Posted on 04/17/2018 5:20:26 AM PDT by C19fan
“We’re engaged!” The phrase can cause excitement … or fear.
Once the joy wears off after hearing your pals are getting hitched, you realize your bank balance is about to take a massive hit.
Georgina Childs, 30, has had enough of forking out as a result of being a wedding guest…
The PR account manager from Essex, England, got herself into £2,000 (almost $2,900) of debt and had to move back in with her with her parents after attending 20 weddings and 12 hen dos (bachelorette parties) in four years.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
On the other hand...
I have given generous weddings presents and never received even a Thank You. Written or verbal.
Thats what i was thinking
Nice! Finally a wedding gift for the guys.
“Amusing. That’s the first time I’ve heard a bachelorette party called a “hen do.”
I never heard that either. I always thought it was an Eastern polytheistic relegion.
>>Even the shopping trip to Lowe’s was fun for them as a couple.<<
My wife and I have more fun at Home Depot than any other store :)
Those hen dos will get you every time.
Stay away from the hen dos...
I worked at a country club for 10 years and helped plan hundreds of huge weddings. Then I had my own event planning on the side. Would take care of everything. I fricken hate weddings and it doesn’t bother me at all to just say no.
And yeah, while I was at the country club I saw a few double weddings. First one was huge and lavish, 2nd one was subway sandwiches. lol
I have also given power tools. This it is her day is bull.
give a donation that you can afford to a charity
2900?? Just the photography and videography is costing 3400 at my son’s wedding.
I think it’s kind of a waste.
Spent over $13,000 since. 2014.
some cultures and families do not have celebrations, they have potlatches.
I think We see why she’s always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
For a shower gift, a medium LL Bean bag filled with handtools such as hammer screwdriver, tape, picture hangers measuring tape, etc
For the wedding, a double rope hammock, no one else will get them one.
I have also given the wedding invitation framed to people I don’t like so much.
Bump
One of the bonuses of being in the military for 24 years. Easy excuse to get out of going to weddings. No one bats an eye when you say you have military obligations.
I have no idea what that is. It is NOT what Italian-Americans do whatever it is!
Hmmm... I would re-title the story to something like:
“Woman seeks public to fund her vacation time”
Potlatch
noun
(among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
I’ve noticed in the UK that “hen do” or “hen party” is used. I know this from spending too much time reading DailyMail. I make no apologies. They cover a lot of US events better than many of our media outlets.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.