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This is the biggest load of crap since crap was invented. Under no circumstances is anyone required to send a gift. The word gift is not the same as "entrance fee" and people really should stop confusing the two.

Anyone who doesn't know my name (and can't be bothered to find it out) is not someone who should be sending out invitations to social events until they've passed "Basic social conventions"

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To say otherwise is to be just plain wrong.

And gift registries are vulgar.]]>May 26th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/the-luxist-guide-to-wedding-gifts/http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/the-luxist-guide-to-wedding-gifts/
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"Is a wedding gift expected? Yes, with an exception. Following long-established tradition, everyone who receives a wedding invitation should send a gift wheterh they attend the wedding or not. but if you send invitations to casual acquaintances, business associates you don't know well, or people you haven't seen in years and they do not attend the festivities, then a gift is not expected."

Of course, I take Post for the final word, I don't know who this Lora Chio is.

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"... the innovations that are most widely followed, even by those who resent them, are vulgar, impractical or nonsensical -- and almost always expensive. Here are some that Miss Manners refuses to sanction:
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That the wedding couple is not only entitled but obligated to think up their own presents, and that guests are bound to buy them as directed. Worse, that guests are supposed to bring goods equivalent in value to the cost of the food and drink they receive. And that the couple has a year after the wedding in which to send their thanks.

Getting married does not endow people with the privilege of levying taxes or charging admission. It does give them the obligation of expressing their gratitude in writing immediately, and to refrain from complaining about what a burden it is to be the recipient of so many people's generosity. Presents are voluntary, and should be selected by the giver, but never brought along to the wedding, where collecting them causes no end of trouble."]]>May 26th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/the-luxist-guide-to-wedding-gifts/http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/26/the-luxist-guide-to-wedding-gifts/
But that is a separate question, and has nothing to do with the false "invitation = present" equation Chio is making.

But if my business were helping people shop (and I didn't know better), I'd probably tell them they needed to shop at every possible occasion as well.]]>May 26th 2009 8:20PM