Gifts?

Re: Gifts?

• mandi921vh member

  

  April 2012

  You may open the gifts, so you know what to thank the gift giver for and to make sure it isn't broken or damaged. You aren't supposed to use the gifts until after the wedding.

  

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• kimberlykh member

  

  April 2012 edited April 2012

  I've been opening them, but we put them in storage until after the wedding. 
  
  Edit: And, I don't think it is really a big deal to use them before.  My friend did, it isn't like anyone will know! We just want to wait because our place is so small.

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• mandi921vh member

  

  April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_gifts-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:91c27fed-87e9-42ea-8739-5507c8d2832fPost:54985bec-0cc4-404b-86f7-b87b92062aec">Re: Gifts?</a>:
  [QUOTE]I've been opening them, but we put them in storage until after the wedding.  Edit: And, I don't think it is really a big deal to use them before.  <strong>My friend did, it isn't like anyone will know! We just want to wait because our place is so small.</strong>
  Posted by kimberlykh[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>Haha my mom says I can, but I want to wait so it's something to look forward to after the wedding.</div>

  

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• vineyard12

  

  April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_gifts-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:91c27fed-87e9-42ea-8739-5507c8d2832fPost:54985bec-0cc4-404b-86f7-b87b92062aec">Re: Gifts?</a>:
  [QUOTE]I've been opening them, but we put them in storage until after the wedding.  Edit: And, I don't think it is really a big deal to use them before.  <strong>My friend did, it isn't like anyone will know!</strong> We just want to wait because our place is so small.
  Posted by kimberlykh[/QUOTE]
  
  Lol. I'm tired of looking at a pile of stuff sitting in my livingroom! I want to use it. Especially the sheets. But I'm with Mandy, it's something to look forward to after the wedding.

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• MelisMC member

  

  April 2012

  I've opened mine and I'm pretty sure that is the etiquette rule, but haven't used anything yet. Not because you are/aren't supposed to, but because with everything else going on I just haven't had time... so they are in a pile in what's become the chaotic "wedding room" in my house.

  

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• mookow86

  

  April 2012

  We've only received two gifts, but we've opened them as well as used them. One gift was our KA stand mixer that my parents got us on a Black Friday deal. Because there is only a one year warranty on the mixers, my parents actually gave it to us in December and asked us to use it and not to wait until the wedding. The other gift was one of our dish sets, and I told FI we weren't supposed to use it but he was really confused by that and refused to follow that rule lol.

  
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• AurorasEnvy

  

  April 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_may-2012-weddings_gifts-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:f0ca0bc1-9255-4120-8042-b40e7f3e99c5Discussion:91c27fed-87e9-42ea-8739-5507c8d2832fPost:54985bec-0cc4-404b-86f7-b87b92062aec">Re: Gifts?</a>:
  [QUOTE]I've been opening them, but we put them in storage until after the wedding.  Edit: And, I don't think it is really a big deal to use them before.  My friend did, it isn't like anyone will know! We just want to wait because our place is so small.
  Posted by kimberlykh[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>I agree with this.  I didn't have any space to store a bunch of boxes, so I had to put everything away.  The only reason you aren't supposed to use anything is in the event you don't end up getting married and having to return the gifts.  At this point the only way we aren't getting married is if one of us dies or is seriously ill, and if that's the case I don't think I'll care about possibly offending someone whose gift I didn't return.</div>

  
  

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• Bett2012 member

  

  April 2012

  We've opened ours :S some were giftcards with declined RSVPs, and others were in person, and they wanted to watch us open it

  

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