Money Hungry Question

i honestly have no clue

our families are always very generous....but we have a lot of friends invited that are from PA and DC so they may be a little cheapo for a NY wedding just bc they dont know. im not expecting a ton from them.

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Posted by jackieee

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Posted by Lil OC

I agree with Barb....anything under $150 per person is unacceptable! Not we shall see! Everyone always has a cheap degenerate relative!

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Oh wow. I didn;t know it was $150. Honestly, I'm the first of my girls to get married,and I haven't been to many weddings. FH and I gave his close friend $400, and besides that I've been to a handful of weddings where I thought $100 per person was good enough. Ooops. Now I feel bad. This was a few years ago though.

Good to know $150 is norm.

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you also have to factor in what you can afford

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Posted by Soon2bShea

I'm expecting $100/pp. I'm probably going to get f*cked over because I'm having a Thursday wedding and people think its ridiculously cheap. However, I am paying for party bus shuttling for 30 people so I hope those people throw in a little extra based on that. And in my case, I hope people wait to see the wedding until they write the check...the crap I got in store for them will be worth a decent gift

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Ditto...I'm expecting about $100pp and that will actually put us at a profit

for my side the norm is always $200, more if ur close to the person.
not sure about FH's. his own mother asked where are we registered for the wedding
FH was like 'REGISTERED????? NO! MONEY PLZ!'
and one of my friends asked if I prefer a gift or money. I wasnt shy, I said 'money of course. dont need gifts other than that'

ETA: I actually deleted my registry

I hope we cover the RH. prob gonna end up getting like a 1/3 or a tad more than the cost of the wedding

this sbj is giving me a headache......

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Posted by grkbarbie

at least 150 per person,... thats the standrad, bare minimum anyone should give at a ny wedding.

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ITA!!!

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Posted by mrsdraskin2009

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Posted by Soon2bShea

I'm expecting $100/pp. I'm probably going to get f*cked over because I'm having a Thursday wedding and people think its ridiculously cheap. However, I am paying for party bus shuttling for 30 people so I hope those people throw in a little extra based on that. And in my case, I hope people wait to see the wedding until they write the check...the crap I got in store for them will be worth a decent gift

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Ditto...I'm expecting about $100pp and that will actually put us at a profit

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Wow!! That´s great that it would put you at a profit!!

I have no idea but I would love to at least break even!!

Sorry to burst the bubble here girls, but there are plenty of people who gave us $75 or $100. I don't want to sound too greedy but of course things cross my mind. But I'm thankful people gave what they could afford and enjoyed themselves. However, we had a lot of people give extremely generous amounts.

eta: to clarify, i mean $75-$100/couple NOT per person.

how much id like? ummm 100k so we have a down payment

how much we'll get? ummm maybe 10k..maybe...i have a lot of family in texas-they're hicks:

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Posted by stinenandy2010

eta: to clarify, i mean $75-$100/couple NOT per person.

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yikes!

I def want to make some bank on the wedding, but who knows. With the economy and everything, I'm expecting the worst.

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Posted by JayBee216

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Posted by stinenandy2010

eta: to clarify, i mean $75-$100/couple NOT per person.

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yikes!

I def want to make some bank on the wedding, but who knows. With the economy and everything, I'm expecting the worst.

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it kind of all equals out...b/c those couples who gave $100....i had people give $500 or some even $1000! So it works out.

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Posted by stinenandy2010

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Posted by JayBee216

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Posted by stinenandy2010

eta: to clarify, i mean $75-$100/couple NOT per person.

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yikes!

I def want to make some bank on the wedding, but who knows. With the economy and everything, I'm expecting the worst.

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it kind of all equals out...b/c those couples who gave $100....i had people give $500 or some even $1000! So it works out.

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ooooo $1000 i hope i get a few of those envelopes

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Posted by stinenandy2010

eta: to clarify, i mean $75-$100/couple NOT per person.

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see now that is just crazy. i was referring to per person.

i feel if you know a wedding is coming up (just like anything else) start saving.

it would be fantastic if I get at least 200 per gues