No Gifts Please

patti161

My FI and I would like to put "no gifts please" onto the wedding invitations...any suggestions where I should place it?  How it should be worded properly?  Maybe on the response cards?  Help!!

marissa_claire

Simply put, you don't.  There should not be a mention of gifts anywhere in the invites.  

You might not want gifts, but people will give them regardless.  You can have your family and WP spread the word that you don't want them, but still expect to receive them and graciously accept them.

tidetravel

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[QUOTE]My FI and I would like to put "no gifts please" onto the wedding invitations...any suggestions where I should place it?  How it should be worded properly?  Maybe on the response cards?  Help!!
Posted by patti161[/QUOTE]

You don't.  If you don't want gifts, don't register and spread it via word of mouth.

The Mel and Todd Show

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[QUOTE]<strong>My FI and I would like to put "no gifts please" onto the wedding invitations...any suggestions where I should place it?</strong> 

No
 
<strong>How it should be worded properly?</strong> 

No

<strong>Maybe on the response cards?</strong> 

No
 
<strong>Help!!

</strong>You do not mention gifts on your invitation, response card, or anywhere else.

Posted by patti161[/QUOTE]

salt78

Leave it off entirely.

ohwhynot

Just out of curiosity, why don't you want gifts?

People will want to give you gifts, because they love you and want to celebrate your marriage.  Don't you enjoy giving gifts when you attend a wedding?  Don't deny people that.  If they don't want to give gifts, or if they can't afford to, they'll either skip a gift or scale down, accordingly. 

lalap69

You shouldn't mention gifts on the invitations at all.

aurianna

What the PPs said.

On your wedding website you could probably get away with mentioning no gifts. In the registry section you could link to charities they could donate to instead. But don't mention anything on your invites.