Giving tree?

kvruns

Has anyone ever heard of this?  My local wedding resale fb group just had a post for someone selling a "giving tree".  It is like a 7ft tall Charlie Brown Christmastree and the post said included is a sample gift card.  It has an envelope preprinted to say:

     "Stories to last forever is what the newlyweds truly desire. The gift they need requires no wrapping or tags. Help them pack their bags and fly away on their first trip together, a honeymoon to remember forever.  A giving tree will be on display if you wish to help them fly away"

What?!  This appears to be displayed at the wedding, so go ahead and give me the gift/card you brought with you and oh by the way give me some extra cash for my honeymoon and then attach it to this weird tree. Umm what? Even worse than a dollar dance.

(attempting to attach pictures)

LondonLisa

I would attach a copy of this, so they can see what happens when you just take, take, take with wanton abandon

mikenberger

Yes, I have seen and heard of those before. Similar to wishing wells. 

Vomit.

kvruns

mikenberger said:

Yes, I have seen and heard of those before. Similar to wishing wells. 

Vomit.

Wishing wells? Oh god, I can picture that.  I guess I am glad I've never encountered any of these before but it just blows my mind.  I hope the tree was empty at the end of the night and the well ran dry.

banana468

Yeah. I'd remind them that at the end of The Giving Tree all that was left was an old stump.

[Deleted User]

More like a "gimme" tree. Blah.

Heffalump

FeeleyToBe said:

More like a "gimme" tree. Blah.

Ha, I read that and thought "sounds more like a taking tree."  Gross.

As much as I hate these, I hate them extra hard with the horrible poems.  I would actually like it slightly better if they had that ugly tree up and it simply said "We want money."  At least then I don't have to endure bad grammar and awkwardly structured sentences.

kvruns said:

     "Stories to last forever is what the newlyweds truly desire. The gift they need requires no wrapping or tags. Help them pack their bags and fly away on their first trip together, a honeymoon to remember forever.  A giving tree will be on display if you wish to help them fly away"

It also really grinds my gears when people use "need" in regards to honeymoons.  No, you don't need people to give you money for your trip.  Like any other vacation, it's great if you can afford it, but not other people's responsibility to fund.

littlepep

I know someone who recently had a gift card shower. The invite had a stupid poem and they clipped all the cards to a tree. Gross.

novella1186

If I were a tree and I knew that this was the type of shit being done to my kind, I would light myself on fire. 

ohannabelle

banana468

ohannabelle said:

This just made my day. :-)

lovemesomemonster

I thought this was going to be about the giving trees around at Christmas with the kid gifts on them, I do at least one of those a year.. But THIS.. no no no.. If I want to give you cash i will put it in a card and place that on the card table, end of story.

ashley8918

LondonLisa said:

I would attach a copy of this, so they can see what happens when you just take, take, take with wanton abandon

OMFG. I have been avoiding this thread because I assumed that it was about this book, which gives me the major fucking feels. IT IS SO SAD.

southernbelle0915

BUT YOU GUYS............

The ask is written in the form of a poem, so it's fine.

novella1186

southernbelle0915 said:

BUT YOU GUYS............

The ask is written in the form of a poem, so it's fine.

So next time I tell someone to go fuck themselves, I'll add in "trucks on shelves" just to be sure it's fine  

Thanks, southernbelle! This has improved my life! (Or maybe I should thank all the SS who actually believe it?) 

redheadbride15

ashley8918 said:

LondonLisa said:

I would attach a copy of this, so they can see what happens when you just take, take, take with wanton abandon

OMFG. I have been avoiding this thread because I assumed that it was about this book, which gives me the major fucking feels. IT IS SO SAD.

Me too! I can't even THINK about this book without choking up. Between this and the Boston Marathon thread - thanks guys for making me all teary in the office. It's a good thing I don't have any more meetings this afternoon. I'm a mess.

southernbelle0915

novella1186 said:

southernbelle0915 said:

BUT YOU GUYS............

The ask is written in the form of a poem, so it's fine.

So next time I tell someone to go fuck themselves, I'll add in "trucks on shelves" just to be sure it's fine  

Thanks, southernbelle! This has improved my life! (Or maybe I should thank all the SS who actually believe it?) 

Exactly. Any time you're thinking "how can I say this but not sound rude", just write a poem. The rhymes distract people and they aren't smart enough to read between the lines.

hellosweetie1015

....I kind of want to do this sometime except with Christmas ornaments. Because Christmas ornaments. 

sophhabobopha

Somebody beat me.