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Wedding Gift Etiquette

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Hi!  My wedding is Sunday (WOO HOO!) and we have gotten a few gifts early - one from my fiance's coworker and my fiance's Dad is bringing his gift to the rehearsal dinner.  My question is...can we open those gifts before the wedding - the coworker one so that we can thank her before we are done working and his Dad's at the rehearsal dinner?  Or, should we wait until after the wedding to open?

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  • Ash2985Ash2985 member
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    edited December 2011
    I think the rule is that you can open, but you shouldn't use the gifts prior to the wedding taking place.  Congratulations!
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  • jlbaxter33jlbaxter33
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    edited December 2011
    I'm sure Heather Lynne will chim in, but I think she and her DH opened the gifts as soon as they got them then wrote out thank you cards as soon as they could to get them out of the way.


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  • KimWardKimWard
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    edited December 2011
    The only gifts we got before the wedding were monetary, but we did send out thank yous for them beforehand.
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  • Thrice_DivorcedThrice_Divorced member
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    edited December 2011
    Open that sh!t up!
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  • jrsygrl10jrsygrl10 member
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    edited December 2011
    i always love the rule that you can open but not use the gift. people said the same thing about the bridal shower gifts. we opened and used as necessary. if the wedding fell through there were far bigger fish to fry than worrying about returning gifts!i kept a running list of gifts and sent TY's all at once after the wedding, since we were ordering TY's with wedding photo's on them.
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  • LaFemmeRousseLaFemmeRousse member
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    edited December 2011
    Most wedding etiquette that I've seen states that you should open gifts as you receive them but not to use them until after the wedding.  I would definitely suggest that you open them AND get started with your thank you notes.  Not only will it save you time after the giant influx of presents you get at/ after the wedding, but people always want to know that you have actually received the gift, especially if it was sent through the mail, so early thank you notes address this.

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  • pabride2010pabride2010 member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree with open them and get the thank you card done.  We did all of our cards at once instead of in waves and it really sucked.
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