Wedding Invitations

Asking For Money Instead Of Presents In Wedding Invitations

The event that was meant to seal the relationship my best friend had for one year with her beloved one was settled to take place in six months and from the very beginning she asked for my assistance since she was very busy with her working program. That is the reason why one evening she has called me asking me to join her for the planning of the wedding details. The fact that she has to send the wedding invitations has raised a dilemma: when the time came to word her wedding cards, she didn’t know what was the proper way for her to choose asking for money instead of gifts in wedding invitations.




I know that most of the wedding couples prefer receiving money instead of various gifts, therefore the majority of guests attending a wedding celebration fall in for this options, and so do I. I have always found it hard to come up with a gift especially for someone who has it all! And my friend together with her fiancé, are the ones to be part of this category of wedding couples. After their marriage will be pronounced they will have their own place to live in, ready furnished and all the utilities included, as well, therefore there is no need for extra gifts, at least this is my opinion and I tell her the same.

Thus we see ourselves in the situation that creates a complicated puzzle in the wording of the wedding invitations. These items are the ones that have to carry the message of their love and commitment sealed through the aid of a wedding celebration, event that guests are respectfully invited to attend. Asking for money instead of gifts in wedding invitations is a distasteful sign that a couple wouldn’t like to include in their wording. I tell my friend that these invitations are the first thing that is presented in front of the guests, and as such the wedding couple should print it with plenty of consideration and not requests for any of these items: presents or monetary gifts.

I also tell my friend that all the weddings I have been invited to none of the cards I have received has included this peculiar request; the gift or the money is something that is understood, it intrinsically comes with the invitation note. Presenting something to the marrying couple is a notion of common sense, people attending to the event know right from the start that there is a financial effort that couples do in the planning of such an important day. Therefore guests will do whatever they can and come to honor the wedding celebration with the best of their possibilities, either financial or gift offering.

Her mother interferes in our debate, saying that to her opinion, the best way would be if the bridal party involved in the planning will discreetly spread the news. There will be for sure questions on behalf of the guests inquiring about the kind of gifts couple would like to be presented. And when the question will be popped, the persons from the bridal party will then let the guests know about the couple’s preference. It is the only way that will not offend the guests with inappropriate requests, the only request being “the honor of their presence” inside the atmosphere of the couple’s wedding celebration.