2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
You didn't screw up; they did. People ought not beg for gifts, and even if that were not rude, specifying the gift would be.
2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
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Put in a picnic basket for a bedroom picnic? Or call them weird sex toys- throw in some lubricant!
2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
e.
Add a card that says "The road to a good bedroom experience leads through the kitchen."
2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
e.
Why not just return the items and buy a gift for the bedroom?
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2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
e.
Why not just return the items and buy a gift for the bedroom?
Don't think so. My kitchen store is half an hour away and this was my day off.
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elaine said:
2 wedding showers on the w/e. So today I went to a kitchen store and bought some of my favourite stuff:
-tongs; microplane, little egg beater -- great for making salad dressings, omelettes, scrambled eggs; marble mortar and pestle; some small glass spice bottles; knife that cuts really cool shapes, nice candle and a three rectangle server. Came home and was tidying up the top of my fridge which is where I found the invite
At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
e.
Add a card that says "The road to a good bedroom experience leads through the kitchen."
love it........I can do that! with a sex toy too! thanks
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At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
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At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is? IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of something! I just thought it funny that I hadn't discovered the extra piece of paper directing me to the bedroom.
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I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is?
Actually, yes. How did people ever handle such a burden before the onset of gift registries? The horror...
IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of
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Yes, it makes it "easier" in that now people don't have to put any actual thought into giving a gift. Instead they just choose from a pre-ordained list. So much for creativity and the meaningfulness of a heartfelt gift. Weddings have become McWeddings, with all the soul and sincerity of a Happy Meal.
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I agree when it comes to wedding gifts, but the OP was invited to a shower, and showers often have some sort of theme. I have heard of spice and condiment showers, bedroom showers, bathroom showers, kitchen showers.
I can understand having a registry for dishes, crystal and silver ware so that people expected to bring a wedding gift will know what they can get to contribute to a young couple's good dishes, but I am surprised at the things I have seen on registries over the past few years. They actually specify the make, model and colour of various appliances. To be fair, many of them are urged to do that by the stores who do the registry, but it is still damned tacky IMO.
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I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is?
Actually, yes. How did people ever handle such a burden before the onset of gift registries? The horror...
IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of
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something!
Yes, it makes it "easier" in that now people don't have to put any actual thought into giving a gift. Instead they just choose from a pre-ordained list. So much for creativity and the meaningfulness of a heartfelt gift. Weddings have become McWeddings, with all the soul and sincerity of a Happy Meal.
To be honest, I never, ever look at the gift registry thing. I suspect it is a guideline for some people - and some people like that!
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At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is?
Yes.
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IMO it makes it easier to buy.
There's no requirement that you buy people gifts. If you don't have the desire to do something nice for them on your own, they shouldn't be dictating which way you should be nice to them.
Miss Manners has a lot to say about this, and I agree with her completely. A recent column of hers says, in the context of another question, "When you speak of a 'gift,' it is in the social sense, where it would indeed be unfitting to name your own. (And yes, Miss Manners applies this condemnation to the use of so-called gift registries.)"
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At the end it says "Please bring a gift for the bedroom".
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So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
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I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is? IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of something! I just thought it funny that I hadn't discovered the extra piece of paper directing me to the bedroom.
Oh well.
On the other hand, directions to the bedroom seem fraught with peril. There is no way I'd give my friends [1] and relations such an opportunity. John Kane, Kingston ON Canada
To be honest, I never, ever look at the gift registry thing. I suspect it is a guideline for some people - and some people like that!
Gift registry used to have a good purpose, how could you buy china for someone if you didn't know their pattern? I think it's gotten out of hand, myself. The last time I went to a wedding shower ... not the wedding, just the shower! ... the gifts started at $60 and went up to items costing hundreds. I know the stores encourage that kind of thing, but geez. No kidding, I'd like a $300 Kitchenaid mixer, too! Never occurred to me to ask my friends to pick one up for me.
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is? IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of something! I just thought it funny that I hadn't discovered the extra piece of paper directing me to the bedroom.
Technically (from the etiquette mavens) a "theme" shower is OK but it is still considered rude to enclose registry information in a wedding invitation.
Rationale: the purpose of a shower is to "shower" the recipient with gifts; a wedding invitation is just that--an invitation to witness a wedding. No gift required although attendees usually do cough up.
So I'm thinking about what kind of spin I can put on this kitchen gift......
I'm surprised at the downright rudeness of the people making a request for what type of gift they want you to get! That's about as crass as one can get. If you feel that you want to give them the things you bought, then give them. That's the whole concept of GIVING!! It's not about asking. I'm sorry, but those people are waaaayyy out of line with that invite.
I'm not sure I agree.
Is it rude to include in the wedding invitation where one's gift registry is? IMO it makes it easier to buy. Like what's the point in having 3 of something! I just thought it funny that I hadn't discovered the extra piece of paper directing me to the bedroom.
Not only is it horrible to mention gifts on an invitation (backed up for ages by all the etiquette and protocol experts) I personally dislike being dictated to as to what to gift the couple with should I choose to give a gift.
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