invitations.