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A different wedding gift
By: RevMaxx Date: May 27, 2018, 11:14 pm
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BG:: 1980. My first marrriage. We gals were all downright poor
college kids on our own. I invited my 2 friends (invite is
+guest) . both had a child, single struggling . My Dad was a
caterer wth a big hall but his friend switched off (common in
the biz to treat ech other royally) and we used Dads friend's
services end BG
RSVp both gals said "we can't come or birng boyfriends, we
can't afford it"
wait what ??!!
me: just wear what you have thats nice and bring BFs. I just
want you there.
((**NE NJ it's all about the envelopes of $ thinking))
They came , revelled in a great party.
I opened their card next day from both.
seven crisp one dollar bills in a big glorious (on back $3)
card.
they gave all they had. I wept. the best gift ever. like the
widow's 2 mites.
Still friends and all grammas.
My most cherished gift cuz they gave their all at the time.
(love you J and J)
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: TootsNYC Date: May 27, 2018, 11:28 pm
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That's such a thoughtful gift. You know what really makes it?
That they went to the trouble to find crisp, clean bills.
(and now I'm a little sniffly)
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: vintagegal Date: May 28, 2018, 6:30 am
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I also got married in 1981, "eloped" and then my dad threw us a
party later. I think back on some of the gifts we got.
6 wine glasses
2 wine glasses and a bottle of wine
a potted plant
a glass candy dish
set of drinking glasses
set of towels
2 mugs with matching plates
cash gifts of between $5 and $10.
The highlight was a flowering crab apple tree that we sadly had
to leave behind when we moved.
My dad's reasoning, he had over 20 nieces and nephews who had
gotten married and he had given them all gifts - now I was going
to get some, dadgumit!!
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: jazzgirl205 Date: May 28, 2018, 9:05 am
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My most memorable wedding gift was an antique sterling silver
fruit bowl. A week and a half before the wedding, my fiancé
called it off. Mama and I loaded up all the gifts and personally
returned them. The elderly lady who gave me the bowl refused to
take it back. "Remember the story of Joseph," she said. "When
his brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt, he thought his life
was over. But God had other plans and it was the beginning of
something wonderful and much better. So it will be for you.
Keep the bowl and let it be a reminder that the best is yet to
come."
I married a man who was crazy about me and vice versa. It has
been over 30 years and every single day I thank God that fiancé
#1 had the courage to back out. I now know that it would not
have worked and I would not have been anywhere near as happy as
I am today. Whenever I was down or felt rejected, I looked at
that bowl and it strengthened my faith that the best was yet to
come.
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: cattlekid Date: May 28, 2018, 9:22 am
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Our best wedding gift was from the son of a friend of my
husband's. My husband's friend was a young widow with three
sons whose husband died in tragic circumstances. We invited her
and her three sons as we certainly could not ask her to leave
them with a sitter (they were all elementary school aged).
Well, apparently one of the sons was so thrilled to be invited
to the wedding that he picked out his own card to sign and give
to us instead of letting his mom sign his name to the family
card. This same young man is now studying mechanical
engineering in college but I will still remember the little boy
who was thrilled to attend a wedding. ;D
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: RevMaxx Date: May 28, 2018, 1:12 pm
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Toots, I could actuallly smell that they ironed the bills.
:)
Everyone has heart warming stories !
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: MinMom3 Date: May 28, 2018, 1:36 pm
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Buffed and Puffed dollar bills! That IS sweet. They put effort
into it, and that counts a lot.
As an aside, back in the day when I had to use public
laundromats, I used to iron my bills before taking them along,
because my usual wrinkly ones wouldn't go through the bill
changer, but they worked just fine when I ironed them. ;D
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: CrazyDaffodilLady Date: May 29, 2018, 9:23 am
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For wedding gifts, a friend of mine usually gives the Happy
Couple a bug zapper. The HC is always amused and pleased.
#Post#: 3835--------------------------------------------------
Re: A different wedding gift
By: Luci Date: May 29, 2018, 10:17 am
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[quote author=CrazyDaffodilLady link=topic=286.msg3831#msg3831
date=1527603818]
For wedding gifts, a friend of mine usually gives the Happy
Couple a bug zapper. The HC is always amused and pleased.
[/quote]
We gave my dad and stepmother tiki lights for a wedding present.
SM kind of was insulted until she realized how little money we
had and then actually used them.
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Re: A different wedding gift
By: IMissItaly Date: May 29, 2018, 6:55 pm
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My ex's aunt had triple-crocheted a beautiful huge afghan for
us. I was in love with it. I had to move to a new location
before the ex could join me - that afghan was the only wedding
gift I took with me. I won custody of it in the divorce (well,
the judge didn't put it in the divorce decree but there was
discussion between the ex and I about where it would go to
live). It's still with me and much beloved.
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