Either FI and I will do it alone the next day OR FI and I might go to my parents house and open them together the next day
Posted by stephanief
We are going to do it the next day, just me and FH/. IMO, it is no one's business what people give, that is not the point of the wedding![]()
DH and I did it that night when we got back to the hotel. We sat at the little dinette table in our room, took a stack each and opened them one at a time, told each other what we got, wrote how much the person gave on the back of the card and put cash in one envelope and checks in another. I wouldn't do it with anyone there. You don't need other peoples comments. These are your gifts and nobody elses. Our parents asked for lists of their families a few weeks later to use for future reference when they attend events and that was fine by us. It wasn't my moms business what my dad or DH's family gave us, we didn't want to hear any comments!! But I'll tell ya this, it was sooo fun counting all the money with DH that night and then hitting the total button...our mouths dropped!!!
We opened them alone. They were not gifts for our families so it was not their business. My mother knew not to ask who gave what. IMO, it is tacky to ask - parent or not. We stashed our checks after we divided them and cashed them when we got home from Hawaii.
Posted by MayBride06
we will open them the next day, just the two of us.
Posted by SIBride06
Posted by stephanief
We are going to do it the next day, just me and FH/. IMO, it is no one's business what people give, that is not the point of the wedding![]()
WELL SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to do this in front of my FH's parents for my engagement party... I dont even want to get into it...![]()
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FH & I will be opening them up alone, either the next day or after we get back from our HM. We are not sure yet, but whenever we decide to do it, it will be done alone.
Most likely we will open our gifts the next day, just FH & I.
Posted by EMES2006
'that they were in the room with his parents and her parents opening all the envelopes with MOH too...'
My parents and My In-Laws will NOT be coming back to my hotel room on my wedding night!! Oh my Gawd! Just the thought!![]()
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My DH and I will open our gifts alone.
Dh and I opened them in our hotel room after the reception just to read all the nice things people wrote. The next day we really went through them back at our apartment.
Posted by Love4Eva
for my e-party my Fil's came over a week after - and me and FH opened the envelopes in front of my parents and his parents.
It went good - its just weird - bc its kinda like your comparing families - but, in all honestly, all the parents are concerned is that we get back what they gave in the past to their relatives. ..
Posted by Nina
Posted by Love4Eva
for my e-party my Fil's came over a week after - and me and FH opened the envelopes in front of my parents and his parents.
It went good - its just weird - bc its kinda like your comparing families - but, in all honestly, all the parents are concerned is that we get back what they gave in the past to their relatives. ..
Francesca that is the most Italian thing I've heard of all day![]()
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I love it!
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Posted by STBMrsDaniRella
Posted by Nina
Posted by Love4Eva
for my e-party my Fil's came over a week after - and me and FH opened the envelopes in front of my parents and his parents.
It went good - its just weird - bc its kinda like your comparing families - but, in all honestly, all the parents are concerned is that we get back what they gave in the past to their relatives. ..
Francesca that is the most Italian thing I've heard of all day![]()
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I love it!
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oh that's too funny b/c FIL's are italian and that would be exactly what they would want: us to open them in front of them later on when no one else is around with my parents there too!!![]()
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FH & I are doing it together after reception & we are bringing all the $ to my mothers for deposit because we are leaving at 7 am to Turks & Caicos
We opened them the next day and my mil was there, she is not at all judgemental she just helped keep track of everything for the thank yous. We wanted to make sure that we were sober and home so we would not lose anything. I did have family members (my dad, Fil, and my brothers) ask how much money we received, we gave a ball park figure.
Posted by ML110
we left for our honeymoon the morning after the wedding, so we sent all the envelopes and gifts home with my parents. a week later, after the honeymoon, my parents picked us up at the airport, we went back to their house where the envelopes were, and we opened them then- just us and my parents.
the only thing my parents cared about was what my aunts and uncles gave us, so that my parents know what to give their kids when they get married.... other than that, it was nobodys business, no snobby comments were made, and everything was good![]()
