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09-02-2013, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by TonyB06
Yep. It happens a lot at Black receptions as well. Usually you give the money to a bridesmaid or someone who is holding a container, before you dance with the bride. Or you pin the money on her wedding gown, or whatever she's changed into.

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I've never seen it at a Black wedding, and I've been to my share all over the country. The only wedding I've seen it happen was at a Filipino wedding. The bride didn't want it, but her parents did.
My opinion on this stuff is highly documented on GC. Do y'all remember my tantrum about the treadmill?
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09-03-2013, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
And then there are the people who buy picnic baskets... And then you just hope you can figure out what store it's from.
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We received 3 picnic baskets for wedding gifts. Hopefully 3 picnickers who visited Goodwill felt they were getting a good deal. I tried keeping one for a while, to carry potluck items in, but it just didn't work well.
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My opinion on this stuff is highly documented on GC. Do y'all remember my tantrum about the treadmill?
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The same money tree shower couple had some items on their registry that raised my eyebrows...a lot of sporting equipment and alcohol-related items (decanters, shot glasses, etc.).
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09-03-2013, 08:45 PM
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My opinion on this stuff is highly documented on GC. Do y'all remember my tantrum about the treadmill?
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No, but now I feel the need to find it.
We're at that age where friends of our older boys are starting to get engaged. Of course I still think they're ALL too young, but when more and more are college and grad school graduates I guess maybe they aren't. I just hope we never see a honeymoon cash grab from any of them, because Momma AOIIAlum will give them an earful.
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09-03-2013, 09:12 PM
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I'm on board with tacky!
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
I don't see why a HM registry is any tackier than a standard gift registry. Either one is pretty much saying "we picked stuff out for you to buy us."
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I think the difference in this scenario only is the fact that the bride is repeatedly posting about it, asking for donations.
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Originally Posted by Missouri Ivy
One of my APhi sisters is getting married next month and was just asking opinions about the dollar dance today. While I don't really like the tradition, the older generations around here pretty much expect it to happen. One friend had a suggestion of donating the money from the dollar dance to a charity.
Also, in my neck of the woods, the groom dances too. My poor husband danced with all of my great aunts. It was kind of sweet though.
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Agreed.
The next morning after my wedding I found $200 in a bank envelope in my bag. After texting around I had come to find out it was from my uncle--it was our wedding gift from him and he was going to give it to me during the dollar dance. Little did he know I was anti dollar dance so he just gave it to my mom to put in my bag. I made a mental note to acknowledge it in my thank you note.
He passed away unexpectedly a month later. The last time I saw him was my wedding. I know there's no way I could have known, but I still feel so guilty that I didn't have that dance with him. I barely talked to him with all the other busyness of the day.
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09-03-2013, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AOIIalum
No, but now I feel the need to find it.
We're at that age where friends of our older boys are starting to get engaged. Of course I still think they're ALL too young, but when more and more are college and grad school graduates I guess maybe they aren't. I just hope we never see a honeymoon cash grab from any of them, because Momma AOIIAlum will give them an earful.
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I found it and bumped it on the Random Wedding Thread. It was an espresso maker and a treadmill, along with hiking clothes for their Macchu Picchu honeymoon.
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09-03-2013, 10:01 PM
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I'll never forget my cousin's Amazon registry and his wife (who barely anyone in the family had met) registering for a stripper pole for strip-aerobics. I sent them a vacuum HOSE attachment.
Some things should be left off the registry.
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09-04-2013, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by adpiucf
I'll never forget my cousin's Ammazon registry and his wife (who barely anyone in the family had met) registering for a stripper pole for strip-aerobics. I sent them a vacuum HOSE attachment.
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Mass LOL. But the sad part is someone that self-unaware probably didn't get the point.
Every time I read these crazy wedding stories all I can think is either that I have extraordinarily thoughtful and nice friends or else that I'm just not running in rarified enough circles.
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