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if a friends wedding is a month after yours......???

Original post by prunepie

is it appropriate to tell each other not to give each other gifts??
my train of thought is.... the couple who is coming to our wedding.... if they give us a monetary gift... in one month we will literally just be giving it back.
would it be tacky to mention this??
i want to just say come to our wedding and please lets not do gifts for one another ( other than maybe cards) bc we have our weddings so close together..

thoughts anyone? ty
GoingNutty Posted:

Re: if a friends wedding is a month after yours......???

I asked my friend about that (except it was two months apart). We were in each others bridal parties and I was saving for my wedding and was stressing about all of the expenses. Instead of backing out of her bridal party we agreed not to give each other gifts... we basically would have just given the same thing anyway and at the time, the extra money was needed in our bank account!!
soon2bmrsdunn Posted:

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If you guys are very close friends, I think it is fine to do that.

lipglossjunky73 Posted:

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With that logic - she should give you a really large gift!!!

That way you both look generous, and it won't cost either of you a dime!!!

nov06 Posted:

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Me and my friend aren't exchanging gifts. She's getting married a month before me.

JCam695 Posted:

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We have a friends wedding 2 months before and one 1 week before.

We asked the couple who are 2 months before if its ok that we just call it even instead of swapping checks.

I am also going to ask the couple who is one week before the same thing.

I think everyone understands. And if you give them a check, they are just going to give you a check for the same amount back. why bother???
chrissyandvin Posted:

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This is something to really think about ... I never really thought about that and my FH's best friend is getting married a month before us.. i guess I will leave it up to them to decide. I would say if you are really close then just make an aggrement not to exchange gifts..just cards...

JandJ1224 Posted:

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Well you are actually making out on the deal because you'll have the money for a month and get the interest on that money for the month until you give it back to them as a gift

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