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Date: 3/4/2008 12:18:07 PM
Author:Keepingthefaith21
I was invited to a bridal shower which was described on the invite as 'Greenback' (i.e. the couple does not want gifts, they only want money).


It seems tacky to me and I am so turned off by this I have declined the attend the shower.


I want to know how common of a practice this really is. Have any of you ladies had a shower where you did not register and told your guests directly on the invitation 'cash only' gifts?


I realize some people are going to say 'you'd spend money on a gift so what is the difference?' but for someone who's a little old fashioned like myself, I truly enjoy buying a gift for friends off a registry for a shower and then giving cash for the wedding. I would never ever send out a birthday party invitation and say 'cash only' so I feel it is wildly inappropriate to get one for a bridal shower. I feel like this wedding is nothing more than a cash cow to the couple.


Am I the only person who feels that this sort of shower is tacky?

Hmmm i think it is sort of tacky but i think in some cultures this ok. i've received invitations from people from asian countries and this seemed to be normal.
I did find it really annoying when I received an invitation to a baptism and it stated money tree available. I am was confused - that statement did not make sense. But the message was - give money.
 
Where I come from (New Jersey
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) the norm is to bring gifts to the bridal shower and give money as a gift at the wedding. I am 26 and at that time in my life where I spend a lot of my weekends either at a shower or wedding and this is how it is done at all of them. You get an invitation to the bridal shower and in it is a slip of paper (professionally done, of course) with information about where the couple is registered. Then the wedding invitation follows and there is no information about the registry. This is what is normal to me, and I don''t see anything wrong with it. It is interesting to see how things are done in other states/countries. I do agree that it is tacky to ask for money, but I dont think it is tacky to let your guest know where you are registered.
 
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