Would you pay to attend a wedding?

MACKTEXAS

MACKTEXAS

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A story was on the noon news about a couple who sold tickets to their wedding, ranging in prices from $57 to $997 each. This would help the couple with the cost of their wedding and eliminate the need for guests to buy wedding gifts. They took in over $100,000.00!

Would you pay to attend a wedding like this?

Maybe it's not a bad idea, since most people would spend more than $57 for a gift anyway, and many of the gifts may not ever be used.

Here is a link to a Youtube video about it.
 

As long as it would be instead of a gift and the same $75 or $100 I would have spent on a gift, it's probably a good idea to help with the wedding or honeymoon costs. A lot of new marriages now are starting with the couple already owning the things they would have received for gifts... no hassle of returning things or having to re-gift this way.
 
Something happened 3 years ago when I was invited to a wedding, and I didn't get to go, but I did send a gift, but I did send money with a note that it was for their honeymoon. The couple was going to Hawaii.

Even if I could have attended the wedding, they were not registered anywhere, and I'm not good at picking out wedding gifts, so it would probably be money anyway.
 
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Murrmurr said:
When I was a child, if a couple preferred cash over gifts, they specified on the invitation that it would be an Apron Wedding. That meant that, during the couple's first dance, the bride would be wearing an apron with pockets all around it for people to put money in.

Was that just my family?
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No - I've heard of this before.
 
Murrmurr said:
Oh wow. I thought that was an everybody thing. 🤪
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Using AI on Google, and searching for "apron wedding tradition", this appears:
The "apron tradition" in weddings, often seen in Polish and Mexican cultures involves the bride wearing an apron during a recption dance where guests offer money as a symbol of good wishes and support for the couple. It can be a fun and lively part of the celebration, with the apron acting as a receptacle for monetary gifts."
 
CallMeKate said:
I've never heard of it, but what a fun idea! (y)
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When I married the agent, my future MIL tod me to get a 'purse' with drawstrings to have on my wrist as we danced the first dance as a couple. I had never heard of that but went along, not feeling good about it. I felt like I was begging.

We had 150 people at the wedding and reception, so lots of people were coming up and putting checks in the purse as we danced. The checks totaled thousands of dollars.

As for now I don't attend weddings as I feel they are un needed. People either mostly live together or break up in a few years after marriage.
 
I went to a wedding in New York City. The bride was the daughter of Carmine Persico, the Godfather of the Colombo Family. After I found that out at the reception, by his nephew, I was waiting for gangsters to interrupt the fun everyone was having with blazing bullets flying around.

I told my wife to drop the card with the money in it into the bride’s moneybag or whatever it’s called and leave, but she wanted to stay. I thought fine, but let’s sit closer to the door. I never told my wife who the bride’s father was until we were on our way home.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
Using AI on Google, and searching for "apron wedding tradition", this appears:
The "apron tradition" in weddings, often seen in Polish and Mexican cultures involves the bride wearing an apron during a recption dance where guests offer money as a symbol of good wishes and support for the couple. It can be a fun and lively part of the celebration, with the apron acting as a receptacle for monetary gifts."
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I'm Italian and Irish, and mom was a Jew.

Not even close :ROFLMAO:
 
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