Jack & Jill Greenback Shower

amhill87

So my cousin and his FI are having a Jack & Jill Greenback shower the weekend before mine and my FI's wedding.  I have googled to try and find a registry for them, but from what I am hearing there is none and to give cash.  With my own wedding the following weekend I am not in a place to be giving a lot.  What do you guys think?

AdeleDazeem

The "greenback" part means they want cash.  And that they are RUDE AS HELL.

sparent2010

Ditto Joy. That is incredibly rude and I would decline or get them a toaster.. a pink retro one.

SweetTea87

WTF is up with all this Jack & Jill shower crap?  Why can't people have normal showers.

amhill87

My shower is normal...I sent my mom the list of people I would like, all females, and have a nice registry.

SweetTea87

Glad to hear it, amhill

ceh789

I am horribly embarassed for your cousin.

amys325

I think one of the only wedding faux pas that really gets under my skin is the act of asking for cash gifts. 

Your Cousin and Fi are rude and I definitely wouldn't go and I wouldn't send them a cash gift.

midgetthemighty

Me too Eagles (wrong thread that is).

I said you should bring monopoly over to play with them.

ceh789

I might attend this if people were going to literally shower them by throwing the money at them.

SweetTea87

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_jack-jill-greenback-shower?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:3a41a770-d193-47ce-83dd-162b8db3a3cbPost:0d38c351-8472-43ca-85eb-324bc8f5e365">Re: Jack & Jill Greenback Shower</a>:
[QUOTE]I might attend this if people were going to literally shower them by throwing the money at them.
Posted by ceh789[/QUOTE]

And only if they were coins.  Haha.

myname1234

I'd skip it.  The whole "jack and jill" idea is disgusting

Squishy'sGal

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_jack-jill-greenback-shower?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:3a41a770-d193-47ce-83dd-162b8db3a3cbPost:0d38c351-8472-43ca-85eb-324bc8f5e365">Re: Jack & Jill Greenback Shower</a>:
[QUOTE]I might attend this if people were going to literally shower them by throwing the money at them.
Posted by ceh789[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, as long as it's all in coin form!</div>

SweetTea87

You're about 40 minutes too late on that one, squishy

achiduck

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_jack-jill-greenback-shower?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:3a41a770-d193-47ce-83dd-162b8db3a3cbPost:5fd41d5b-5934-46f8-9054-e6530eef8934">Re: Jack & Jill Greenback Shower</a>:
[QUOTE]Ditto Joy. That is incredibly rude and I would decline or get them a toaster.. a pink retro one <strong>that's been engraved so they can't return it</strong>..
Posted by sparent2010[/QUOTE]

Corrected that for you :)

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_jack-jill-greenback-shower?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:3a41a770-d193-47ce-83dd-162b8db3a3cbPost:951eeb39-c924-4efb-a449-2f748e3c0470">Re: Jack & Jill Greenback Shower</a>:
[QUOTE]I'd skip it.  The whole "jack and jill" idea is disgusting
Posted by myname1234[/QUOTE]

In my area a "jack and jill" is a co-ed party. This sounds like a co-ed shower... where they're expected to bring cash. I'm thinking that the "jack and jill" part isn't what's disgusting here.