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neeters1962 · August 2010

Now that I'm a roll with questions.......Is it a tradition to have the bridal party/relatives to your home the next day to see you open gifts?

I'm bored at work also, thinking of all these things now that the wedding is 5 weeks away.

BrianBoitanosWifey · August 2010

yes of course i am doin this 2

i dont think 2 days of ME TIME is enuf

friday rehearsal saturday all day wedding and sunday watchin me open my pressies!

perfect weekend 4 everrybuddee

marburs · August 2010

I had them over for a brunch the next day. It's certainly not tradition. But... just so they can watch you open gifts? Eh- not so sure about that one... Sounds a bit AW to me

KRMac · August 2010

You might want to just open them at your wedding instead.

marburs · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-pittsburgh_another-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:116Discussion:8e7b0f18-78a8-4832-8a87-72e67402a60bPost:82d01efa-8920-4acb-a2b2-ae5d3aa098a3">Re: another question</a>:
[QUOTE] i dont think 2 days of ME TIME is enuf
perfect weekend 4 everrybuddee
Posted by BrianBoitanosWifey[/QUOTE]

case in point

marburs · August 2010

oh boo- she deleted it...

KRMac · August 2010

Wow, this thread is confusing now.

strwbry084 · August 2010

I always thought you and your husband were supposed to open gifts just the two of you. I don't really think its appropriate to open wedding gifts in front of everyone. And definitely don't open them at the wedding. Although these are just my thoughts....maybe there's a tradition I don't know about.

BrianBoitanosWifey · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-pittsburgh_another-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:116Discussion:8e7b0f18-78a8-4832-8a87-72e67402a60bPost:782e4e37-2d5d-43ab-a561-3b6fbf620450">Re: another question</a>:
[QUOTE]I always thought you and your husband were supposed to open gifts just the two of you. I don't really think its appropriate to open wedding gifts in front of everyone. And definitely don't open them at the wedding. Although these are just my thoughts....maybe there's a tradition I don't know about.
Posted by strwbry084[/QUOTE]

y u gotta be all klassee?

da tradition u dont no bout is called strait attenshun horing

Nunu&Eddie · August 2010

My MIL and FIL went over to our apartment and had us open gifts in front of them. I hated it.
Trust me, there is nothing you want less than to get home the day after your wedding from a fantastic first-married night in a hotel to your MIL and FIL sitting in your apartment.
It was a great "welcome to our house as a married couple" event! (sarcasm, for the newbs)

themissizz · August 2010

Ditto Nunu, and after a long wedding day, your bridal party really probably doesn't want to sit around and watch you open presents.

KRMac · August 2010

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[QUOTE]My MIL and FIL went over to our apartment and had us open gifts in front of them. I hated it. Trust me, there is nothing you want less than to get home the day after your wedding from a fantastic first-married night in a hotel to your MIL and FIL sitting in your apartment. It was a great "welcome to our house as a married couple" event! (sarcasm, for the newbs)
Posted by Nunu&Eddie[/QUOTE]

<div>Okay, I'll answer seriously then too. </div><div>
</div><div>We opened them the next day in front of both sets of parents. It was beyond awwwwkard. Because I didn't want to like call out the $$ amounts that people in the family gave us. So we basically said "what a nice card" for every single one. :P </div>

slm13 · August 2010

We opened them the next day in front of my parents. It was awkward. I really would have preferred to just bring them back to Philly and our own home to open them by ourselves.

kbielak17 · August 2010

We didn't open our gifts (mainly cards) in front of anyone. We had to leave the next day to start driving home. When we got to the hotel that night, we opened a bunch of them. We opened the rest when we got home the next night.

elishanb · August 2010

Opening gifts in front of people would make me feel so uncomfortable. That's why I'm not looking forward to my shower and why I hate birthdays and christmas. Why turn it into one more ordeal if it doesn't have to be? Tkae them home and enjoy some time without people watching your every move.

king26 · August 2010

We left the next morning for our HM so we left everything at my parents (since we live OOT). When we got back from the HM we just opened everything in front of my parents so we woul have less to take back home with us. It was fine. I wouldn't have wanted my bridal party and all my family there though-I think that would have been weird.

anne513 · August 2010

I have been at weddings (family) where they have had us come over to watch them open gifts the next day and I think it was really awkward (as PP have said). It's really your call, but I just thinks its a strange experience.

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