Black Tie Weddings

telekon

:mad:

Should one deduct the €50 rental fee from the cash present?

ejmaztec

Skinflint:P

smash

telekon wrote: »

:mad:

Should one deduct the €50 rental fee from the cash present?

One should buy a black suit and stfu.

AnonoBoy

If one is having a black tie wedding, one doesn't expect something as crass as cash for a present.

A mongoose bearing a diamond tiara carrying a bowl of crystal would be more appropriate.

telekon

smash wrote: »

One should buy a black suit and stfu.

One should not have to. Probably wear it twice in one's entire lifetime.

Emiko

telekon wrote: »

One should not have to. Probably wear it twice in one's entire lifetime.

At one's court appearance and one's funeral?

smash

seriously you'll always need a suit for something.

ejmaztec

The problem with deducting the hire charge from the cash gift would be trying to get that tenner back from the happy couple.

telekon

smash wrote: »

seriously you'll always need a suit for something.

A black tie suit is not the same as a normal suit. I have a normal suit which has worked quite well up to this point.

smash

telekon wrote: »

A black tie suit is not the same as a normal suit. I have a normal suit which has worked quite well up to this point.

Bullsh!t, just wear a black suit and a black bow.

faceman

Theres nothing classy about black tie weddings. All the men wear second hand suits!

Orando Broom

Black tie weddings are very 2007. You should decline the invite and tell them you'll read about it in VIP magazine, the tacky twats.

ejmaztec

AnonoBoy wrote: »

If one is having a black tie wedding, one doesn't expect something as crass as cash for a present.

A mongoose bearing a diamond tiara carrying a bowl of crystal would be more appropriate.

I've seen loads of those dumped in skips after the honeymoon.

telekon

smash wrote: »

Bullsh!t, just wear a black suit and a black bow.

Don't have a black suit. Hence the rental cost.

chin_grin

Buy this. Sorted.

telekon

Orando Broom wrote: »

Black tie weddings are very 2007. You should decline the invite and tell them you'll read about it in VIP magazine, the tacky twats.

+1

Would seriously live to but not an option unfortunately. Its an added cost for the several unemployed people I know going too...

smash

telekon wrote: »

Don't have a black suit. Hence the rental cost.

Ok.... then look at the first reply again.

El Weirdo

One wouldn't go to a wedding of the sort of **** that would have a Black Tie wedding.

telekon

smash wrote: »

Ok.... then look at the first reply again.

What are you, my wife? Because she had said something eerily similar but its a wedding of her friends so I am gonna release some steam here instead of starting a full blown fight at home.

listermint

Not too sure, but i like the idea of dressing up tbh, ive a black tie wedding in Jan. Should be a bit of crack. I have black suits but no black tie persay.


But i would say OP if you cant afford to go then dont.

smash

telekon wrote: »

What are you, my wife? Because she had said something eerily similar but its a wedding of her friends so I am gonna release some steam here instead of starting a full blown fight at home.

Rob the money from your wife.

telekon

smash wrote: »

Rob the money from your wife.

We have a joint account. I would be still spraying my own shoes to some extent...:(

smash

sell her wedding ring!

telekon

smash wrote: »

sell her wedding ring!

Or what about killing her and claiming the life insurance...

jonnyfingers

Go to the wedding just wearing a black tie and tell the bride that's your present to her.

telekon

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Go to the wedding just wearing a black tie and tell the bride that's your present to her.

That...is...GENIUS!

gstar

only one thing worse than a black tie wedding is when the wedding is "black tie optional" so they are not enforcing you to splash out on extravagance, but they will laugh at you if you dont

AnonoBoy

Of course you could go dressed up as someone of African/Siam descent and when queried just say, "Oh I must have misheard. I thought you said this was a Black Thai wedding."

Dyr

Went to one once..still have the clobber. Never ever again

RoboRat

Was invited to 2, turned up to both in a charcoal grey normal suit with a black tie (not a dickie bow). Nothing was really said but I didn't care as I saved about €70 on rental anyhow.

Azureus

Ive been to 3 or 4 black tie weddings, depending on how seriously the black tie bit was taken-one of them people kinda just showed up in work suits, it was a bit odd.

I dont really like a dress code at a wedding, much like I hate fancy dress/awkward effort-requiring theme parties that arent at halloween, but black tie is easy enough to get around once you own a black suit. You can smarten it up easy enough. And if you dont own a black suit, you should. Men suiting up is the most underated thing ever!

Gearheart

It depends how much you're willing to spend on the gift and how well you know the couple I suppose.

AgileMyth

telekon wrote: »

One should not have to. Probably wear it twice in one's entire lifetime.

You can get loads of use out of a good suit. Black tie breakfast, black tie workday. You could even try black tie jogging.

pickarooney

It's a bit much to expect people to show up to your silly wedding and wear clothes that you've picked out and buy you a present, surely?