[Cecily]

If this couple doesn't need pots and pans and similar presents, it would have been nicer if they had said "no gifts" and still paid for the wedding themselves. Why can't they wait until they have saved up the $2,000 they want?

[mockingbyrd]

TACKY.........

[GovernmentShrinker]

Expensive wedding bashes are tacky, no matter who’s paying for them. I was happy to see the low-cost, low-key affair my nephew and his bride had last month. They could easily have afforded to spend 10 times what they did, but extravagance wasn’t the point, and they weren’t interested in impressing their guests with how much money they have, especially given that some of their guests are people who have recently lost jobs and have serious financial problems. Their gift registry was loaded with inexpensive, practical items like pots and pans, and his mom made the table decorations.

[Venturer]

I said years ago as the cost of weddings was rising amazingly, that sooner or later someone would come up with the idea of a pot luck wedding, where the guests would bring a dish.

Now: If we could just get some people to dig a hole and bury us we could save a quick $15,000 dollars on funerals. Bring your own shovel funerals. I think is’s atrocious the cost of throwing a dead body in a hole.

[LA Woman3]

I wonder who they voted for.....

[LibFreeOrDie]

Here’s Parker and Caldwell’s wedding Website, called “Dollar for a Wedding” (!)

http://www.dollarforawedding.com/

It’s the second marriage for both of them...

[SuziQ]

“We don’t need pots and pans,” said Caldwell, who lives in Sandy Springs. “The idea is to allow our friends to be a part of the experience and contribute to our love.”

I can only assume, with that kind of attitude, that they're Democrats.

[TornadoAlley3]

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[married21]

My old room mate was the daughter of a minister who did many very simple weddings. The exchange of vows, a couple of witnesses, some cake and punch, and the couple was just as married as anybody who spent a fortune. People are so lost these days, it seems. There is more emphasis on the hoopla than on the actual marriage, and weddings are a big industry.

[bzybee]

Hope I’m not invited

[Tainan]

Its a pretty common deal at most Asian weddings. At the dinner the guests hand over red envelopes with cash inside.

Its a very long-standing tradition.

[Kozak]

I come from an ethnic background (Ukrainian) where it’s traditional to give cash to the married couple. In fact at the reception, there is a point where the wedding party lines up at the head table, the band plays a traditional “march” and the guests line up, congratulate the couple, drink a shot with the groom or best man ( smart grooms only sip a little!) and hand over an envelope with cash as the wedding gift, then get their slice of wedding cake.