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To gift or not

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  • 10-05-2024 8:55pm
    #1
    Marymoore
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭


    if you decline a wedding invite, are you still expected to give 100 per head? Or what is normal to give?



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    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    There's some about of rubbish spewed about expected or usual gifts for weddings. If you want to give a gift then give a gift. If you're not going just buy them something you're comfortable with.



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    phormium
    Registered Users Posts: 3,310 ✭✭✭phormium


    No, I never have, might consider giving something small if it was a relative or good friend and legitimate reason for not going, if it's just a wedding I have zero interest in going to then zilch.



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    XsApollo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    lol, so an invite to a wedding is basically a bill? No way.
    if you were close enough with the people that you would like to give them a gift then do, same as a birthday or whatever.



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    witchgirl26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭witchgirl26


    Never have declined but if it was a close friend/family member & it was a case I couldn't make it for a legit reason, then I might still give a present. Otherwise, no wouldn't give anything.



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    Madd002
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭Madd002


    If invited you must be somewhat a friend/colleague, if you genuinely can't go, a wedding card & a €50 one4all voucher or send a bottle of something nice it would be a nice gesture. I've received a few from friends who couldn't make it due to other commitments and we really appreciated it always makes us think fondly of them.



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    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122122005#Comment_122122005

    Usually be people shortly to be married, trying to maximise their 'take'.



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    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122147666#Comment_122147666

    Who are you referring to?



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    witchgirl26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭witchgirl26


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122147666#Comment_122147666

    I think that is a bit unfair. Most people I know weren't calculating the profit on their wedding - they were too busy actually planning it & sorting everything out.



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