Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...

526SadieSadie

Girl 1: So, we're at the rehearsal dinner and they say it's time for the gifts.  They handed out the gifts to us, the attendants...

Girl 2: What did they give you?

Girl 1: (disdainfully) a gift card to Macy's...

Girl 2: Oh, well that's not bad.

Girl 1: Yeah.  So then - now the Bride's parents are divorced and both remarried and the Groom's parents are, too - so there's like, four sets of parents.  They gave a bag to each of the moms...the natural moms, the ones that gave birth to them and that's it.

Girl 2:  ::indignant hubbub::

Girl 1: I know, right?!  Then (Bride's) dad said "You didn't get me a gift?  I gave you $2000 and you didn't get me anything?"

Girl 2: Wow....

Girl 1: (Bride) said "Um, no we didn't"  The moms opened their gift and it was a picture frame, for them to put a picture of (Bride and Groom) in. That was the gift.  (Bride's) dad said again, "I can't believe I gave you $2000 and you didn't get me anything!"  (Groom) said "If you want a picture frame so f*cking badly, I'll go home and get you one of ours"

achiduck

Oh my.

Blueyed228

Thats kind of rude to exclude people from a gift so blatently.

kd.joseph

Well isnt that special. Nice bride and groom.

Loopyseven

That's why we handed out our wedding party gifts privately instead of making a public show out of it.

Meegles4

::giggles::

Rude all around. Dad was kinda rude too for constantly bringing up how much $$ he gave them.

jennylee813

Nice. What happened to people being appreciative of others, whether its getting a thank you gift or of having the couth to not bring up how much money they're giving?

Courtesy is a lost art.

kd.joseph

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_conversation-overheard-in-a-restaurant-yesterday?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:63c510d8-f629-4bcf-9613-968db8711951Post:30f16633-01a1-4a17-8024-c6452e3ac9f3">Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...</a>:
[QUOTE]Nice. What happened to people being appreciative of others, whether its getting a thank you gift or of having the <strong>couth</strong> to not bring up how much money they're giving? Courtesy is a lost art.
Posted by jennylee813[/QUOTE]

I havent heard this word in forever, my brothers used to use it all the time. Sometimes not even in the right context, just to use it.

jennylee813

I'm all about obscure words. dd's fave word is "meloncholy" - guess where she heard it?

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]I'm all about obscure words. dd's fave word is "meloncholy" - guess where she heard it?
Posted by jennylee813[/QUOTE]

My father used to use this. He would say "I once had a woman, I called her meloncholy, because she had a head like a melon and a face like a collie"!

He was full of them!

jennylee813

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday... : My father used to use this. He would say "I once had a woman, I called her meloncholy, because she had a head like a melon and a face like a collie"! He was full of them!
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

Rotfl. That's quite a picture!

mrsbiss2be

They sound like a really classy bunch. Geez.

Kristin789

That's the reason that gifts really aren't supposed to be given out at the RD.

Wife Kitty

See, this is why I read through these posts, ladies. It's because I want to make sure that I do NOT screw up as a bride. It's also because I'm really nosy and a thread with the title "Conversation Overheard" is too good to resist. And finally, it makes me happy to hear that fellow posters are appreciative of long-lost words such as "melancholy" and "courtesy."

So I'm making a list of notes to self, and now, thanks to this post, I've added the following to my list:

1. Probably best not to give the bridal party gifts at the rehearsal dinner.
2. Do not, under any circumstances, skip giving a gift to any attendant, parent or sibling.
3. Gifts that are limited to only a single item - especially a small item like a store card or picture frame - are not acceptable.

In regard to #1, though... when should the gifts be given? Bachelor and bachelorette parties? A separate party that you plan to thank your attendants? How about the parents' gifts? And do the grandparents receive gifts as well?